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August 29, 2019
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
It’s well known, that clutch baskets of Kawasaki KZ650/KZ750, as well as that of Zephyr 750 are equipped with rubber dampers. These rubbers shrink and even crumble after a long time of exploitation, therefore cease…
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August 15, 2019
cafe racer, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer, Zephyrs with kits
Our motorcycles express our personality and creativity. Even through and out utilitarian motorcycle speaks about its owner and so do cafe-racers. I am glad that I could help people to express themselves by cafe-racer kit…
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August 9, 2019
cafe racer, Comstar spoked wheels, Honda CBX550 spoked wheels, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer
18″ high shouldered (H-type, H-shape, flanged or valanced) rims are essential point of both, CBX550 spoked wheels project and whole KZ650 project. I bought first pair of such rims on Italian ebay. They were descendants…
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August 2, 2019
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
I’ve made some improvised plugs and cut out a set of covers from transparent plastic to protect all essential surfaces of crankcase from glass blasting and to minimize penetration of glass beads into crankcase. Then…
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July 26, 2019
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
After I found out that high shouldered wheel’ rims that I ordered from Italy are not good enough for my project and was waiting for arrival of ordered substitute (this is another story), I concentrated…
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July 17, 2019
cafe racer, CB750 Seven Fifty cafe-racer
The light that day was changeable and with every change of light there was a change in picture I saw through camera lens. Therefore it was hard to stop shooting photos so here is second…
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July 12, 2019
cafe racer, CB750 Seven Fifty cafe-racer
As the bird is destined to fly, so is this cafe-racer of ours built to ride. Even considering that I am up to the neck in our new project I couldn’t resist the wish and…
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July 3, 2019
cafe racer, cafe-racer posters
For the years passed since I started this very website I received a lot of emails with thanks for inspiration and information. Surely, the most informative and inspiring are photos. We shot a lot of…
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July 1, 2019
cafe racer, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer, Zephyrs with kits
I always curios to see Zephyrs modified with our cafe-racer kit and I am glad to post their photos, though I do not insist on photos. However sometimes, when photos of unfinished motorcycle touch the…
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