Then I thought about my TA chassis: with minimal bodywork, a potent 650 parallel twin, decent suspension, big brake kit, steel frame for remote repairs if necessary, and I could flog it without guilt, lol. Liked the bike, quite a lot, but it was bigger and heavier than I really wanted. I put about 3,500 fairly hard km over mixed surfaces on a 2016 Africa Twin last fall. The Kawi 650 engine interest comes from reading every post of JDRocks gravel runners. I don't travel two up nor carry a ton of stuff. It just fits my idea of a versatile ADV bike. My interest in this project comes from really liking my TA size and overall feel. I appreciate your words of wisdom Ladder106. My goal was for this build for it to last me for the rest of my riding days. The new pistons and top ends go back on this week. I've completed assembly of the lower end of the engine. I've found their communication to be excellent and they quickly refund the cost of any part that they are not able to supply. Megazip has been very helpful in filling my orders from Japan. The head and cylinder base gaskets are still available 'each' from Honda. Honda gasket sets NLA.you can find Vesrah ones that are pretty fair quality. Remove it from the case using heat and care to preserve and re-use it. Take VERY GOOD CARE of this bearing if it is in good shape. Transmission output shaft NLA everywhere (TAKE GOOD CARE OF THOSE SPLINES)Ħ7/22 Bearing for the Transmission input shaft on the right case.(This bearing has a special groove machined into the outer shell so a locking tab can hold the bearing in place so it doesn't drift into the gears on axial loading.this means that you can not just buy a 67/22 bearing at the bearing shop and NO, you can not just grind a slot into a generic bearing since you will likely loose the temper in that spot of the outer shell) Got a used one from Mark that was in really good shape.Ģnd and 5th gear on the output shaft NLA in the US

Oil Pump - NLA anywhere - could not find a new one at all. Mine showed up in great shape with the preservative still all over the bare metal but the box looked exactly like something that had spend 26 years on a shelf.

Available from Japan but I don't know how many are still there.

Quite a few parts were purchased from the Japanese warehouse through Megazip. I've found that many critical parts are NLA (no longer available) in the USA.

The only things I'm re-using are the engine cases, cylinders, head castings, cams, the transmission input shaft and a few gears. The majority of the last 2 weeks were spend collecting all the parts. I'm just finishing a complete PD06 engine rebuild.

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