Where to find 17" Wheels for ZL?

[Fern]

Hey Gang,

I am new to the forum. The website looks very slick. I will be visiting regularly.

I drive a ZL 900. I bought it new in 1985. It is always a blast to drive. I reside in the Chicago land area.

I would love to install 17" wheels for my ZL. I have tried to get a set from Georg Deget but have been unsuccessful. Does anyone here know where to get a set of those in the U.S.?

I also have a complete GSXR USD fork set up with matching 17" wheels. Does anyone know of someone who can modify the 17" GSXR rear wheel to fit the rear ZL hub?

Thanks

-Fern

[Rick_in_WA]

I dunno any of your answeres as I am new to this site as well as a new zl owner. I would like ask you have you put that gsxr front end on? and if so how did it fit?...... pics?

[LUMI]

The website is
http://www.deget.de/

i sendet email to
info@deget.de

and Rainer Deget answered from
deget-honda@t-online.de

there is a pictures of my bike in the gallery, front is widened to 3,5*18" and rear 6*17"

I think you can not get them in the USA, but they will send wheels all over the world, i bought wheels from ebay at Canada and the seller sended them to Deget and Deget send them then to me.

[Fern]

Thanks for the quick replies, guys.

Lumi,

Your ZL looks awesome with those 17" wheels. I wish I could get a set. I tried getting in contact with Georg Deget, but no avail.

Rick,

I have not installed the GSXR front end on my ZL. I was originally going to install it on my Suzuki GS1150. I would rather install it on my ZL, if I can find someone to modify the rear GSXR wheel to fit. It would be a great winter project. Here is a pic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/fern1150/ae88a80c.jpg

[LUMI]

Changing tyres to ZR rated is the best improvement you can made to thes old bikes 8)
i use 120/70 18" Pirelli Diablo Strada on front and 180/55 17" Diablo Corsa on back, it wont slip anymore :mrgreen:

I wanted to keep the original look on my eli thats why i choosed the Deget wheels

In my opinion all the USD forks looks too modern to these bikes :evil:

You can call to Deget they all speak "good englis" phone number +49 223 577 111

[MachIV]

Mean Streak rear is a bolt-on `cept for the cali bracket needing
to be extended,I suspect that other Vulcan wheels would also
fit.
How about Concours wheels,the S-arm is Eli.
It should fit although it`s not all that wide.

And my M/S USD front end looks just fine on my ZL1200R,
there`s a crowd around that bike everywhere I park it.
:D

[Fern]

Mach IV,

Your bike looks very slick with the M/S wheels, nice job.

I already have the GSXR front end and wheels. I would hate to reinvest in a new set up.

Thanks for the input, though.

- Fern

[MachIV]

Have both stems pressed out and the ZL stem pressed into the
Suzi lowers,you may need to have a bushing
made and pressed in to take up the
space left as I would believe the Suzi stem is fatter like the M/S.
Make sure you have the length correct and you can use the ZL
bearings.
This is what I had to mod for the M/S frontend to fit.

[MachIV]

I was checkin out a Vulcan wreck last week and noticed
the spokies it had looked like they would fit also.
Kaw tends to use parts on many diff. models to keep costs down.
I think the spoked rims would look sweet on an Eli.