Some time ago I was refreshing Keihin carburetors for the Kawasaki Zephyr 400/550. Nothing special, just ordinary cleaning, O-rings and gaskets replacing. However, it came to me that it’s a good chance to shoot another…
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When I was checking if I have all necessary parts for the Kawasaki KZ650 engine assembling, I also checked the fitment of all aftermarket gaskets. After that I decided to buy an OEM oil pan…
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Well, this post is dedicated solely to the rotor holder I made for the Kawasaki KZ650. Application of this tool to the KZ650 engine, unlike KZ750 and Zephyr 750, is limited by only two cases:…
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Another item in my list of preassembling works was final transmission assembling. When I was cleaning and checking gearbox, I found out that it’s condition was perfect, the most of measurements were well within not…
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So it’s time to prepare the engine for assembling, which means not only some work to be done, but also applying existing and producing some new special tools. Usually when I prepare parts for glass…
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Well, I was about to start a series of posts about preparing the Kawasaki KZ650 engine for assembling, including a section about special tools I made by the way, but on Saturday I finished two…
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Quite a lot of time has passed since I posted something about “Eight Ball” mirrors last time. It’s understandable, since mirrors are much smaller than cafe-racer kits and make smaller changes in motorcycle exterior. However,…
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At last, models of the tail and the seat base for the Kawasaki Zephyr 550 cafe-racer kit are ready. I already handed them to my contractor in fiberglass works so the next step of the…
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With this and that I’ve mostly forgot to continue the story of a double set of cafe-racer spoked wheels for Kris’ Spider motortcycles. So here we go. After I trued both sets of wheels, I…
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