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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cam chain tensioner systems of Kawasaki Z900, Z1 and early KZ650 with their three guide sprockets and two guide wheels are fascinating and have attractiveness of complicated mechanical toys. However, one who decided to pack…
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Honda CBX750 hubs for Kris’ Honda CB750 Spider cafe-racer were painted in satin black with Eastwood ceramic paint. They looked really great: While hubs were in the paint shop, I brought spoke adapters for Comstar wheels…
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