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8/21/2014 1:35pm
Hello from northern Wisconsin! Im new to the VitalMX world as a contributor but I have loved following all the fresh builds over the last few years! I have raced motocross from the age of 5 and am now currently a junior in college. Lets just say that more then a few study nights have been derailed by these eye-candy filled pages of past and current machines, and I'm excited to hopefully add to the distractions 
I just sold my last project, a 2006 KTM 250sxf (fun bike), and of course it didn't take long for me to find a new steed.
Out with the old...
And in with the new... Well technically used but still.
Being a college student, I've learned that money does not, in fact, grow on trees. Because of this I automatically ruled out 14's and new 13's but had my mind set on a KTM 250. Long drive and story short, I finally got this used Craigslist find home, a 2012 KTM 250sx, and decided that a snow day would be a good time to finally start my official build page here on Vital. I'm going to warn all of you right off the bat: if your looking for a no-expense spared, factory seal approved, brand new out-of-the-box build, this is definitely not your build. BUT, if you might be interested in eBay specials, creative money savers, red-green-it-but-show-up-at-the-race-looking-like-you-ride-dungeys-personal-250-smoker, then this page is probably right up your ally. Well lets get started...
I just sold my last project, a 2006 KTM 250sxf (fun bike), and of course it didn't take long for me to find a new steed. Out with the old...
And in with the new... Well technically used but still.
Being a college student, I've learned that money does not, in fact, grow on trees. Because of this I automatically ruled out 14's and new 13's but had my mind set on a KTM 250. Long drive and story short, I finally got this used Craigslist find home, a 2012 KTM 250sx, and decided that a snow day would be a good time to finally start my official build page here on Vital. I'm going to warn all of you right off the bat: if your looking for a no-expense spared, factory seal approved, brand new out-of-the-box build, this is definitely not your build. BUT, if you might be interested in eBay specials, creative money savers, red-green-it-but-show-up-at-the-race-looking-like-you-ride-dungeys-personal-250-smoker, then this page is probably right up your ally. Well lets get started...
First step in a bargain build? Buy a bike with a pipe, silencer, rims and suspension mods already on it
Next step was to remove the tattered old graphics to reveal what was underneath... tattered old plastic. Amazingly, it still looks fresh in these photos, they really are beaten and bruised from a hard racing life.
Will post more stuff as soon as I can, gotta hit the hay as I have a 5th grade basketball tournament to coach in the morning! Thanks for reading!
-Coach Sam
Did you save this Pro-Action guy's life? Just for clarification, what do you mean by "free rebuilds for life"?
The Shop
You will likely pay close to full price on your first revalve (obviously you would keep some of the Pro Action internal hardware so you'll save some money there) and then after that you will get free labor IF you need to have the valves changed again. You still pay for shipping, oils, seals, and all other wear parts.
Most people think free suspension jobs for life after a revalve, but it's still rather expensive to have your suspension mantained by a race shop.
I got the bike pretty much torn down today in the sub-zero temps of my garage, gotta love Wisconsin winters
For some reason I really enjoy detail cleaning my bikes, even though it usually entails me breaking my hand in three places to clean a hard to reach area that only I will ever know exists, so lucky for me this bike is pretty grimy up under everything.
I did come across some small issues while tearing her down. One was this small crack in the right lower subframe leg where it bolts to the frame. Before I go and dish out big money on a replacement I'm going to drop it off at my local welder guy and see what he can do with it. He has repaired numerous subframes for me in the past and always seems to enjoy helping us local racers out so I'll give it a shot.
And of course a used bike would not be complete without a well hidden leaky fork seal
Ok its been a while! Sorry for the wait, between school and a couple indoor riding opportunities that came up, I had to put the build on hold. These came in a couple weeks ago...
I decided to go with a Acerbis 2013/2014 complete plastics kit as it cheaply turned my cosmetically dated 2012 into the newest model. A stock orange rear fender came with the kit but I like the way the white one looks on the bike so I picked up a new one of those as well. The kit pretty much bolted right up, I had some issues with the left airbox cover fitting perfectly, but a little jimmying with a razor knife fixed that problem.
When I was researching what kind of engine oil to use I came across a lot of guys using Rotella T Heavy duty Deisel motor oil in their KTMs and decided to give it a shot. It was 12 bucks at Wal-mart for a 1 gal bottle, which was almost $5 cheaper than a single qt of what ktm recommends from my local bike shop.
I also picked up an hour meter off of Amazon for $12 with free shipping, we will see how long it lasts
Pit Row
As you may have noticed, I still have the old style front fender on it. I knew it wasn't going to bolt directly on but was hoping to come up with a way to mount it without going out and buying the $80 converter for a $20 fender. Anybody know of an inexpensive way to mount this baby?
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Fitting-13-KTM-fender-on-…
Thank you yak651 and CarlinoJoe317 for the help! I decided to bite the bullet and drill holes in my pretty new fender, and I think it turned out very nice. Definitely better then spending big bucks on a conversion kit!
Here she is! I got the full graphics kit straight from KTM for just over $100 bucks. It's the enduro team package. I've never had a graphics kit go on as easy as this one, very high quality, I never had a single bubble or crease, plus it looks awesome in my opinion! The numbers I designed myself with Ai, had the local print shop print them out for cheap. I was originally going to go with the white back fender, but now I'm having second thoughts as I love the way it looks now. I think I'll run the orange for now.
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