Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer

Now I am working on KZ650 chassis now , modifying some parts, and calculating, and drawing all adapters I have to order to be made: for Zephyr 550 swingarm, for shocks, and so on. This…
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Since I’ve bought NOS (New Old Stock) Anderson-Kittelson mufflers for Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer I’ve been wondering about how they might sound. This winter my Kawasaki Zephyr 750 spent in workshop, and couple of days ago…
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Here is another pair of polished parts. This time it’s headlight brackets. initially they looked like this: I added to them a bit of my touch by drilling holes and applying additional polishing. Sounds simple,…
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All components for dashboard were ready, but  I had to polish top yoke before assembling .  The surface of part isn’t complicated and its top is flat, so what might be simpler you might ask?…
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This post is about indicators. I started from making housings.  I made some drawings and gave them along with stainless steel rod of suitable diameter  to turner. After I received result I had to do…
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In my mind the image of cafe-racer (so to say its template) always has gaiters (boots) on front fork. So no wonder that every my cafe-racer has gaiters on front fork. And I also prefer…
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And here is plate for top yoke, ready to be installed. I filled all groves with black paint, then I “brushed” it with 600 grit sandpaper. After this plate was covered with two-component mat varnish….
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I finished previous post by  indicating “excess” holes in top yoke, thus it’s logically to continue the story by showing how I am about to solve this “issue”.  I have tachometer and speedometer for dashboard,…
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