Honda CB815 cafe-racer. Occasional view.
The view I had pleasure to look at, relaxing in chair with legs stretched after day of work and some ride during which I spontaneously did the ton couple of times. Not that I intended…
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Yearly Archive: 2019
New Zealand Zephyr: black, brown & silver.
I made quite a few cafe-racer kits for Zephyr 750 and brown seats are usually ordered much less often than black ones. It is around 1:10 proportion. When I was sending the last kit with…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Timing chain tension system.
Earlier models of Kawasaki KZ650 as well as its even more famous brothers Z900, Z1 and Z2 (KZ900, KZ1000, Z750) have roller timing chain which, unlikely to modern silent timing chains (also known as hy-vo…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Part 4. Some assembly.
Once I finished with Honda CBX550 wheel’ hubs polishing I gave hubs to the paintshop, where all unpolished surfaces were painted with same heat resistant paint I used for Honda CB815 engine. Why bother with…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Velocity stacks.
Remember this post of mine about velocity stacks that simultaneously are adapters for dual pod filters? Since that I modified blueprints for better fitment and ordered parts to be made on CNC lathe and I…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Part 3. Spoke adapters.
Another set of polished parts, spokes adapters. They are flat and might look like easy game, but they are made of 2024 aluminium alloy and could be polished in true mirror, and believe me, after…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Part 2. Some tips and tricks.
Good plan might be a great thing, yep, just until it smashed to pieces in unexpected manner. I hoped to be quite ahead with wheels polishing for now, but instead I caught cold and I…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels ventilation grids.
Wheels polishing goes well but a bit slowly as I intend to achieve the best result. Meanwhile, here is a part of finished work, which directly related to wheels. Honda CBX550 wheels with Inboard Ventilated…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing.
Remember my remark about the choice of wheels’ colour in one of previous posts? With my intention to make them look even more resembling vintage sport drum’ brakes, the only answer for the question was…
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