One cloudy day.
This sunless November day I could not but remember another cloudy, yet much warmer autumn day some six years ago… Hope we’ll return there one day.
KZ650 cafe-racer engine: detailed photos.
And here are some detailed photos of the Kawasaki KZ650 engine. For all polished covers I chose chrome plated small hex head flange bolts. These are genuine Kawasaki bolts with length identical to the length…
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Yamaha “Eight Ball” cafe-racer: autumn, river and city.
The great thing about our favourite view point on the hills above the river is that one may shoot photos of the motorcycle with variable backgrounds: with only woods and river or with woods, river…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Assembled engine: walkaround.
And here we come to the culmination of Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling: engine covers installation. I had new mounts for engine wiring, but I decided to install them later. I also decided to use a…
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Kawasaki KZ650 Halloween pumpkins.
And here are special Kawasaki KZ650 edition Halloween pumpkins. After I finished with the Jack O’Lantern Rider pumpkin, I still had some pumpkins in my workshop. I was thinking what to do with them and…
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Happy Motorcycle Halloween!
Well, a recent wonderful ride through the rain of falling autumn leaves on the cafe-racer gave me an idea for Halloween pumpkin carving. So this year it’s Jack O’Lantern motorcycle rider. And even as I…
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Yamaha “Eight Ball” cafe-racer: autumn and river.
On one hand, this year autumn turned out to be rather cold with only a few warm days randomly popping here and there. On another hand, such drastic weather benefited us with the burst of…
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Zephyr 550 cafe-racer from Germany.
And here comes a moment exciting for me: I received photos of one of the first Kawasaki Zephyr 550 modified with our cafe-racer kit. This also was one of the first two kits for Zephyr…
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KZ650 cafe-racer. Engine assembling. Part 6.
With the starter clutch repacked there was nothing to stop me from finishing the Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling. Workbench was ready for another (mostly final) stage of the process. To drive the secondary shaft in…
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