750 Katana Resurrection

[KiwiAlfa156]

Next little job was straightening a buckled front guard





Not perfect, but ok by me.

[KiwiAlfa156]

Fairing sub-frame reassembled. Old headlight in as a place holder. A little tweaking required to align everything.

[KiwiAlfa156]

I stand corrected. Sorry.

No need to be sorry my friend.

[Nessism]

CMSNL lists RH 59211-45250 LH 59221-45250 (difference is the fourth digit)

I stand corrected. Sorry.

[Grimly]

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Can't see 'em when your riding. I'd actually forgotten that the 650 had mismatched front discs.

Exactly, and nobody's going to get a chance to see 'em as I whip past them too fast.

[KiwiAlfa156]

I recently bought a pair of nearly-new front discs. The fact that they're both LH means nothing to me. I really couldn't care less.
They were being sold cheap as an unmatched pair for less than half the price a used matched pair would be, even well used.

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Can't see 'em when your riding. I'd actually forgotten that the 650 had mismatched front discs.

[KiwiAlfa156]

BRAKE DISC
59211-45250

Both RH and LH discs are the same PN

CMSNL lists RH 59211-45250 LH 59221-45250 (difference is the fourth digit)

[Nessism]

BRAKE DISC
59211-45250

Both RH and LH discs are the same PN

[Grimly]

I recently bought a pair of nearly-new front discs. The fact that they're both LH means nothing to me. I really couldn't care less.
They were being sold cheap as an unmatched pair for less than half the price a used matched pair would be, even well used.

[KiwiAlfa156]

I think I'm brake rotor obsessed... That cat in the background has two right hand rotors on the front wheel, I believe...

That'd be correct, it's how that arrived too. I have a couple of sets of front rotors. Until I do something about it, you'll just have to look away.

[psyguy]

I think I'm brake rotor obsessed... That cat in the background has two right hand rotors on the front wheel, I believe...

[KiwiAlfa156]

Body work with a tie-down? That's a new one for me.
I spy a baby Kat?

Seemed to be the logical way to achieve the result. And yes that's a 650. I've reposted the resto of the Six-Fiddy from another forum as a GSResources restoration thread.

[steve murdoch]

Body work with a tie-down? That's a new one for me.
I spy a baby Kat?

[KiwiAlfa156]

Painted a few bits and pieces. Rebuilt the rear master cylinder, waiting for the caliper piston kit... Covid delays...



Painted the bracket and the cover, tested and replaced blown bulbs. Small ding on the bezel, but I can live with that. She's a road bike not a show pony.




The tank was 'splayed out' about 1cm compared to a dented but straight tank that I have, and shows some minor deformation in the frame backbone tunnel. So I wrapped a tie down around the tank and squeezed it in close to the width of the straight tank. I'll panel and paint after the engine has been sorted.

[KiwiAlfa156]

Did someone say ?

Not me, I've already got an Kat 11.