Ground-up build: A Kawasaki bobber rises from the weeds

The original Kawasaki Z650 was produced in 1976-1983. The motorcycle was equipped with a 652 cc 64-horsepower inline four-cylinder engine and looked like the older model Z900. In 2022, the Kawasaki Z6...

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For this purpose, the frame was modified. The tank, long swing, front, exhaust, cladding parts and more was self made. The machine got a twin fork with twin fork bridge at the front....

Attention to details...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over 30 years since the premiere of the cult classic “Top Gun”, starring Tom Cruise. The famous actor rode a red and black Kawasaki GPZ900R. Photographer Paolo S...

Since the days of ZX-11 back in the 1990s, Kawasaki has been famous for building the biggest, baddest motorcycles around. Sure, Honda and Suzuki stole Kawi’s thunder with the Blackbird and Hayabusa...

When the weeks pass, rumors of the arrival of a new and radical Ninja of 250 cc are spreading fast. “Young Machine”, one of the most influential Japanese magazines in the sector, has prepared a spe...

Japanese motorcycle giant kawasaki has successfully completed the flight test of its unmanned compound helicopter, the kawasaki k-racer. held at the multipurpose aviation park in hokkaido, the demo...

If you guessed Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell – played by Tom Cruise in the new motion picture “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022), you’d be right; and apparently the blokes over at Milan-based FTG Mot...

The Kawasaki KX500 is one of the most iconic two-stroke machines ever produced. On the professional racing level, this bike dominated off-road and outdoor motocross championships but was never a wi...

I’ve been asked by some guys to profile more custom kawasaki bobbers, choppers and cafe racers. they are not as easy to find as honda and yamaha bikes largely because many of them are water-cooled...

Here are some more pictures of how the bike looked before the rebuild....

Project Hooligan...

The discs are sand-blasted, painted into black matte, the brake disc is drawn and made ventilated and scraped with a metal brush and a circular saw....

That is the result of my work.......

Then along country lanes to Château de Bonnevaux, Château de Farcheville, Château de Valnay in Etampes, Château des Bordes and finally Château de la Madeleine in Chevreuse. Return to Paris on the N118...