1975 KTM 250 MX - 1st Project Bike/Newbie

[acemoto]

you did a Fantastic job on that bike
hard to imagine that your a newbie imagine
what you will be doing a year from now when your
on your 3rd or 4th
Larry
GREAT JOB

[garrettccovington]

KTMTOM
Great Looking bike.  Sorry to here about the shop loss.  Living out here in Barstow, the creatures of the night are something else.  I do not like tweekers.

Anyways,  I just went thru the same trouble with my bing.  Larry P, Brian K, John,,  The list goes on and on who recomended replacing the Jet needle and Needle Jet.  I also changed out the Idle jet and main jet. and the bike runs perfect.  Could not be happier. I posted my final results under Bing 54-2 posting last week.  Ended up the bike had MC400 jets with a MC125 slide.  Kept the slide, but jetted closer to the 250 specs.

I can not believe how much it brough the bike alive.  Starts 1st kick, Idles perfect,  Blah Blah,  If you can't get the 250 slide try the 125 one.  I have all final results on my posting.

G



72 six-day
79 KTM MC80 250

[KTMTOM]

So I finally go the exhaust sorted out and put back on the bike today. If you note the before picture earlier in the post you'll see how cobbled up the muffler was on the exhaust, but the balance of the pipe is in excellent condition, hardly beat up at all. My stuggle has been, what do I do to get a muffler that's somewhat period correct without spending a TON of money. I've seen SO many variations of what could have or should have been on the bike, I just kind of free lanced it. Wondering what kind of feedback I'm going to get from you long timers who've seen it all! Good or bad, I'm interested to hear what your thoughts are. Thanks!







1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)

[KTMTOM]

IT IS FINISHED!!!






1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)

[hankthecrank]

Absolutely Beautiful!!!!! Great job! I'm sure you are proud of this machine and you should be.

Hank Rinehart

[joe novak]

I will bet that it runs as well as it looks.   Joe

[KTMTOM]

Thanks for the Kudos guys. I don't expect it will ever see gas again, as long as I own it anyway! It ran like a champ before I started this project, and expect it runs even better now that the carb has been given new life from top to bottom! Goal was to keep the bike as close to original as possible, all be it there was a lot of temptation to "improve" in some areas. Tried to keep with the original colors, stickers, and overall feel of the bike as best I could with what resources I had to work with. Intent was for guys to look at it and say, yeah... I had one JUST like that!

1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)

[dirtbike]

Great job. I have been called all sorts of things when I have made it clear that I intend to torture and finally wreck my restorations. I can see your point but, for me, it's the pleasure of taking it out for a ride that is the goal.

Anyway, great job. Excellent result and thanks for sharing..

[SouthRider]

Fantastic job.

Nice Work Tom !! (You do need to ride it though)......


Clark

[KTMTOM]

Well, I hear ya'll, I do, and I may decide to part with it to let someone else ful-fill it's ultimate destiny and get ridden till it's wrecked, but that's still not my pleasure. Least not with this one. I'll leave that to someone else if they so choose. Next project will be a rider though. A rider for ME!

1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)

[gooddirt]

Wow its already on ebay.

[KTMTOM]

And already lookin for my next project!

1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)

[dirtbike]

Hope the bike stays in sight somehow. Think it's a fair price and a really good looking bike. Would like to see it hit the dirt though.

[KTMTOM]

Thanks, I sure won't get rich if she sells. I'm hoping a TRUE KTM/Penton enthusiast will contact me and we can come to terms so she goes to a good home. Not just letting it go to the first guy to low ball me. Those guys can go find an old Honda or Yamaha! (Not that there's anything wrong with that...) Funny, I keep hearing that about riding it though! I'd like to think she'll see the trail again someday as well, but I know it'll give someone else a whole lot more pleasure that it would me in doing so, least for this bike. Having put my heart/soul into it, I don't want to get her dirty! Call me crazy....

1975 KTM 250 MX
2009 KTM 250 XC-W (e)