Ktm 300 2001 to Gp Rep Build

10/13/2021 5:32am Edited Date/Time 6/22/2022 4:21am
Hi Everyone...I've started a build on this super low hour stockish Ktm 300 Exc 2001..... this bike is the cleanest old bike I've ever bought.... I'm also starting a youtube blog with the rebuild...

https://youtu.be/t8rRz1IdqCg



More pictures to follow......

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10/13/2021 11:18pm
I'm thinking a two stroke version of Joel Smets Factory bike
I love the way this bike looks if frigging mean....what do you think?

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10/14/2021 3:12am


So I brought this bike with no spark.... having had a few early 2000 ktms in the past I knew the position of the Cdi between the yolkes and the frame...was a dangerous place to be after a crash...especially when the lock stop had fell out.

So yes looking at this one and checking all the basic other outcomes....

I decided to buy a New Cdi.... so I Contacted Hpi in Belgium they were golden 3 days and it landed on my door step.....



Complete Oem replacement plug in and play...and yes we have a spark.....


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10/14/2021 3:26am
Pre-start up problem number 2 was a funny one.... the tank was bone dry when it got to me... so as you do I popped the fuel cap off and had a good look inside it...and it was mint so I thought good to go let's get some fuel in here and fire it up....



Lol so I turned the fuel tap to ON...nothing
So I tried RESERVE....nothing.... on closer inspection after taking the fuel tap off it just disintegrated....like an Egyptian mummy's handbag... so that was fun had to rig a dummie tank up for the fire up while I awaiting a after market replacement....
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10/14/2021 5:15am
Another problem I encountered.. was no clutch..... so I just assumed the seal had blown in the slave cylinder or something similar.... it wasn't till I checked out the lever I found I had a crack in the casting bigger than a smack-eds Friday night fix....



Not sure why there was no clutch but I popped the mastercylinder cap off and it was dry.... so I managed to locate a complete master cylinder ... and replaced that back bled the system and...Viola! We had clutch.....

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10/14/2021 5:22am
We're I am at the moment...
My garage is a bomb site.....
More parts continue to turn up !( much to my wife's displeasure)
Not to much more to report problem wise I'm awaiting the wheels back from have some Fresh boots put on... then I will be diving into suspension service rebuild......






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10/15/2021 12:45am
Had a few hours in the workshop this week..got the wheels back .... fitted the swing arm and shock back up mounted the carb with new breathers...and fitted the new factory look throttle tube...





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JMX82
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10/15/2021 2:00am
Nice build! Keep up the good work!
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10/15/2021 12:04pm
20 years old and the headstock bearings are like new with signs of the original yellow grease...I've never owned a old bike ...that's this new .. its like a time warp...




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10/15/2021 12:10pm
Sorting the Smet factory backgrounds out #3...






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10/16/2021 4:00am
The OEM reality on this bike is unreal...




Strange to see DiD rims on this I thought Ktm used Excel
I may be wrong?



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10/16/2021 8:00am
Keeps adding more parts...made the wiring a bit neater too...



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FarleyMX25
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10/16/2021 1:03pm
That bike is in amazing condition and it’s rare we see ktm builds of these earlier 2000ish KTMs so I’m pumped on this one.
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10/16/2021 2:14pm
FarleyMX25 wrote:
That bike is in amazing condition and it’s rare we see ktm builds of these earlier 2000ish KTMs so I’m pumped on this one.
Thanks bud .... my first race bike was an 2001 ktm 125 so this build is a homage to that one lol... with a bit more poke... but yes I cannot work out how a bike is that old but I'm almost sure it's hasn't even done like a few hours from new... it's a great find...👍
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10/16/2021 8:54pm
FarleyMX25 wrote:
That bike is in amazing condition and it’s rare we see ktm builds of these earlier 2000ish KTMs so I’m pumped on this one.
Thanks bud .... my first race bike was an 2001 ktm 125 so this build is a homage to that one lol... with a bit more...
Thanks bud .... my first race bike was an 2001 ktm 125 so this build is a homage to that one lol... with a bit more poke... but yes I cannot work out how a bike is that old but I'm almost sure it's hasn't even done like a few hours from new... it's a great find...👍
My first race bike was an 02 125SX. I currently have an 03 125sx that is in rough shape and is gonna be a complete rebuild whenever I get the time
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10/17/2021 12:33am
FarleyMX25 wrote:
That bike is in amazing condition and it’s rare we see ktm builds of these earlier 2000ish KTMs so I’m pumped on this one.
Thanks bud .... my first race bike was an 2001 ktm 125 so this build is a homage to that one lol... with a bit more...
Thanks bud .... my first race bike was an 2001 ktm 125 so this build is a homage to that one lol... with a bit more poke... but yes I cannot work out how a bike is that old but I'm almost sure it's hasn't even done like a few hours from new... it's a great find...👍
FarleyMX25 wrote:
My first race bike was an 02 125SX. I currently have an 03 125sx that is in rough shape and is gonna be a complete rebuild...
My first race bike was an 02 125SX. I currently have an 03 125sx that is in rough shape and is gonna be a complete rebuild whenever I get the time
Sounds like a plan!... I bloody loved my 125 ... I might have to try an find one 😁👍
10/17/2021 12:50am
Freshened the airbox and Silencer up...







Finally looking a little bit more like a bike now....


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10/17/2021 6:24am
Not happy with the new number board...🤣🤣🤣

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10/18/2021 1:24am
Getting there now with the Mach one rebuild... hoping to get out on her soon for an initial shakedown before the Grim weather arrives here in the UK.....


Yes I've gone for the much loved Orange/Grey look.... 😀
Managed to pick up a New complete Ufo plastic set for £50 delivered...which I thought was a bloody bargain!


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10/20/2021 12:41pm
Fresh fork decals.... 😍😍




Took me ages to find a clear old font WP decal....






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10/25/2021 2:25am
Hand guards.... I know there a bit modern but I just love the look of the open type guards....



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