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November 5, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: shopping post
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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October 18, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650
While I wait for spokes, parts I ordered to be machined and other parts I picked and bought for this project here is a glimpse of the KZ650 appearance. Funny, without rims but with brake…
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September 30, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: intake, KZ650: shopping post
Time for traditional shopping posts. While working on modification of CBX550 wheels, I by the way make purchases for project. I am fond of original Kawasaki KZ650 carburetors look, so I decided to leave them…
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September 28, 2018
cafe racer, Honda CBX550 spoked wheels, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650
The idea of converting Honda CBX550 Comstar wheels into spoked wheel is not new; many people did this conversion before me. The simplest way is to make drawings and order laser or water cut adapters…
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September 10, 2018
cafe racer, Honda CBX550 spoked wheels, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650
There is nothing new in using Honda CBX550 wheels, as well as in converting them into spoked wheels. But I suppose, my constant readers waiting for some special features so I’ll try not to disappoint…
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August 20, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: engine
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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July 27, 2018
Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: engine
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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July 17, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: engine, KZ650: shopping post
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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June 23, 2018
cafe racer, Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer, kz-650, KZ650: shopping post
As I wrote in previous post, the best thing in projects started from the scratch is freedom of parts choice. And moreover, Kawasaki KZ650 is not completely new for me; I have its direct descendant,…
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