KTM 125 Refresh

Thanks!

I have a full OEM but looking to stay with pro circuit but thanks for the offer.

Finished tear down today.

No bike work done, waiting on some pay. Did build a sweet workbench today.

Wow, didn't even think it was a year since I started this thread but it took a while to find. I never got around to doing much of anything on this bike honestly, sometimes there's more important things in life than dirt bikes and a schedule that only allows for so much of them (and a budget). After I bought this bike I was working every day after school, riding on weekends, and worked all through summer putting money away to buy my first truck. Before I know it senior year is here and we're back to school, working after school, nights at the gym, and then racing on the weekends. I was able to win my second championship this year and put all my effort into that. The season winded down, Senior exams rolled around, Graduation, And all that other stuff took up the last couple months.

I've been out of school and putting dough aside to start this thing. It's no easy deal in high school paying for your truck, insurance, fuel, and the nights out with friends and what not and i am beyond thankful for my dad to put up with all my crazy stuff and still back me with motorcycle racing. Since the season ended I have been taking a downtime from riding and dropped my frame off to get powdercoated and I got it back this week! Super excited as I walked in, paid with my money, and walked out with something I know will produce me a ton of joy.

My goal for this bike is to be a sort of budget build, using what I have, cleaning up stock components, buying used components, and replacing what needs to be replaced.

Things to do
Motor is assembled, would like to get it cleaned up while still assembled so need to look into that.

New tires

Clean up stock parts I can still use

Clean the swingarm up nice

New chain/sprockets/chain slider.

I would really like to redo just about every damn fastener with some chinese Ti or specbolt nickel plated stuff, I had gotten a list of all sizes and quantities needed for each part for a 17 250SX from a fellow vital member but my phone took a shit and I lost it, So if you are reading this would you mind posting it again?

I would like a PC shorty and works pipe to match my other bike in sound but I have a good condition OEM setup i will use for now

I need a petcock for this bike, If you have a used one you would part with please comment!

Along with a clutch slave cylinder, was missing when I bought the bike

I've been collecting little things I've snagged used/cheap. Some small anodized parts, A rough shape P3 skid plate I hope I can clean up, ETC.

Starting to get back around to cleaning and rebuilding the brake components.

Starting to look like a bike again. Going with black plastics with black and white graphics and blue accents.

Figured I would make this thread about all three of my bikes I have going on right now. After around 150 hours the main shaft bearing in my mod bike decided to give out, So I replaced the mod motor with the stock engine that was supposed to go in the bike I’m building. Finances weren’t up to par to rush the build and I couldn’t resist missing out on riding for a while.

Learned how to do something new this morning. One of the techs at the shop I work at was cool enough to guide me in doing fork seals since I blew them out a couple weeks ago. He leant me a couple tools and let me use his space before the shop opened, gave me the run down on what to do, then said “I’ll be over here if you need me”

Really enjoyed seeing how the forks work and learning more about them, big thanks to Ryan the tech for the guidance. Going to have my dad drop him off a case of beer soon.

Dropped the swing arm in the parts washer at work the other day to let it soak so I can scrub it up. Ordered all the hardware except axle blocks, has anyone had any experience with the Bolt axle blocks?

Been ordering different types of hardware to see what looks best. Kawi knocked it out of the park with some of the hardware on their street bikes!

Much better than the OEM hardware.

Rebuilt the rear brake master cylinder at work today. Ordered some more Ti as well

Slowly but surely getting things ready for reassembly.

Slight change of plans here. Going to make the stock bike I’m building a dedicated woods racer. Trying to back away from fancy stuff and just do nice hardware in the bike (Some Ti and some stainless steel) and rebuild everything. Hopefully I’ll be able to get one of distributors reps to hook me up with a good price on a Pro Circuit system because I’m a sucker for the way they sound on these bikes.
Anyways, I did some polishing on the radiators.

Tricked out the front brake system a little. Stock line, Ti Banjo bolts, ordered a Ti bleeder for the caliper, and one of my favorite pieces I’ve got. A set of Ti brake caliper pistons that I believe were made by Luxon MX. I rebuilt both the caliper and master cylinder and got a nice anodized brake cap from work.

Little stuff like that makes me so ecstatic, I remember being younger and my parents couldn't afford sweet built minis and always being the kid with mixmaxed shrouds, chunking tires, rusty bolts, etc. Now that I’m responsible enough with my own money to invest in little bling like that makes me really proud of going to work everyday and saving up. I appreciate my parents not spoiling me, best part of having worn out bikes growing up was having a super knowledgeable and cost efficient dad who taught me how to do everything in this build other than suspension, wouldn't even know how to change a pinched tube on a 5 gallon bucket or do a full motor rebuild on the dining room table when mom wasn't home without him.

Weird. No pics uploaded.

Slacking on building this bike and keeping the thread updated. Been riding too much! Got the swing arm and linkage bearings done, rebuilt rear master cylinder and caliper, new hardware, sliders, and chain guide too. Kept the stock brake line since the Brembo system is already tits, have Braking CM46 pads on the way, and got a deal on a dubya bling kit for $10 which had the axle blocks I wanted so decided to utilize some other pieces from the kit. Ti banjos to bolt it all up. Don’t know how people feel about the heat treated Titanium, but as a kid growing up I thought it was so trick so I figured why not on the caliper. Also LanghamMX hooked me up with a deal on a rear brake return spring kit! Never used one, but always thought the tension of the KTM brake pedal spring felt “dead” compared to the Japanese bikes I’ve ridden so decided I would try it out.

Got my favorite Protaper bars on, front brake and clutch M/C rebuilt and bolted up as well. Dressed the front brake MC up with a Ti banjo and both M/Cs got the blue caps from the Dubya bling kit.

Not a whole lot done lately. Protaper RC grips in the gum color, Other than riding I grew up skateboarding so the gum color reminds me of skate shoes and BMX grips. They feel nice and soft too which is a plus. Got the radiators and louvers on and used some dimpled bolts off a Yamaha street bike to bolt them up.

Not Ti, the Kawi hardware is off the exterior of a newer ZX-14R engine. Only the ones that are visible with all the fairings off the bike. The dimpled hardware from Yamaha is the top bolts on the fuel tank for a newer XSR 900.

Same here haha. They feel pretty good, never rode with them before. I’m a renthal Kevlar guy but was planning on doing some magnesium colored parts so I figured they would go good with that.

I’ve been slowly tinkering with this thing when I get the chance, I’ve been slowly buying up parts when I can…

Got a got deal on these take off Gasgas hoops. They have normal tire wear but are as straight as an arrow and minimal cosmetic flaws. The silver was a no brainer since every Jim and Bob has black wheels. I’m waiting on bearings right now, but polished the OEM hubs up decently and bought new silver tusk spokes and nipples. The all silver setup should look slick!

Robbed the brake line off this bike for my other. Ordered up a Tusk (Galfer) from RMATV. Wanted it in silver or black but for the money I couldn’t pass it up.

I bought these Warp 9 pegs for $20 on eBay until I find a set of Fastways to lower the pegs (Game changer on my other 125). Stripped the ano off and ordered up some new cleats. For just over $30 it’s a solid pair of pegs for now.

Scored this Fastway bar mount off a memeber here to replace the Yerf Dog OEM bar mounts. I don’t remember his screen name but Joe gave me a great deal!

Buttoning up the Carb, waiting on the correct jet block gasket.

Still got a good amount of parts on the way and hopefully will place more orders soon, better late than never!

Looks like my original post got deleted from the top of the thread…

Forgot I needed a battery tray since my dumb ass must of thrown the one for this bike out. Found a cheap one on eBay for like $10. There’s no point in the whole tray since I have no battery or anything like that, so I trim off the tray and leave only the CDI and mounting points. Then I got bored and went overboard with the drill trying to look like the GP guys.