What makes a man happy? Meeting like-minded craftsman. Sharing insights with somebody who shall understand and appreciate. Receiving an acknowledgement from the client for design and work well done. Realizing that his design might be…
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Cam chain tensioner systems of Kawasaki Z900, Z1 and early KZ650 with their three guide sprockets and two guide wheels are fascinating and have attractiveness of complicated mechanical toys. However, one who decided to pack…
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I was resting with my legs stretched after a long day that was full of work and rummaging through the city on my Kawasaki Zephyr 750. And that was Zephyr I was looking at and…
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Honda CBX750 hubs for Kris’ Honda CB750 Spider cafe-racer were painted in satin black with Eastwood ceramic paint. They looked really great: While hubs were in the paint shop, I brought spoke adapters for Comstar wheels…
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I think I overdid the previous part of the story, so let this part be a tad shorter. After I received rims and spokes I made initial assembly of the wheels to make sure that…
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In customizing wheels command how the motorcycle will look, and it requires experience and knowledge to hit the bull’ eye and get perfect wheels. Especially when it comes to making spoked wheels for bikes that…
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In my personal opinion cafe-racers and spoked wheels are inseparable. When this Spring I was emailed by Krzysztof (KrisBiker, Poland) with a question if I could produce a set of spoked wheels for his cafe-racer…
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It finally happened: cylinders for Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer project are bored, honed to fit a Wiseco K700 piston kit, glass beads blasted painted in black. It’s my third approach to cylinder block. Original cylinders of…
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And here we go with a new shopping post. And again, all parts in it are for Kawasaki KZ650 engine, which is no wonder as engine assembling is my next big goal. As I already…
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