Or to be more precise, build of particular Honda CBX750 Comstar-to-spokes wheels conversion. These photos also might be called “summary of previous episodes“. I’ll post more details later, as at the moment I am quite…
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Recently I received another order for kit. When I went with the seat base to the upholstery workshop, its owner informed me that he soon will be on vacation for a couple of weeks. I…
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I prefer to paint aluminum parts as soon as possible after glass beads blasting. So in the very morning of the day when I have to give cylinder to painter I mounted it to my…
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My next task with cylinder head was to prepare it for glass beads blasting. Why to bother with blasting if head is new? For one thing, 1980 KZ750 cylinder head is factory painted. The shade…
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I finished previous part of story on a minor note, so let’s make picture a bit brighter in this part. Remember those rusty camshaft cap bolts? I have a couple of sets of similar non-rusty…
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One might remember my posts about cylinder heads for Kawasaki KZ650 project. In short: my intention was to use KZ750 cylinder head of early production years, so it’d be compatible with early KZ650 timing chain…
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Kick start pedal is essential part of Kawasaki Kz650 cafe-racer project. And even as I could foresee issues of pedal compatibility with custom footpegs setup, I am about not only to keep pedal, but keep…
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When it came to gaskets, I prefer sticking to OEM ones, at least in key places like cylinder base or under cylinder head. So no wonder I’ve bought OEM cylinder gasket for KZ650 engine. Its…
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I became used having no weekends in their classic meaning, however I hoped to work a bit on our KZ650 cafe-racer this weekend, as a previous week left me with only one day to work…
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