I made quite a few cafe-racer kits for Zephyr 750 and brown seats are usually ordered much less often than black ones. It is around 1:10 proportion. When I was sending the last kit with…
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Earlier models of Kawasaki KZ650 as well as its even more famous brothers Z900, Z1 and Z2 (KZ900, KZ1000, Z750) have roller timing chain which, unlikely to modern silent timing chains (also known as hy-vo…
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Once I finished with Honda CBX550 wheel’ hubs polishing I gave hubs to the paintshop, where all unpolished surfaces were painted with same heat resistant paint I used for Honda CB815 engine. Why bother with…
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Remember this post of mine about velocity stacks that simultaneously are adapters for dual pod filters? Since that I modified blueprints for better fitment and ordered parts to be made on CNC lathe and I…
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Another set of polished parts, spokes adapters. They are flat and might look like easy game, but they are made of 2024 aluminium alloy and could be polished in true mirror, and believe me, after…
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Good plan might be a great thing, yep, just until it smashed to pieces in unexpected manner. I hoped to be quite ahead with wheels polishing for now, but instead I caught cold and I…
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Wheels polishing goes well but a bit slowly as I intend to achieve the best result. Meanwhile, here is a part of finished work, which directly related to wheels. Honda CBX550 wheels with Inboard Ventilated…
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Remember my remark about the choice of wheels’ colour in one of previous posts? With my intention to make them look even more resembling vintage sport drum’ brakes, the only answer for the question was…
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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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