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#1 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:06 am

When I got the MkII it had those cheap aftermarket Fork Ears for the Headlight on it. Attempting to bring it back to standard and somwhere along the line I picked up some repro Fprk Covers ( Part No. 44064-025)
Went to slip them on last night and oops too tight. Obviously not of the original pattern but what I need so I don't butcher these ones is the original measurement.
What I have now is -
Rough measuring
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Around 110mm
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They even look wrong, never took them out of the box they went straight into the cupboard

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Internal appears right.
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So just need to know how much to trim from the inside part so not as obvious. Going to be fun trimming them !!!
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#2 PostAuthor: jphaynes669 » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:50 am

Hi Nicomkii, it could be tricky triming out the inner edge and it could end up very sharp, what about cutting small verticle slits in the inner edge . This might make it less rigid and give it a spring loaded effect when sliding onto the leg, :|
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#3 PostAuthor: Z1RII » Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:52 pm

the fork cover looks like a Z1 part, they are different to z1000/MKII

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#4 PostAuthor: z1bman » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:12 pm

z1000 a3/a3a are the same as the z1/ z1000 but the z100a4 is different
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#5 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:00 pm

z1bman wrote:z1000 a3/a3a are the same as the z1/ z1000 but the z100a4 is different


And the difference is :?:
They were sold to me as MkII but they may possibly be the later A4. No point butchering them if they are, best I just keep an eye out for A3 ones :)
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#6 PostAuthor: z1bman » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:04 pm

no 20-1 in the parts diagram diagram is what is listed for the a4 but it looks like it just sits under the headlamp ear & is not as deep as the one you have


http://www.cmsnl.com/kawasaki-1979-kz10 ... ml#results


there are some from this seller on e bay


http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kawasaki-Z-1000- ... 1044243705
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#7 PostAuthor: Z1RII » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:49 pm

Z1 Z1A/B covers are different to Z900A /Z1000

the later covers do not have as much metall like the Z1 covers. (sorry, cannot explain correct in english) since the top yolk with it´s bolts is different.

the later MKII A4 does not have covers any more, just a ring plus the plastic cover at the front covering the brake splitter
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