Piston Kits
I had been looking for a while now for Piston Kits for my 3 bikes.
The Z1 is a no-brainer. Weisco makes anything you need for a Z1 / KZ900 / KZ1000.
I was having a real problem finding kits for the cb450 and cb650.
I eventually found kits that drop right in after a little minor boring. No sleeving required. Nice little bumps in compression.
I wanted to share the links to the companies.
Check them out.
They have a bunch of good stuff for the Honda fours and twins.
Note that Charlie Place pistons are made by Weisco to special specs. I think Dyno Man’s are too, but I can’t confirm.
Charlie-Place has electronic ignitions and better regulator rectifiers too.
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Published - Oct 29, 2012
Hurricane Head teardown
My work Drexel University is closed for the next 2 days because of a hurricane, so I decided now would be a good time to get started on my cb475 supersport build. Let me recap what I’m doing… I have a 73 cb450 that I put a 75 cb500t engine into last year. (Hence cb475) […]