2014 KTM 250 SX Build

I did my stock hubs & spokes last yr & they held up great. It's all in the prep work. Rims on the other hand DO NOT hold up so don't do it or you'll be very unhappy.

Okay, so then spokes an hubs are fine to do? And what's the problem with doing the rims? What is everything was prepped right? Also could you do it all at once or would you have to take the whole wheel apart?

Adding un-sprung weight is not good for suspension performance.

Roost and mud motos will chip the powder off of the rims fairly easily and once that starts the rims will look pretty shitty fast. It also starts to flake right where the rim lock nut is from tightening it down. Power washing the rims starts to blow off the powder at a pretty good clip once the chipping has started. I definitely don't recommend you doing the rims it but if you must you definitely should disassemble the entire wheel.

I grabbed my feed ingredient scale and weighed a bunch of wheel parts. Front Tires- Michelin starcross M12 7.65 lbs
Dunlop MX 51 8.0 lbs
Bridgestone 403 8.2 lbs
Rear Tires- Perelli Scorpion 11.25 lbs
Bridgestone 404 12.2 lbs
Dunlop MX 51 12.0 lbs
Front Tubes Perelli 1 lbs Front Rim- Excel 7.7 lbs Rear Rim- Excel 11.9 lbs
Kenda Tuff 1.75 lbs Tusk 8.05 lbs Tusk 12.45 lbs
Rear Tubes- Perelli 1.50 lbs
Kenda Tuff 2.55 lbs
The rims had spacers, sprokets and brake discs. The tires were 21s and 19s. Running all light stuff vs all heavy equipment was a difference of 4.45 lbs. The tubes are the obvious place to cut. The rims are just under a pound difference together. I think running the best tire is more important than a lighter tire. I was interested to see how all of this weighed out. I typed it out in a nice format but it posted as a blob.

Bike looks good - I'd pass on powdercoating the rims, though. They won't stay nice for long.

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Ken

Love the bike man. It looks like you have a nice alloy skid plate on there and I have a 2015 Ktm 250sx and it seems to be a hard part to track down right now. I didn't want a bulky looking thing and I have seen what I'm looking for advertised by different aftermarket companies but they all seem to be for an older models like way older.. I've looked at so many other people's Ktm 250 sx's and it seems people sent to worried about it or they have a well hidden skid plate? Am I missing something?? I haven't had a metal frame in a long time and when I did I wasn't worried about damaging it like this bike.

where do you buy your graphics?

Digger sorry to bring up and old thread but do you have a go to powder coat company you use up here? Want to re do my Ktm frame and have no idea who to use.