Kz650 1978

Been working on my kz, not sure the direction I am going.(cafe/drag).

Here is a part I made to replace the plastic for the choke linkage. Made a total of 8 pieces to hav some extra on the shelf

That's a cool part, had to replace all four of mine last year, the plastic ones just crumbled away. Granted, they were probably 34 years old.

Thanks, yeah only one of my plastic ones was usable. So I decided to make my own out of some brass I had laying around, hopefully they will hold up better than the plastic ones.

Thinking of trying my luck at making a new rear master cylinder cap,as my original one is cracked.

If you do, take a real close look at the original. There is a vent in the form of a slot cut through the threads. Ed

Ok thanks ,I did not know that.

2006 gsxr1000 front end

I wound up using the stock kz stem. The stem was swimming in the triple, but was only .010 difference so .005 per side...bushing would be too thin. So I bored the hole in the triple clamp larger and also turned the stem down leaving about .025 of a lip for the bottom seal, I then made the bushing for the stem. I now plan on making a slug to go inside the bottom of the stem which I will drill and tap after I weld the bushing stem and slug all together. Then press into the triple and use a bolt on the bottom.