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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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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Just another shopping post, so to say another couple of hundred bucks spent on KZ650 project. What I like in OEM parts is a fact that they always work as they were intended to work….
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While I am working on wheels here is a content of another parcel that arrived some time ago. Nothing special, just little demonstration that even small things are significant. First is an assortment of some…
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My general idea for Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer dashboard is to made it as invisible as possible for observer but at the same time still easy readable for rider. Thus I chose headlight with opening for…
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How many OEM parts one could need when working on project like my Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer? The answer is: as much as one can put hands on. So here is what I have bought so…
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I have had enough of contact ignition maintaining and adjusting in the beginning of my motorcycle life some 15-20 years ago. Thus, I had no slightest intention to leave original contact ignition system in Kawasaki…
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This shopping post is about brakes components. Let’s start with master cylinder. Sure, for project based on 1978 Kawasaki KZ650 I wished to use some vintage-looking master cylinder. However I am used to perfect working…
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Sure, there is nothing surprising in fact that for Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer I chose fully adjustable Kayaba shocks from Kawasaki Zephyr 750. However this particular pair is a bit special as it came from Zephyr…
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