Kawasaki OEM Spoke Nipple KZ900 H1500

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Kawasaki OEM Spoke Nipple KZ900 H1500

30 Jan 2018 05:06
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Good Morning Everyone! In the throws of re-lacing a KZ900 Front wheel. Got a "deal" on some Inner and Outer OEM spokes but half(20) nipples were missing. I can't find a part # for JUST the nipples. These are the Yellow Zinc Chromate nipples. Questions are then, were these ever assigned a # or, like I suspect, included in the various spoke "kits" only. Thanks, Clay

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Re: Kawasaki OEM Spoke Nipple KZ900 H1500

30 Jan 2018 09:04 - 30 Jan 2018 09:16
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Buchanan's sells nipples. buchananspokes.com

From the diagrams at Partzilla & Kawasaki.com, the spokes & nipples appear to be listed together as a spoke assy.
The partzilla cross-reference shows that the 87-88 KZ305 uses the same front spokes as the 900,
but the 305 has a separate part number for the nipples (NIPPLE-SPOKE Not Available 41032-022).

From eebbaayy photos the 305 nipples appear to be the same as the 900, but I don't know if they are the same or not.
I only saw 2 eb listings, but I don't think the pricing is any better than getting the KZ900 spoke assys.

I did not see nipples separately at Z1Enterprises.com or PartsnMore.com.
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Re: Kawasaki OEM Spoke Nipple KZ900 H1500

30 Jan 2018 10:34
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Thank-You for the Reply! I think i got it figured-out. Just purchased a couple sets of NOS spoke nipples Only for an ole 70's F8-9, look the same? I would of looked into Buchanan's supply but i'm not sure their nipples would have the exact design and color as OEM. Two of the spoke kits i purchased had the proper nipples, two didn't. Just didn't want to mix and match.

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