REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

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REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 10:46
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I'm in the middle of replacing the spoke wheels on my '78 KZ1000 with mag wheels from a LTD. The problem is the rear wheel: stock axle on '78 KZ1000 is to big (diameter wise) and it won't work on the 16" LTD wheel!
Any ideas how I can solve this problem??
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 11:48
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what kind of bike is the mag from?;)

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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 12:44
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wireman wrote:
what kind of bike is the mag from?;)
If it has four bolt brake rotors, then I'll bet it's from a KZ650 :)
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:09
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how about just swapping bearings;)

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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:29
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Switching bearings is a good idea.

Also, are you switching from a drum to disc brake at the same time? If you are you may need a different swingarm. It's not actually different, just has a different bracket which could be welded on.

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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:35
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78 kz1000 has disc brake rear wheel;)

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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:35
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I am not switching from drum to disc rear brake. My '78 KZ1000 already has a disc rear brake. I guess the simplest way to solve this would be to find out which rear mag wheel uses the same size rear axle as the '78 KZ1000 and than buy that wheel on e-bay or something...
if there is such a thing...
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:47
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OK, ANOTHER TRY WITH THE PICTURE:blink:
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 13:48
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try sending solomrus a pm,hes got a set of mags from my 1327 i gave him laying in his garage somewhere;)

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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

30 Mar 2007 21:01
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I had the same problem when I swapped mags for spokes. The simplest thing I came up w/was replacing the swingarm.
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

31 Mar 2007 04:57
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kzlaverda wrote:
I am not switching from drum to disc rear brake. My '78 KZ1000 already has a disc rear brake. I guess the simplest way to solve this would be to find out which rear mag wheel uses the same size rear axle as the '78 KZ1000 and than buy that wheel on e-bay or something...
if there is such a thing...
:huh:

Your 1000 and the 76-80 KZ750 twins are the only KZ's that use the 20mm rear axle, as far as I know anyway.
80 KZ750 twin has a drum brake rear mag, and 76-79 KZ750 twins have either spoke wheels (most of them) or Morris Mag wheels (a few of them), unless someone has swapped the 1000 mags onto them.

Look for KZ1000 LTD wheels.

On a side note, the KZ650 front wheel also fits the 1000's and the 750 twins.
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Re: REAR MAG WHEEL /SPOKE WHEEL SWAP

26 Apr 2010 17:17
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i am new to this i have a 1981 csr kz1000 m1 with wire aluminum wheels how can i swap to mag wheels thanks jason

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