Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Chassis. Part 1.
Now I am working on KZ650 chassis now , modifying some parts, and calculating, and drawing all adapters I have to order to be made: for Zephyr 550 swingarm, for shocks, and so on. This…
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Monthly Archive: March 2020
About orders.
In these definitely challenging times we are still working not only on our own projects, we also accept and fulfil orders. Due to virus situation many regular flights were cancelled, thus postal services that were…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Exhaust testing.
Since I’ve bought NOS (New Old Stock) Anderson-Kittelson mufflers for Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer I’ve been wondering about how they might sound. This winter my Kawasaki Zephyr 750 spent in workshop, and couple of days ago…
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A surprising find.
Imagine my surprise when one day I came across photo of Zephyr 750 modified with our kit right on KZRider forum where I run my build thread on Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Turned out that our…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Headlight brackets.
Here is another pair of polished parts. This time it’s headlight brackets. Initially they looked like this: I added to them a bit of my touch by drilling holes and applying additional polishing. Sounds simple,…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Top yoke and dashboard. Part 5.
All components for dashboard were ready, but I had to polish top yoke before assembling . The surface of part isn’t complicated and its top is flat, so what might be simpler you might ask?…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Top yoke and dashboard. Part 4.
This post is about indicators. I started from making housings. I made some drawings and gave them along with stainless steel rod of suitable diameter to turner. After I received result I had to do…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Clamps for fork gaiters.
In my mind the image of cafe-racer (so to say its template) always has gaiters (boots) on front fork. So no wonder that every my cafe-racer has gaiters on front fork. And I also prefer…
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