A stealthy Zero FX "BLACKBIRD" in the wild

 

Yamaha "Silver Arrow" (name might change...)

Still some work to do, more than I wished for to be honest, some bodywork, some machining and a bit of polishing, but finally off the table after a long time. 

Engine runs, wiring done, and the "stance" is there. Pretty straight forward, without too many whistles. A clean "modern" café racer. 

Happy about it.

MOODBOARD

 

New year, new me. The Kawasaki Mach IV "Purple Haze" begins

 After an electric bike it seems about right to balance things out with an old and smokey two stroke.

Kawa Mach IV 750, the motor came completely empty and it took me ages to seek all the parts. 

Now that I've (hopefully) find every single last bit it was time to refurbish the crankcase. Not a straight forward job, but it now spin straight with all new shiny components.

Next step is to try convert the engine to a dry clutch system, bore it to 800cc and figure out a way to make it fuel injected. Not a single boring day ahead.

With blackjack and hookers (cit.)

  I wanted to do this for a long time now, and sometimes thing just work out by their own. 

After an increasing disinterest about the current social media platforms and the recent definitive ban from Facebook after a hacker attack, I think it was about time to re-discover the blogger "vibe", like when I started all this more than 10 years ago, without thinking about it too much. 

So...