gazzz
February 27, 2021
cafe racer, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
So I am working on wheels for Kris’ Honda CB750 Spider cafe-racer again. This time Kris builds two new Spiders, therefore my task is to build two sets of wheels. And while I am waiting…
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gazzz
February 16, 2021
Garage, memories
This year we have a real Winter: with huge amount of snow and ringing frosts. I would have enjoyed it to the fullest if it didn’t mess all necessary transportations and affect work of my…
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gazzz
February 13, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: shopping post
How many parts could be necessary for engine overhauling? In my opinion the answer depends largely on how far the owner is ready to go. And as I was making a pre-assembly check of parts…
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gazzz
February 8, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: engine covers
Another batch of parts I polished for our Kawasaki KZ650 project engine. It so happened that once, rummaging through ebay I came across New Old Stock clutch cover. It looked like a good deal so…
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gazzz
February 2, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: engine covers
As I already have written I decided to polish KZ650 engine covers before engine assembling. So here we go with a sprocket cover. This cover is more than 40 years old and it wasn’t laying in…
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gazzz
January 29, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: engine covers
In the course of KZ650 engine pre assembling preparations I had yet one job to do: cleaning oil pan (came from 1991 Zephyr 750 and has ports for oil cooler), transmission cover and bearing cap….
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January 26, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
The subject of this post is Kawasaki KZ650 secondary shaft dampers. These dampers are positioned between two couplings: one of them is connected to the crankshaft through the primary chain while other seats on the…
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January 24, 2021
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer
I designed a cafe-racer kit for Kawasaki Zephyr 750 six years ago and since then I have made a lot of them, but I have never shot the video about kits. looks like it’s…
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gazzz
January 18, 2021
CBX750 and CB750 engines comparing
Recently received email reminded me that I have had this article mostly ready for a long time. It also motivated me to finish it and shot some pictures to illustrate it. Well, it’s not a…
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