How to Rebuild and Restore
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 Mono-Shock rear suspension which worked beautifully to give you a …
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 part of it here on google: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EMNOCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Before you start …
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 age, the Starter Clutch is one and the Clutch cush …
Replacing the z650 starter can be done without removing the engine! Read on to find out how!
Article still in progress……. 🙂 I’m lucky enough to have a couple of Kawasaki z650’s in my stable, the two pictured below are both 1977 B1 models, the green one was a barn find and its currently being stripped and rebuilt as a Cafe Racer, I will get round to documening it in a future article. The gold z650 (named …
Lacing a wire wheel is not something you do everyday, and certainly it’s not a skill you will use often, however its handy to know if you do plan to restore a lot of bikes. When I wrote my book on “How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles” time and space prevented me from adding in every conceivable tutorial …
