Recent content by Bevelheadmhr

The Z650 Cafe frame needs a lot of welding, so the bike had to come apart..

The slave cylinder arrived, £12 off Ebay, surprised it doesn't have a bleed nipple. Will make bleeding the system interesting.. Also after a lot of heat and a big hammer, the rear frame loop is in place. Works quite well with the Ducati seat unit..

I've been working on the Z650 cafe project recently. Machined a pair of slugs to attach the frame loop to the frame, giving the right length to match the SS900 seat unit. Just needs a bit of heat and a big hammer to get the loop to fit. It'll be welded later. I swapped the heavy chrome front...

The later models had electronic ignition from the factory.

I've been messing about with the unfinished Z650 cafe project I bought recently. Just trying out a few ideas, using stuff I already had. I tried a Ducacsti SS900 Desmo seat unit, which didn't look too bad, so I then bought a cheap replica 900ss fairing to match. Mounting this fairing wasn't...

I'm in the UK so that may be a little far away lol. I've since bought another dismantled engine, when I went to collect it, the owner asked me if I wanted to buy his never completed KZ650 cafe project. It was so cheap, how could I say no.. So now I have 3 Z650 engines and three Z650 projects...

I have have the time to work on the bike again. Currently in the middle of rebuilding the engine.. Soon found a problem, one of the many boxes containing the engine parts has gone missing. Looked everywhere for it, but can't find it. That box held a lot of the engine internals, along with the...

If you haven't seen this.. visit to the TAB2 workshop and making a tank...

HEL custom brakes lines now fitted front and back..

The front discs turned out to be from an 05 R6, not a04, they are 10mm bigger, which meant the calipers didn't fit. Bought an aftermarket set of the correct size, and also swapped the gold spots for Blue spots, as I preferred the look.. The rear brake torque arm looked a bit thick, so was...

Have fun.. https://www.youtube.com/@Merch131ho

Fame at last! lol

On its wheels at last, with rearsets done. Weighs 81kg as it sits, don't know by how much, but its much lighter than a stock bike in the same state.

Fitted the paintwork to the bike for the first time, looks ok, but all is not good. The 2K clear coat on the tank is still 'soft' after a month. Clearly there was a problem with the hardener in the last special rattle can I used. I'm told the clear coat will eventually harden even without any...

While I'm working on some homemade rearsets for my GPz project...