Yamaha “Eight Ball” cafe-racer: woman, autumn and city.
And here is the last part of “Eight Ball and Autumn” photos. And since I had not only Yamaha XJ for the photo model but also Oksana, I took my chance to polish my skills…
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KZ650 cafe-racer: engine assembling time-lapse video.
And here we go with a clip about early Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling. Whole process, from the set of parts in boxes to the ready engine compressed into a 7:20 time-lapse video. It’s hard to…
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Couple of Zephyr 750 cafe-racer kits.
And here are yet-a-couple-of-cafe-racer-kits for the Kawasaki Zephyr 750 I recently finished and shipped to the clients. And as the first of them is equipped with black seat (as around 90% of kits) it still…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. New fuel tank.
And here is yet one update on the Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer project. I was not very satisfied with how the Honda CB500T tank fits the KZ650 frame. The tunnel of the tank had to be…
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One cloudy day.
This sunless November day I could not but remember another cloudy, yet much warmer autumn day some six years ago… Hope we’ll return there one day.
KZ650 cafe-racer engine: detailed photos.
And here are some detailed photos of the Kawasaki KZ650 engine. For all polished covers I chose chrome plated small hex head flange bolts. These are genuine Kawasaki bolts with length identical to the length…
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Yamaha “Eight Ball” cafe-racer: autumn, river and city.
The great thing about our favourite view point on the hills above the river is that one may shoot photos of the motorcycle with variable backgrounds: with only woods and river or with woods, river…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Assembled engine: walkaround.
And here we come to the culmination of Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling: engine covers installation. I had new mounts for engine wiring, but I decided to install them later. I also decided to use a…
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Kawasaki KZ650 Halloween pumpkins.
And here are special Kawasaki KZ650 edition Halloween pumpkins. After I finished with the Jack O’Lantern Rider pumpkin, I still had some pumpkins in my workshop. I was thinking what to do with them and…
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