Recent content by El Zilcho

I think i just fell in love... with my new toy, a $40 impact driver :)

Grrrr... cannot for the life of me work out how to remove the metal fork covers without destroying them... anyone know? Havent made a huge amount of progress of late. Have a few parts on order from Thailand (seems to be a good source of bits for these little bikes) including new gasket set...

Re: 75 kawasaki kz400d cafe conversion (australia) SEAT MOUNTING TIPS?? Awsome looking bike, wasnt sure on your colour scheme early on but it looks fantastic! Did you buy that Bell helmet from the US? Didnt think you could get them here with the right stickers etc.

The strip down continues... The rear break drum... including a pile of earwig body parts from a spiders nest inside! The gunked up frame... the yellow/white visible on the bottom left is a mud wasp nest! And finally, the frame after a bit of degreasing, scrubbing and wiping down...

Have been pulling a few bits and peices off... these 70s phillips head screws are a pain, strip out so easily... i think i will replace them with allen key bolts where possible? Plan to strip everything off and have the frame blasted and then either powdercoated or painted black.

Re: Kawasaki GA5 - 1970s 2-stroke beginner project Yeah i think i will keep the "candy gold" colour. Pulled off that ugly-arse chain guard/enclosure... full of 40 years or so of dirt, grease, dry grass and spiders! Biggest issue for me at the moment is that the kick-start shaft and...

Hi All, Been mostly lurking around for a while, enjoying the awsome projects people have posted up! Im from Melbourne, Australia and have been riding bikes for about 10 years or so but have never really attempted anything more mechanical than changing the oil. Time to change that.... ive...

Hi All, A mate of mine has a pretty much stock old Kawasaki KH100 that he is 'trying' to do up. Ive heard that an expansion chamber can be a good thing on these little bikes. Now i have an expansion chamber/exhaust system off an Aprilia RS125 that i used to own sitting in the garage, would this...

Aido, what happened to to this build?