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I did the exact swap you are talking about doing on my 81 KZ 650 CSR. I robbed the wheels off one of the 81 550 LTD's I have. Was a piece of cake nothing to modify at all. The 70's stuff will not work different axle sizes. here is a pic of my bike after the swap.

Sorry wrong Pic lets try this again

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The rear brake panels are the same as are the rear shoes. You are correct the only difference is the fact the 550's are painted. When I changed mine over I thought about using the black panel but being lazy I decided to just polish up the 650 panel. Smoking deal on those wheels and tires. If I'd have seen that they would be getting shipped to Akron.

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JMKZHI wrote:

Thanks again. It's handy to have the doubt removed about sumthin'. I was gonna bid on the wheels if they were still available - whether or not they'd be useable. That's about the nicest wheel/tire combo I've seen - particularly for the price.

Next question: does your bike still have the mini-apehangers? I got rid of mine a while back - what an improvement.

Yep I still have the "mini apehangers" on it. Reason being is #1 the bike is basically an unmolested survivor that starts instantly, idles good, runs great(since I fixed a minor electrical problem yesterday) and doesn't look too bad. #2 since I use it as a daily driver and my work is only 2.5 miles from home how uncomfortable can they be? #3 I have a number of different bikes in varying states of repair/disrepair that I can choose from so depending on my mood or needs, I just pick one to ride. I currently have 3 KZ650's, a 77 650C1 with stock bars for a more upright ride, the CSR with the mini apes and a 79 650 B with drag bars. I think you can see why I have no real need to mess with this bike too much. I am thinking about selling the sissy bar, there is a guy on another site looking for one. This one is in nice shape and it is an original Kawasaki accessory catalog item. I figure it has to be worth at least a Benjamin to somebody who wants a sissybar, personally I could care less if it is there or not.