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November 2, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
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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October 31, 2021
cafe racer, Halloween, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer
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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October 24, 2021
"Eight Ball" cafe-racer, "Eight Ball" photo, cafe racer
On one hand, this year autumn turned out to be rather cold with only a few warm days randomly popping here and there. On another hand, such drastic weather benefited us with the burst of…
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October 20, 2021
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Kawasaki Zephyr 550 cafe-racer kit
And here comes a moment exciting for me: I received photos of one of the first Kawasaki Zephyr 550 modified with our cafe-racer kit. This also was one of the first two kits for Zephyr…
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October 17, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
With the starter clutch repacked there was nothing to stop me from finishing the Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling. Workbench was ready for another (mostly final) stage of the process. To drive the secondary shaft in…
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October 5, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine, KZ650: shopping post
Those of my readers who wondered why I didn’t install the secondary shaft right after I put halves of the engine together may find an explanation of this fact in this post. The reason was…
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September 29, 2021
cafe racer, cafe-racer parts, Kawasaki Zephyr 550 cafe-racer kit, Zephyr 750 cafe-racer
I was selecting photos for the next part of the Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling story when I came across the pictures you may see below. I mostly forgot about them as I took them occasionally. …
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September 26, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
And here is a post about Kawasaki KZ650 valve timing adjustment. The procedure of camshaft installation and valve timing itself is clearly described in the Factory Service Manual and there is nothing that I could…
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September 14, 2021
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, KZ650: engine
With the cylinder head in place my next tasks were camshafts installation and timing adjustment. I bought a Kawasaki Zephyr 750 camshafts for the KZ650 project. They are mostly identical to KZ750 camshafts and have…
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