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10/16/2015 7:56am
10/16/2015 7:56am
Edited Date/Time
5/14/2016 2:46am
I decided do small makeover for my trusty -13 150SX instead of getting a new bike for next summer. After two seasons my starts to look bit beaten and I want do some performance upgrades too.
Here is where I started:
Bud Racing Cylinder head for added power
Found almost unused Pro Circuit linkage arm for the bike
Got used WP Track shock from a Finnish pro
New graphics kit from http://www.motosticker.eu/
New radiators from GPI Racing because my right side radiator is leaking
I'm also thinking about getting blue Selle Da Valle factory seat for my bike, bike the current seats foam has become pretty soft.
Here is where I started:
Bud Racing Cylinder head for added power
Found almost unused Pro Circuit linkage arm for the bike
Got used WP Track shock from a Finnish pro
New graphics kit from http://www.motosticker.eu/
New radiators from GPI Racing because my right side radiator is leaking
I'm also thinking about getting blue Selle Da Valle factory seat for my bike, bike the current seats foam has become pretty soft.
Torquing cylinder bolts
New cylinder head in its place
New bearings for brake pedal from Ebay. A lot cheaper than oem stuff
Pro Circuit linkage arm compared to stock
Lower shock bearing was gone
Trax shock with Pro Circuit arm and new lower shock bearing installed and all other bearings greased
The numbers are on the bike are too big for the KTM side number plates so I had to install them crooked. I got the numbers for the bike just half an hour before I was going to race it didn't have any other options at the time. After that I have just left them on the bike and did some more races with them. I'm going to get correct size numbers for the side number plates when I install new graphics kit on the bike.
I did some testing with the Trax shock on Saturday and it felt amazing right out of the box although I had too rich needle installed on my bike and it ran like crap. I didn't even touch any clickers because I felt it was working perfectly for the track conditions. The rear end had lot more planted feel and acceleration traction was amazing.
The Shop
Chinese GPI radiators turned out be total crap. Fitment was poor and left side radiator broke just after 4 hours of riding. I'm going get my original left side radiator leak repaired and will be using that instead.
Brett
Icw@mpinet.net
JMX82 is going to have a fresh looking KTM real soon too
I was thinking about getting my frame painted to orange too but maybe I just leave it to original color. There are so many KTM's with orange frame already
Let me know how that bud head works out, it looks super trick!
Pit Row
I have already ridden the bike with Bud Racing cylinder head about five hours and it feels like bike has more torque in low rpm's and it revs more freely compared to stock. It also helped with detonation issues i had with the bike.
Studded tire made contact with my rear shock mud guard and shredded it to pieces
The studs aren't really sharp. They are designed to endure contact to frozen ground and aren't pointy as pure ice tire studs. When you bottom out your suspension studs only leave small marks on the bottom of the fenders. Only difference is that the bike feels bit different in the air due to weight of the studs.
Nice blue color on the exhaust pipe
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