Remember this nice KZ750 cylinder head that made long way to me from USA through Germany? I cleaned it, I checked all I could, I found out that two from four exhaust valves were slightly…
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Kawasaki KZ650 as well as KZ750 has 12 cylinder studs with M10 thread of following lengths: 4 studs x 153mm (part number 92004-062), 4 studs x 133mm (92004-1004) and 4 studs x 116mm (92004-1007). The …
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So, what should have happened in June happened only in September. Yesterday I finally finished rear wheel. I placed second order for Excel 18″ 2.5″ high shouldered rim as soon as I became sure that …
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I am used to buy OEM parts for our projects from USA, thus when I decided to order new carburetors’ manifolds I found that only right carb holders are currently available. After some thinking I…
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So carburetors’ bodies were cleaned. And so were all other components, like heat shield. Float bowls’ gaskets gave me a bit of work as they were glued to bowls from factory and after mostly forty…
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This post, be it put in one part, would contain about forty photos. So I am to cut it in two. The question of KZ650 carburetors is quite extensive. One may catch a serious case…
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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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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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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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