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 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Rear wheel hub.
So, after many long days of hard work I finally finished Honda CBX550 wheels polishing and now I could proceed to assembling. The most of components are ready, however some additional preparation should be done…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. One to go.
Today I finished sandpapering the last part of Honda CBX550 wheels and began to polish it. I have to buy some bearings and seals and give some parts to be zinc galvanized before I start…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Front wheel hub.
Honda CBX550 wheels’ and brake’ components polishing give me a hell of work. Even counting that CBX550 wheels are one of key points of my Kawasaki KZ650 cafe-racer project, they took tremendous amount of working…
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Epic spring sky.
Many people travel far to see something spectacular. However, sometimes enough just to lift your head up and here it is, as epic as one could only imagine…
KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Part 5. Continuation.
As I promised, here is second part of polished Honda CBX550 brake shields and cover photos. Oksana after seeing these photos told me: “It’s not obvious why polishing of all those air intakes was so…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Wheels polishing. Part 5.
Time for another portion of polished wheel’s parts photos. This time it’s brake shields and covers. As I wrote earlier, Honda CBX550 wheels’ parts are raw and never meant to be polished. Even counting that…
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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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Honda CB815 cafe-racer. Occasional view.
The view I had pleasure to look at, relaxing in chair with legs stretched after day of work and some ride during which I spontaneously did the ton couple of times. Not that I intended…
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