KZ650: shopping post

Cam chain tensioner systems of  Kawasaki Z900, Z1 and early KZ650 with their three guide sprockets and two guide wheels are fascinating  and have attractiveness of complicated mechanical toys. However, one who decided to pack…
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And here we go with a new shopping post. And again, all parts in it are for Kawasaki KZ650 engine, which is no wonder as engine assembling is my next big goal. As I already…
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Parcels were arriving one by one while I was working on spoked wheels from a previous post, let’s open a couple of parcels right in this story. Set of exhaust pipe holders arrived first. I…
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Kick start pedal is essential part of Kawasaki Kz650 cafe-racer project. And even as I could foresee issues of pedal compatibility with custom footpegs setup, I am about not only to keep pedal, but keep…
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When it came to gaskets, I prefer sticking to OEM ones, at least in key places like cylinder base or under cylinder head.  So no wonder I’ve bought OEM cylinder gasket for KZ650 engine.  Its…
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I decided to not to number  this “shopping” post as it contains only two items, one of which  is curious only due to the way it arrived. This box is completely similar to the box…
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The beginning of the year was quite busy, however I have a little time for KZ650 project.  Now, after we  fulfilled and sent  all orders to customers I could return to the project.   This post…
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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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