I'm in the process of getting my Z650 back out of winter hibernation, and inevitably I've found an interesting variety of issues since putting it away while the weather was bad. Most annoying and important

I've spent the last few days refurbishing the front brake caliper on my 1978 Kawasaki Z650. It was binding and causing drag on the front wheel - enough that it would generate excess heat and all kinds

Welcome to the next post in a seemingly endless series where I show all the things I'm doing to try to get my 1978 Kawasaki Z650B1 back on the road. I'm currently working through possible causes for the

In my ongoing project to get my old 1978 Kawasaki Z650 properly back on the road, it is definitely a case of "three steps forward, two steps back". Having identified and cured a huge volume of

It feels like this project to get my 1978 Kawasaki Z650 back on the road has been going on forever ! In the process, I've discovered an insane amount of issues and problems that have needed to be solved,

I've had a problem with my Z650 recently; it seemed to only be running on 3 of the 4 cylinders. Here's the story so far - sorry for the lack of photos in the initial bit, I was thinking about finding the

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Just over a year ago, I fitted new inlet rubbers to my Kawasaki Z650. They were pattern ones, but bought from a reputable dealer and supposedly high quality. A year later, the bike just doesn't want to

What started as a project to keep me busy during the winter while it was too cold to work on the bike has taken on a life of it's own. It's becoming a summer project as well ! The last couple of months

It's been ages since I last posted an update on my Kawasaki Z650 restoration. With rain every day since Christmas, sometimes all day and sometimes just for a short while, it's not been ideal working

After my weekend post, where I finally made progress after what felt like being stuck for so long, I did a little more work this evening to keep up the momentum. I kept my goals limited because I knew

Last time I posted on this project, it had reached a bit of a blockage. One or more of the pistons was stuck because the piston rings had rusted to the barrels. So far, they've had about 4 weeks of soaking

I can't believe it's been nearly a month since I last posted on this rebuild. A combination of having a short holiday, being pretty overwhelmed with work, and poor weather meant the project stalled for

Classic Bike Trip I love my old classic bikes and cars, when I saw a planned trip, on Facebook, by the BMW club of Johannesburg, I decided to join the ride, from Pretoria where I stay. The advert stated

Welcome to the next part of my Kawasaki Z650 engine refurbishment series. This is the one where it all goes wrong 😁 The objective for this session was to take the cylinder head off and see what the top

Welcome to the next part of the saga ! My goal for this weekend was to clean the spare engine along the major joints of the cam cover, head and barrels. I got side-tracked. I've been trying for ages to

Classic Bikes and Hotdogs. We have a small group of friends, who all ride some old classic BMW motor cycles. We decided to come together as one of our friends, who moved out of the country, came to visit.

Just a little progress update today - after discovering a good candidate yesterday for why the bike isn't running well (a faulty ignition coil), I turned back to the ongoing refurbishment of the spare

It was the first Saturday for a while where we had decent weather (not that common at this time of the year here in the UK !) and I didn't have to spend time working, so I've been able to do a bit more