Project Kawsaki: Shopping at Loomingdales

Having spent more time assessing the condition of the Kwakka's wiring I felt it would be a good idea to change the wiring loom. The original wiring on the bike has been hacked to pieces and connected back together over the years.

Here is the replacement loom.

Here is a photo of the rear harness. This is how it should look, compared to the original harness that I showed in the last update of this build. All connectors have been labelled.

I labelled the main harness apart from the wiring that goes into the headlight and handle bar switches, I'll tackle that another time.

I removed the rear wheel and swinging arm too.

I painted the rear wheel but I think it must have been painted previously as the paint reacted badly, so I have started stripping it back to bare metal.

As that job was boring I lost interest and decided to restore the back plate, sprocket and hub.

The swinging arm will be shot blasted along with the frame and then painted professionally.

Once I have repainted the rear wheel I will be taking the engine out to strip out. I'll need to separate the crank case so I'll put the engine in the oven. If it can cook a roast it can split an engine casing in half.....