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October 24, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: starter motor
And here is the last part of Kawasaki KZ650 electrical starter restoration story. All I had to do was to finish the job as to install another end cap with gears in it with assembling…
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gazzz
October 21, 2020
cafe racer, Zephyr, Zephyr 750, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer, Zephyrs with kits
Through the years of kits manufacturing we posted quite a lot of photos of our clients’ motorcycles. And every one of Zephyr was unique, as unique were ideas of their owners. With words ‘Ci joint…
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gazzz
October 20, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: starter motor
I started assembling the starter motor from yoke assembly. As I already mentioned, Kawasaki service manual indicates that “is not meant to be disassembled”. The reason is simple: the gap between rotor and field coils’…
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October 16, 2020
cafe racer, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX750 spoked wheels
Looks like it’s time to continue and finish the story about the wheels for Polish Honda CB750 Spider wheels. I made final assembling of both wheels and my next task was to true them. As…
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October 11, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: starter motor
Before I could start assembling the starter motor I had to replace bearing and O-rings. Since O-Rings have part numbers it’s not an issue to buy them. The bearing of the output shaft is 6003Z…
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October 7, 2020
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: starter motor
As long as the starter motor works, people rarely think about it. Especially if the starter motor is hidden under the fancy cover like that on Kawasaki KZ or SOHC Honda CB. I duno what…
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gazzz
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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gazzz
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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