Michael

Hi Lonesome,

one of our german Z750Twin guys restored this B.
He is experienced with restoring bikes but this is his first Kawasaki 750 Twin he ever did:

Good luck !

Characterless engine ?
Are you sure ?

That’s easy to cure:
Just remove the counter weights from the engine, run it with downpipes only and
http://www.mikuni-topham.de/ENGLISHSITE/ENGLISH/Frame_English.html

MIKUNI TM34-B120 CARBURETOR KIT for
KAWASAKI Z750 TWIN

– MIKUNI Flatslide TM34 Carburetor
( pre-jetted for velocity stacks or K&N filters…[Read more]

Hi guys,

I prefer to remove the top cover.
That allows a little bit more space between engine and frame.

I know the technique of laying a bike on the side (our Twins need to lay right side down) and lift the frame off the engine but never did it myself.

The first and most critical area is the lower rear engine mounting. Engine needs to slide in…[Read more]

Wow, that’s a bad situation !
Good to know nothing really bad happened.

Here is the video of the start of the Munich DGR 2015:

At 2:06 you can see me 😉

Cheers, Michael

Hi KK,
thank you for the hint.
I didn’t see that before, no idea why ?
After some time of waiting, large pics showed up, the formatting of the forum page was triple the width it typically has.
After all the large pics where loaded, it was reduced to small size and I can click on them.

Hi AtLarge,
please treat my comment as useless.
Sorry for that…[Read more]

Hi AtLarge,

is there a DGR in the US as well ?
You may organize it for Iowa 😉

The guys from DGR organisation commitee are very helpful with that.

Pardon, not my intention to force you to do anything, just an idea to spread the message and have some fun 😉

Cheers, Michael

Hi Lonesome,

perfectly catching the atmosphere at the DGR 😉

Was really fun and thanks to the help of my friends I have exceeded my personal donation goal of 97€ by 13€.

110€ on my donation account by now:
https://www.gentlemansride.com/rider/michaelz750twin

Hope these donations help us men anyway and the medical scientists to find metho…[Read more]

Haha, you got it !

“Let the good times roll, aahm, fly!”

Cheers, Michael

Hi guys (and gals),

well done and very nice outfit !
I can’t cope with that 😉

I have attended the Munichs DGR and there where approx 250 attendees !

Here some pics:

The group picture was done at the Munich Königsplatz [Koenigsplatz].
It was like a flash mob !
Hundreds of people parked their bikes in front and placed themselves on the steps…[Read more]

Ah no worries.

I didn’t realise you weren’t using a twin front end.

Will we be seeing some build pictures soon that resemble a bike?

I should have a spare mount if your interested?

Hi Kaye,

the Mustang Tank may be a good alternative.
It fit’s the rest of the design 😉

Does it fit to the frame ?

CHEERS, Michael

more pics:

Sure, to less Kawa Z750Twins 😉

Mike, that is impressive and I had to google for Honda CD175.
That model is unknown in Germany.

How to you park all these bikes ?
I have trouble and run out of space with eight bikes in my garage.

Cheers, Michael

Hi Mike,

the idea of a bobbered Z1000LTD sounds cool !

Please keep us updated on your progress with that.

Grab Lonesome’s crankshaft and everything will be ok 😉
It will be a “Double Twin”.

What are the mentioned Twins you have ?
All Kawa Z750Twins ?

Despite all our Z750Twins we have a Honda VFR750F (RC36) and a Yamaha YZF600R “Thundercat”…[Read more]

Thank you, Andy !

Worked on this bike until Sunday, 3:30am, which means it was a long Saturday night !

All relevant things where checked and made good. We have found a lot of failures and loose screws, so we had to check nearly everything.

Engine started when we bought it and it started late Saturday night. Just engine revving, no riding.…[Read more]

Hi there,

we are just back from our holidays 😉
Will work on this bike over the next few weeks to get it up and running and TÜV/MOTed.
Some special things to do like modifying the upper fairing and cockpit carrier.
Needs new tires and more.

We will see but I am willing to spend some money to see my son riding his first bike in operational and…[Read more]

Hi Snakey,

welcome to the Lonesome Twins 😉
I am sure that you will get support from here if you need some.

All the best,
Michael

Mirrors below the handle bar are quite popular with Caferacers and other modified bikes.
Here some pics:

Cheers, Michael

Hi Kaye,

I did some picture editing with my limited capabilities, but maybe it gives you an idea how it may look like this way:

Upper edge of side cover matches the form of the seat and is supported by fat black line with fine white stripes, same or similar as you already have it on the tank 😉

These lines hit upper mount of rear shocks and…[Read more]