I Know Zip About Motorcycles: KZ750 Twin Bobber Project

One month before I started this restoration bobber project, I knew next to nothing about motorcycles (or engines for that matter). Camshaft? No clue. Petcock? Sorry. But I did know that the piston goes up & down so that at least was something. I also knew this: No matter how long this takes, I will one day ride a kickass custom hand-built kz750 hardtail bobber.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

#@#%@##!!! Kickstarter

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My first busted bolt. I don't know if i should laugh or cry. Pat myself on the back like I just passed through some sort of wrencher...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Connecting the Connecting Rods

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Previously, the bores in the old connecting rods were shown with some pretty significant scoring from the wrist pins. So far, every other l...
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Balancer Assembly

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Time to get those balancer weights in the lower crankcase. The first pictures shows the parts except the chain- weights, shafts, bunch of w...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Replacing Parts Part II

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Here are my "new" replacement rods from Mr. C's Motorcycles in Appleton, WI! Mr. C has tons of metric parts so check out thei...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Next Project?

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Viragos are ugly. But this is one of the best cafe racers I've ever seen. I'm not a big fan of cafe racers either, yet I LOVE THIS B...

Replacing Parts

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So previously I mentioned a missing dowel pin. Here's a picture of a new one I ordered (hand model courtesy of ebay seller). No wonder ...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Everything Now in Reverse.

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So finally I'm getting to the rebuild in the phrase "engine rebuild". Everything before was teardown, dismantle, take apart an...
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