Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Cylinder head.
Initially I thought to use original KZ650 cylinder head as it was in very nice condition: no broken cooling fins, clean intake channels and so on and so forth. The only thing I had to…
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KZ650: engine
KZ650 cafe-racer. Little upgrade for the clutch.
Kawasaki KZ650 inherited its clutch actuation system from its older and bigger Z-brothers. This means that clutch actuator is placed on left (sprocket) cover and momentum from it to clutch spring (release) plate transmitted through…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Timing chain tension system.
Earlier models of Kawasaki KZ650 as well as its even more famous brothers Z900, Z1 and Z2 (KZ900, KZ1000, Z750) have roller timing chain which, unlikely to modern silent timing chains (also known as hy-vo…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Engine disassembling and checking. Part 2.
I do believe that actual mileage of this KZ650 engine is around 10K kilometres. And it is clearly readable that those mileage was gained in two stages. Some of it was made when bike was…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Engine disassembling and checking. Part 1.
As I wrote earlier, I bought KZ650 engine in the year 2011. As you may see, seven years passed before I start working on it. I removed top end of engine in the same 2011…
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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Engine upgrades. Part 1.
It’s high summer around and shame for me, I could find only a little time for internet. But silence on my website doesn’t mean that works in my garage are postponed. I actively work on…
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