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November 22, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ750 cylinder head
As I’ve already mentioned, the Kawasaki KZ650 engine is mostly ready to be assembled. However there were (and are) some obstacles that still keep me from assembling. First of them was engine bolts. My initial…
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November 15, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
The Kawasaki KZ650 oil pump turned out to be in perfect condition, but it needed some cleaning. To clean the oil pump properly I completely dismantled it, down to removing the strainer. I soaked oil…
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November 13, 2020
memories, Zephyr, Zephyr 750
Another couple of findings from my photo archive. I shot these photos exactly 12 years ago. As far as I remember, that year I had a very late vacation which I spent visiting my parents….
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November 9, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, Zephyr 750
During the last two weeks I was asked three times about compatibility of Kawasaki KZ650 and stainless steel exhaust header made by Black Widow (UK) for Kawasaki ZR750 Zephyr. It looks like a good reason…
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November 6, 2020
Garage, Halloween, memories
Tradition of Halloween celebration in Ukraine has pretty shallow roots. For the first thing, being a country of Eastern Orthodox Church, Ukraine commemorates all saints in a rather different time than countries of Western Christianity….
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November 2, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ750 cylinder head
Many engine paints require “baking” to complete their curing. Also, it’s better to test paint before the engine is assembled. And even taking into account that the cylinder head will have a higher temperature than…
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October 31, 2020
Garage, Halloween, memories
There was a gentle knock on the door of our workshop. We opened and here they were: this jack-o’-lantern along with his dog-o’-lantern. We greeted them and let them in, and gave them the best…
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October 29, 2020
memories, Zephyr, Zephyr 750
I was rummaging through my photo archives in search of one particular photo when I stumbled on this photo which I shot in 2008. My archive consists of RAW files downloaded from my cameras. When…
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October 27, 2020
"Eight Ball" cafe-racer, cafe racer, memories
This year autumn is pretty strange. There are a lot of trees that still are green, and those that start to lose their leaves, lose them right as they are: greenish-brown. It seems that red…
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