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October 5, 2020
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Zephyr, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer
It’s quite a rare occasion when two kits with brown and black seats were ordered almost simultaneously and thus I’ve got an occasion to see them ready side by side in my workshop. And talking…
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September 30, 2020
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
Once all wheels’ parts were back at my workshop I installed all wheel’ bearings and collars. Then I made initial assembly of Honda CBX750 hubs and Comstar spoke adapters. Not that I was unsure that…
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gazzz
September 27, 2020
cafe racer, Zephyr, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer, Zephyrs with kits
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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gazzz
September 24, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: shopping post
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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gazzz
September 18, 2020
Garage, Zephyr 750
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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September 17, 2020
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
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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September 12, 2020
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
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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gazzz
September 9, 2020
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
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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August 30, 2020
cafe racer, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
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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