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valve cover painted and ends polished. Those black cam end caps were junk. They are from ebay. I think the guy is doing his own metal casting or something. They looked OK, but the fit was perfect on just 1 of the 4. The others all required careful filing and fit checking.

When I bought them they appeared to be sand cast aluminum with no machine work done to them.



Media blasted caliper waiting for paint. As you can see I did not disassemble it. This is to save time. I already know these calipers work great, so why spend more time? The hose is an old one that I won't be using on the bike.

And finally... the engine is ready to go in! I just need to track down all the brackets and bolts and make sure they're cleaned up and good lookin'.

Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the oil drain plug.. Odd. I remember cleaning it up on the wire wheel... I had it in a bag with the oil filter... but it ain't there now...

Oh well I'm sure it will turn up.

Both motor and frame seen earlier look really nice...of course the oil bolt will turn up - just after you buy a new one, hahaha isn't it always that way?

lookin very nice nelson.

leon

motor looks really good great job im jealous as heck

Looks great!

Thanks guys. I'm excited that it's finally starting to look like something!

Got the motor in today! yay! It's starting to look like a motorcycle now. Unfortunately I got quite a few bad scratches in the paint on my frame I put several layers of masking tape on the frame, but it did NOTHING to prevent damage.

I felt like no-talent hack after that...

I haven't had much time to work on it lately. I got distracted by getting married and buying another motorcycle DR650 loaded with goodies for my next adventure ride across Nevada!

The Kaw looks great Nelson, shame about the scratches though.

Congrats on the Wedding + the DR650 great machines

bike looks good.

congrats on the wedding and the new dr.

for future reference.
this would have helped to protect your frame ,



leon

is that rubber hose or something? sure wish I'd thought it thru a little better..