Would a Z1R 18" front wheel bolt onto an MKII?

Z1R rotors were a direct swap on my 80 LTD 1000 also



Pete

I finally got around to refinishing the 18" Z1R front wheel, and getting it mounted. A few more things to sort, and it will roadworthy

For anyone thats interested, the Z1300 also had a 18 inch front 7 spoke wheel, it is a 2.15 inch rim with 12 inch discs, not sure if its a direct bolt on, just throwing this out there as they are far cheaper than the Z1R wheels...

750 R1 wrote: For anyone thats interested, the Z1300 also had a 18 inch front 7 spoke wheel, it is a 2.15 inch rim with 12 inch discs, not sure if its a direct bolt on, just throwing this out there as they are far cheaper than the Z1R wheels...

Yes they do, but not a bolt-on to anything else really. Here's a 1300 front wheel that I used on another project. They are wider at the hub. This is mounted to KZ1000 Police forks/triples, and I had to do machine work on a Concours axle to make it work.

Looks nice! The front fender doesn't look out of place. I've seen lower profile 18" tires that made the fender look terrible.

mjg15 wrote: I finally got around to refinishing the 18" Z1R front wheel, and getting it mounted. A few more things to sort, and it will roadworthy

mjg15 wrote:

750 R1 wrote: For anyone thats interested, the Z1300 also had a 18 inch front 7 spoke wheel, it is a 2.15 inch rim with 12 inch discs, not sure if its a direct bolt on, just throwing this out there as they are far cheaper than the Z1R wheels...

Yes they do, but not a bolt-on to anything else really. Here's a 1300 front wheel that I used on another project. They are wider at the hub. This is mounted to KZ1000 Police forks/triples, and I had to do machine work on a Concours axle to make it work.

That came out real nice, what was the gold paint you used, I have a couple of the 1300 wheels as well, going to match them to the 2.5 inch rear of the 1000P...

The color is Ford Sparkle Gold. I also used a 1000P rear wheel on that project. There more pics of the wheels and project in the first photobucket link in my signature

mjg15 wrote: The color is Ford Sparkle Gold. I also used a 1000P rear wheel on that project. There more pics of the wheels and project in the first photobucket link in my signature

Did you need to alter the rear spacers at all or was the 2.5 inch 1000p wheel a straight swap, I'm new to these old Kawasaki's....

I did it a few years ago, so some details may escape me, but I think it was a straight swap onto my 550. Axle diam was same. I think I used all 550 parts other than wheel (cush drive, rotor, spacers, etc).

Cool, looks like they used the same axle diameter in all models back then, that will make it an easy swap, i knew the 1300 wheel would be harder, it won't fit in between the stock forks, I have another front end i'll use... Love the Calfab swingarm, is that an old one or one of Motogpwerks newer ones...?

750 R1 wrote: Cool, looks like they used the same axle diameter in all models back then, that will make it an easy swap,

The kz650s used a smaller diameter rear axle (17mm) than the kz900/1000, and kz750 twins (20mm I believe).
What diameter are the 750/4s rear axle?


18" Z1R front wheel on my '78 KZ650C2.
Looks smaller than the 18" rear in this picture: