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Looks like Buchanan spokes is discontinueing thier rims for our Zs- anyone know of a different place to get them? I am going to need one pretty soon wide enough for a 160mm tire.

CR;
the zx6e from about 95' uses a 20mm axle and is 4.5 inches wide,it came with a 160 tire.

unless you have your hart set on spokes that would be an option.

if my calculations are right it will work just fine with a 3/8" offset sprocket.

Actually, with this bike, I do want spokes- I am trying to do a very mild mod on my Z1. Just GS swing arm, fatest tires I can get using stock appearing rims. I want to upgrade very mildly I guess is what I am saying- I hate the rear drum brake, want the KZ1000 rear disc set up on the 75 Z1. I am going to build a custom triple tree capable of accepting 41mm fork tubes, and then make some caliper brackets for dual discs up front, and keep the spacing correct using the stock Rim up front as well. It will make a nice kit for conversion up front for our Zs I think. Everything you need to bolt on ZX forks and use all you can from the Z1- rims, brakes, calipers, mastercylinders, gauges handlebars. So that the only way a person could tell it wasn't stock forks is to be pretty knowledgable about Zs in the first place.

So the Z1 you see in my pics is my test bed for "slight upgrade" new parts. Just enough to make the thing handle more like a modern bike, with a pretty fat tire on the back.

Post edited by: CruisingRam, at: 2005/10/22 18:32

i was on their site erlier looking for a 5.5" rim,they sell than one brand of rim for wire wheels.PLEASE put some chrome and a couple of black pieces on that kaw!!