18" 7-spoke front?

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18" 7-spoke front?

20 May 2013 08:36 - 20 May 2013 14:19
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The good news is that i just purchased a very stock 1980 KZ750E with just 12K miles.... pictures as soon as i bring it home.

the somewhat less good news is that i have a hard time believing i'll keep the 19" front.

so did kawasaki made any 18" front rims with the early 80's 7 spoke design? would like to keep the stock 7 spoke look, just be able to use 18" rubber rather than 19".

can always fit gpz 18" rims but they look a bit to modern for my taste.
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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

20 May 2013 09:43
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turboguzzi wrote: The good news is that i just purchased a very stock 1980 KZ750E with just 12K miles.... pictures as soon as i bring it home.

the somewhat less good news is that i have a hard time believing i'll keep the 19" front.

so did kawasaki made any 18" front rims with the early 80's 6 spoke design? would like to keep the stock 6 spoke look, just be able to use 18" rubber rather than 19".

can always fit gpz 18" rims but they look a bit to modern for my taste.
:unsure: Doesn't the stock 1980 KZ750E 19" mag wheel have 7 spokes?

Perhaps the 18" front wheel from a 1978 KZ1000-D1 (Z1R cafe racer)?
But it's a 7 spoke design.

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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

20 May 2013 12:55
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The Kz1000 Police also had a mag 18" front, but I need to look if it was 7 or 6 spoke and it is too wide to fit a Kz650 (and likely Kz750) setup.

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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

20 May 2013 14:17
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oops, my bad, 7 indeed, got confused by the 5 spoke gpz wheels...

so yes, a 7 spoke 18" would be interesting...

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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

20 May 2013 16:31
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ok, so police 18" 7-spk fronts can be found, just not in europe! :)

guess i'm going to use my trip to Dallas in two weeks time to bring one back from the USA

any recommended Kawasaki breakers in Dallas?

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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

20 May 2013 21:32
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turboguzzi wrote: ok, so police 18" 7-spk fronts can be found

18 inch Police Mag is to wide in the hub. The 1978 Z1R as mentioned is the way to go, it's 2.15 x 18.
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Re: 18" 6-spoke?

21 May 2013 08:19
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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationso you say that something like this will not fit?



if it's the discs offset, looks like it would be easy to turn down the mounting surface as essentially these rim maintain the same section all along the width.

width at the bearing area could be turned down too, but more of a hassle for sure

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Re: 18" 7-spoke front?

22 May 2013 01:56
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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI don't know if this wheel is any narrower then the later police bikes.

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