Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Shopping post #15.
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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KZ650: shopping post
Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Shopping post #14.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Let’s talk about kick pedals.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Shopping post #13.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Short shopping post.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Shopping post #10.
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 cafe-racer. Shopping post #9: cylinder studs & other.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Carburetors. Part 3.
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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Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer. Shopping post. Part 8.
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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