With piston bases and piston ring compressors it was a matter of minutes to get cylinders installed. I spent more time on photo shooting than on installation itself. I oiled bores because I could not…
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And here is the final part of the story about the first two cafe-racer kits for Kawasaki Zephyr 550. It took much longer than I expected to develop the kit and settle all matters of…
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Kawasaki Zephyr 750 and 550 motorcycles look like brothers (or sisters) so no wonder, when I was working on Zephyr 550 cafe-racer kit my plans for the seat was to make it look like those…
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I had no time for photo shooting when I was applying sealant on crankcase contact surfaces. So next photos I took were those of the engine case already assembled, with all bolts torqued to specs….
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Next step in Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling was connecting rod installation. As usual, I applied mix of engine oil and Liqui Moly LM48 molybdenum grease to connecting rod bearing inserts. I tightened connecting rods’ nuts…
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Sure, as soon as I had a ready seat at my disposal I started preparing the Kawasaki Zephyr 400/550 for its installation. It occurred to me that only installing a kit wouldn’t be sufficient. So…
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Hurray! First two seats for Kawasaki ZR400/ZR550 Zephyr cafe-racer kits are ready. My idea was to make the 400/550 seat look like a brother to Zephyr 750 seat even as their fiberglass bases have a…
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So, everything was ready for Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling . There are two workbenches in my garage, and one of them I designed according to my idea of comfort engine assembling. Here is how my…
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And here we go: moulds for Kawasaki Zephyr 400-550 cafe-racer kit are ready, as well as the first two sets of real fibreglass parts. And even if it took longer than I was expecting (and…
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