Background I was riding to work one morning on the zed when I applied the front brake only to hear a loud clunk sound and see something fly from the front. I stopped carefully and discovered one of the caliper mounts had broken. I quickly located the missing piece and Read more…
Fork seal replacement is one of those jobs where the right tools and a bit of know how will result in a stress free maintenance task being completed within next to no time. In fact fork seals are so easy to replace that most of your time will be taken Read more…
This guide will show the Rear Suspension Rebuilding process using a neglected 1984 gpz900r so you can regain back the factory handling. The GPz900R was a revolutionary bike in its day, apart from being water cooled, 115HP on tap, Anti-dive fork and sleak looks, it also had a well designed Read more…
Introduction This tutorial originally appeared on my z900collector wordpress site, however I’ve decided to move it to this site and publish it here with some very minor detail fixes and link the content back to wordpress. There are also some references to this work in my book, you can read Read more…
When production started in 1977 of the Kawasaki z650 B1 model, I doubt the Kawasaki engineers had any idea that 40 years later these bikes would still be on the road and highly sought after! But after a few decades various mechanical systems on the z650 start to show their Read more…
Replacing the z650 starter can be done without removing the engine! Read on to find out how!