Yes! A new build from our Dutch fellows of Wrench Kings! Last year they’ve shown us what they are capable of with their cool Honda GL500 Café Racer and this time a Kawasaki Z650 is turned into a cool bratstyle bike.
It started with a small question from one of their clients: “could you do some small mods on my ’78 Z650?”. Hell yeah! But why not do the whole bike? Ok! So the owner brought in 5 crates of parts…
The previous owner chopped up the bike and tried turning it into some kind of chopper and used a lot of steel. So getting this Kawa back to something rideable took some time.
Most important thing was to create a ride that is road legal and practical for normal use.
List of mods:
- Frame and subframe powder coated in glossy gray
- Handle bars, triple tree and all brackets are powder coated in glossy black
- Blacked out engine look with new bolts everywhere
- Custom sunset orange metallic paint job on the gas tank
- Relocated side stand bracket and a new side stand
- Relocated foot pegs (Tarrozi) with custom brake and gearshift link system
- Tarrozi passenger foot pegs
- Stainless steel, Dutch made exhaust damper
- White exhaust wrap
- Relocated electronics (new wiring loom with new waterproof connectors)
- Custom (bolt on) battery box above the engine
- Led ring head light
- Daytone Velona speedo
- “Hidden” rear light (led strip with rear light, brake light and indicator lights)
- Very small indicator lights in front
- New handle bar
- New Biltwell grips
- Brembo brake pump
- New clutch lever
- New seat
- Bar end mirrors
- Continental Trail Attack 2 tires
- And of course a general service (New oil, filter, brake pads, brake oil, fork oil, etc.)
Kawasaki Z650 Bratstyle gallery
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Yes! A new build from our Dutch fellows of Wrench Kings! Last year they’ve shown us what they are capable of with their cool Honda GL500 Café Racer and this time a Kawasaki Z650 is turned into a cool bratstyle bike.
It started with a small question from one of their clients: “could you do some small mods on my ’78 Z650?”. Hell yeah! But why not do the whole bike? Ok! So the owner brought in 5 crates of parts…
The previous owner chopped up the bike and tried turning it into some kind of chopper and used a lot of steel. So getting this Kawa back to something rideable took some time.
Most important thing was to create a ride that is road legal and practical for normal use.
List of mods:
- Frame and subframe powder coated in glossy gray
- Handle bars, triple tree and all brackets are powder coated in glossy black
- Blacked out engine look with new bolts everywhere
- Custom sunset orange metallic paint job on the gas tank
- Relocated side stand bracket and a new side stand
- Relocated foot pegs (Tarrozi) with custom brake and gearshift link system
- Tarrozi passenger foot pegs
- Stainless steel, Dutch made exhaust damper
- White exhaust wrap
- Relocated electronics (new wiring loom with new waterproof connectors)
- Custom (bolt on) battery box above the engine
- Led ring head light
- Daytone Velona speedo
- “Hidden” rear light (led strip with rear light, brake light and indicator lights)
- Very small indicator lights in front
- New handle bar
- New Biltwell grips
- Brembo brake pump
- New clutch lever
- New seat
- Bar end mirrors
- Continental Trail Attack 2 tires
- And of course a general service (New oil, filter, brake pads, brake oil, fork oil, etc.)
Kawasaki Z650 Bratstyle gallery
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