Lovely job

Andrew_s wrote:why the hole and who really gives a toss?

Cheers
Andrew

The ones with the lugs are an abomination and should never be fitted to anything...

Good work well done

The engines are pretty bomb proof and I don’t recall hearing about anyone ever having a catastrophic cam chain failure... they’ll rattle for a good while. If the bike looks good use the lack of service history as a bargaining tool, buy it and put the cam chain on the to do list.

ZedHead wrote:You can download an extract from NGK research from my website.

https://www.cybike.co.uk/Downloads

Useful - thanks

This event is on In Northern Ireland dates above there has been a bit of preliminary discussion about putting on a Z1Owners Club stand/display. Early days yet but potentially any takers? See event details below and let me know what you think...

https://www.classicbikefestireland.com/events/

I like that. But I’m skint...

Weird... :shock: Back to the OP - the best ones appear to be the 79-80 A3 A3A A4 which have a 19” front and are listed as a fitment for A1 and A2. Z1R rear seems to be the same. Z1R front will fit but will be smaller. Some 650s and others are the same too - dig through Partzilla to find compatibilit...

Maybe I’m wrong and the thing came a complete wheel then it was forty years ago... the same rear wheel seems common to the 650s and Z1R and is also listed for the A1... Catalog 41073-1035 KawasakiMotorcycle 1977KZ1000 - KZ1000-A1 REAR WHEEL/TIRE/HUB/CHAIN ('79-'80 A3/A3) This product fits the follow...

You bought that new with an 18” front?

Well all I know is these went on here in 1979 or early 1980 and it’s a 19” front it’s still out in the garage. This pic is 1980.

Mine A1 had cast wheels put on it about 1980. My brother worked in the local Kawasaki centre at the time and they were flogging them really cheap so it was cheaper to put them in than replace the spoked rear which had already started to rot.... they came from Kawasaki as bare wheels and didn’t need ...

Kawasaki aftermarket alloy wheels for the Z1000 As had a 19” front they weren’t Z1R wheels, although the back may have been similar I don’t really know what the Z1R wheel is like....

The lugged one!!

welcome along looks like a good find.