ktm 65 rebuild – OLD Bull Trailriders

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February 19, 2014 at 10:04 am #103687

ian
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Dont know if this is in the right section but here we go any way, i have 2 boys and the eldest always gets the new bike and the youngest getys the hand me down as there is 20 months difference between the 2 any way ive had a trusty 08 ktm 65 which has been lowered (as my boys suffer from a disease that i suffer from …..short arse syndrome) we have had it 18 months now and its never missed a beat but its been passed down to the next . so i thought id do it up for him so this is what i started with

i stripped it down to nothing and started with a top end rebuild with a wiseco piston kit
i ended up getting a bud racing head , vforce reeds and a splitstream for the carby off fleabay for $150 i went over the head and smoothed it all out and done a port job on it put it back together

ended up with this

while i was working on the motor i sent the frame and all the bits to the powdercoater and it turned out pretty good this is before

and this is pretty much wghere im up to now

i got new head stock bearings today and put them in and have started putting the wiring harness back on already have a new plastics kit and got a cheap sticker kit on the way so as i go on i will post more

February 21, 2014 at 3:27 am #254306

pete
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Looks good Ian, the young fella will be stoked.

PTW

February 21, 2014 at 7:14 am #254307

Richard W
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Looks nice. Only 2 cans to get the motor back in, not bad. Some blokes on here would have gone through six. :woohoo:

February 21, 2014 at 8:26 am #254398

ian
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Dickie wrote:

Looks nice. Only 2 cans to get the motor back in, not bad. Some blokes on here would have gone through six. :woohoo:

i wont show the wide angle lens shot then :silly:

February 21, 2014 at 8:33 am #254405

Greg
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Great job Ian, good dad and awesome therapy for yourself

Thanks for sharing

TB

February 21, 2014 at 8:34 am #254308

Dwayne O
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Great work so far HB :woohoo:
Looks to be a well worth while upgrade for sure

Keep the pics rollin` in as she progresses mate

February 21, 2014 at 8:41 am #254309

Richard W
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Well I hope he appreciates it, my daughter’s pw 80 conked out 2 weeks ago on a ride she had. It’s been sitting down the paddock with grass growing up through it since.

February 21, 2014 at 9:50 am #254424

ian
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when they come up to and say thanks dad at the end of a days riding thats all i need
they are both diferent boys ones a social rider and one just wants to get better but at the end of the day its something we all do ( including the wife ) ,

Yeah TB it is something i get into ive rebuilt a lot of things over time , the boy wont care if its a 6 year old bike he just sees his “new bike” being built and plus he helps as well and gets to understand about looking after what you have

March 12, 2014 at 10:05 am #254310

ian
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just plugging away at this but i have ground the cast marks out of the triple clamps

sanded them up and polished

and then put abit more to the frame

ive been waiting on parts for a bit but pretty much everything comes this week
so i should have it finished this weekend

April 13, 2014 at 10:12 am #254945

ian
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all done just waiting for the sticker kit

sticker kit with his numbers should be here this week
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