I am so excited for you, when you are finished you have a brand new bike that you will love even more because all the time you have put into it. This is what it is all about.
Finally finished watching the whole video (kids and life...) When this beauty is finished the best thing to do just before your first ride is push it over and let it fall. It will make the first crash that much easier to get over. That is what I did with my bike. I got 500 yards and dropped it on some slippery train tracks. After that all the other drops were not so bad.
Wow, your project is really taking shape now Rado! I’m really happy for you. Waiting for that engine to come back was killer on the patience. Your bike is going to be so clean and so tight, it’ll be better than new because you turned every screw nut and bolt on it. What an accomplishment. As for music, I’m all over the place. Hard rock to soft classic rock, Johnny Cash, Reggae music, and even some classical. Thank goodness for Amazon and Pandora music!
Make sure to use the proper tightening order when putting the front wheel back in. I think it was something like.. put axle in, tighten pinch bolts on right fork leg, compress suspension so it aligns itself, tighten pinch bolts on left fork leg and then the nut. I forgot to do this once and the suspension didnt work properly. Nice job on the bike, looks really good!
I'm sure somebody already said it but if you hit something with the axle nut on that side it could loosen the nut, I would flip it around if I were you. Great looking build, keep up the great work!
congrats on a really sick build...I am very impressed, and thrilled to see you as happy as you are !!!! you did a remarkable job and hope to see you do another bike!!!!!
Dirt N Iron yeah but i like your style more you use more everyday items assemblying not special tools and stuff and in a way its much more inspiring than seeing him build stuff with tools ive never even seen before but hes still a great mechanic tho
Incredible Work. I have 3 Sons and we been modifying, restoring Dirt Bikes, Mini Bikes for about 8 yrs. awesome Hobby and my Kids learned all about smaller Engines. Mostly 50cc to 110cc. Luv KTM. Can’t afford it until my Wife’s Macy’s card is paid off !
Dirt N Iron I wish I was closer to you to learn and pick your Brain. Absolutely Incredible. Raw Talent. Mad Skills from start to finish. My Favorite Bikes. What size tires. Look Awesome!
Looks tuff so far Rado! Fresh set of Tusk wheels look great along with the Henson bling! That's going to be one sick orange bike! Can't wait for the next peek brother! God bless...
Gotta be metal when I need motivation, country sometimes and bluegrass when I'm building wood projects and need that artistic vibe. Great video Rado, glad to see your baby come together.
These bikes have not changed a whole lot in several years just basically maybe they change the forks and then they go back or a little something here or there. Its basically the plastics they change and all of the sudden it's the best bike ever.
Those stickers are directly from Dunlop, they use it from promotions. I got it thru my friend. I think they don't sell them. I. My upcoming video I will talk about those yellow Dunlop stickers. Stay tuned ;)
@@dirtnironOk, Because I was like that's not something you can just get usually the only time you see it on bikes is for a photoshoot or factory rides.
I just completely rebuilt a 2001 cr250. Nothing like bringing a old beast back to life. Only thing I would say to do next time is put a plug in the head so you don’t drop anything into the cylinder. Hate to see all that hard work only to take it back out and take it apart. Good luck on the build
Hey Rado. Love watching the build, it’s great. I wanted to point out a mistake when it comes to re-torquing your bolts. When you torque them to spec, you break the locking compound making it useless. Add locking compound only when you do your final torque. Further more, the old locking compound negatively affects the torque settings as well as the bolt threads.
Good news is that from what I could see you’re not using enough thread locker. Add quite a bit more when you re-do. I know this from experimentation on my Husky. Also, remember or shake up the locking compound before using it bc it settles at the bottom.
I recall the billet triples are easier to insert forks into than the cast ones. My 2016 500 cast ones are hell to even move the forks in. Previous bike had billet and the forks slid in and out pretty easy.
Could be, I don't have billet clamps in any of my bikes. I had to stick screwdriver inside to make mine open wider, didn't want to scratch registration sticker
@@dirtniron I saw that and the reason I commented. My forks will only spin one way after loosening the clamps and it takes some effort to slide them out. Billet clamps on my previous 530 once loosened the forks slid out.
It looks awesome brother. Music? I listen to classic rock or hard rock in the garage. I was gunna tell u and I forgot until now. When u first go out with that trials tire take some extra time to learn how it reacts to different situations. Especially braking. They have significantly less braking traction in loose terrain. They also don’t corner well unless you are really planted on the bike. You really have to push down with your legs to get them to turn. Once you get used to them you will love them. I do. I got back and forth from trials to hybrid.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought in order not to stress the forks and make sure they were lined up you had to tighten the pinch bolts first (allow the forks to fall where they may) and then the axle bolt. I have a 2019 KTM 300 XC-W and if I'm doing it wrong please let me know because I'm about to pull the front wheel and re-pack them. Thanks
Pinch bolts on the left side (with the brake) are done last, you need to make sure that the fork slides freely on the axle so it can settle where it needs. I first do the axle nut, then brake side pinch bolts and then after everything settles and aligns I will do the pinch bolts on the left side. Hope that makes. sense.
ello1011 No lie. Been riding Honda and Yamaha which are great Bikes but want a KTM. Still saving. I have 3 Sons who ride and they want a KTM. A little pricey for me right now
If no one else will say it, i will. FINISH THE DAMN KTM! Literally checking TH-cam everyday because i want to see that how this monster turns out. Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving my friend!
Dirt N Iron my mannn!! Sounds good! My fiancé was like “why are you smiling at your phone?!” Haha i explained to her the build and she gets it because i literally just finished my full rebuild (07 KTM 250sx w/ 300sx kit). But ive replaced every bearing, seal etc all over the bike so i know your pain/excitement. Super pumped for you brother! Excited to see you finish her up and take it out for a spin.
Really nice bike ! thats a bike everyone would be proud to own !!!!! what back tire is that caught my attention also will u be putting on a heavier flywheel weight that bike is like candy for my eys. Great job manb !!
Yes of course. I knew people will have this question, that's why I had message on the video saying that I will use torque wrench and follow factory specs.
Hey watched all your vids and love them very inspiring and picked up some great tips, only a couple things I have picked up on, the old nasty engine bolts you put back in would of took minutes to clean and leaving the plug cap out while working on the bike! That can be fatal if anything fell in!! Great channel though subscribed
Thanks Matt, those are valid points. The bolts are killing me, I actually degreased and cleaned them like month ago, but let them sit on the table and they got little surface rust. Silly mistake, I didn't wipe it off. I put the plug in shortly after the video, if you look closely at the thumbnail you can see the plug. I am learning as I go, it's a fun journey. Welcome on the board ;)
Great job with the assembly process Rado, the bike looks sick even now! :) 1 little thing that really annoyed me - the bolts man..haha. Why you didn't clean those rusty bolts?? :P
I know!!! They were not rusty before, I cleaned them in the water and degreaser solution and they got little rusty as they were sitting on the bench last couple weeks. Bummer !
Hey, im new to the channel and i really like the content! I just bought a 2001 ktm 300 exc and your build series is getting me motivated to do my own rebuild! I am very interested in getting a new set of wheels because one of my hubs is cracked, where did you get the tusk impact set?
Yeah, I know. I neglected the look of those bolts. I cleaned them in degreaser and let them sit on the bench at they got little discoloration and rust. Well, I guess we always learn something new, next build it wont happen ;)
I am so excited for you, when you are finished you have a brand new bike that you will love even more because all the time you have put into it. This is what it is all about.
Thanks brother, that's exactly how I feel about it. :)
So satisfying to watch you put that bike together, thanks for posting...
Thanks Chris :)
There will be new video upload tomorrow, stay tuned.
So satisfying to watch it finally been assembled.
Thanks :)
This makes me want to rebuild my bike.
same
Practice makes perpect brother.
Finally finished watching the whole video (kids and life...) When this beauty is finished the best thing to do just before your first ride is push it over and let it fall. It will make the first crash that much easier to get over. That is what I did with my bike. I got 500 yards and dropped it on some slippery train tracks. After that all the other drops were not so bad.
Haha, yea.. I think first scratch will be toughest to get over ;)
@@dirtniron that first drop helped me realize that the rad guards and hand guards were a great investment.
This is such an awesome build! That powder coat is incredible. I did a complete teardown of my 250sx last spring. I wish I'd powder coated the frame.
Yeah powder coat is way to go, great color and durability
Wow, your project is really taking shape now Rado! I’m really happy for you. Waiting for that engine to come back was killer on the patience.
Your bike is going to be so clean and so tight, it’ll be better than new because you turned every screw nut and bolt on it. What an accomplishment.
As for music, I’m all over the place. Hard rock to soft classic rock, Johnny Cash, Reggae music, and even some classical. Thank goodness for Amazon and Pandora music!
Thanks brother! Good taste in music ;)
Awesome, looking forward to watching this tonight 👌
Cool Jay, drop some comment once you watch it
You also listen to worship music while you work on the bike?! That's awesome! Makes like this channel even more! Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks brother!
Man god bless you fot all the informetion and the vids you are the best thanks
thanks Maxim, glad it helps!
Make sure to use the proper tightening order when putting the front wheel back in.
I think it was something like.. put axle in, tighten pinch bolts on right fork leg, compress suspension so it aligns itself, tighten pinch bolts on left fork leg and then the nut.
I forgot to do this once and the suspension didnt work properly.
Nice job on the bike, looks really good!
Exactly, suspension aligmnent is very important. Thanks brother
Looks Awesome Rado! Cant wait to see it finished and ripping on the trails!
Thanks Darko!
That's awesome Rado, I listen to worship music too. Mostly hillsong
Great job! Can’t wait for the final reveal!
Thanks Gabe
I'm sure somebody already said it but if you hit something with the axle nut on that side it could loosen the nut, I would flip it around if I were you. Great looking build, keep up the great work!
Yes, you are right I have it backwards. ;). I guess I was too excited
Beautiful build! Can’t wait to see it finished. You had my full attention for 16 minutes and that is hard to do! Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks Dominic, appreciate it!
congrats on a really sick build...I am very impressed, and thrilled to see you as happy as you are !!!! you did a remarkable job and hope to see you do another bike!!!!!
Thanks a lot Vinny, glad you like it! I will start new project soon. :)
Looks great! Looking forward to the finish!
Looks like a fectory bike, nice build
Thanks brother
Best build on youtube now
Thanks brother, Cameron Niemela is doing pretty good job too ;)
Dirt N Iron yeah but i like your style more you use more everyday items assemblying not special tools and stuff and in a way its much more inspiring than seeing him build stuff with tools ive never even seen before but hes still a great mechanic tho
Incredible Work. I have 3 Sons and we been modifying, restoring Dirt Bikes, Mini Bikes for about 8 yrs. awesome Hobby and my Kids learned all about smaller Engines. Mostly 50cc to 110cc.
Luv KTM. Can’t afford it until my Wife’s Macy’s card is paid off !
Thanks brother, sounds great. I wish I will spend some quality garage time with my kids too :)
Dirt N Iron
I wish I was closer to you to learn and pick your Brain. Absolutely Incredible. Raw Talent. Mad Skills from start to finish. My Favorite Bikes. What size tires. Look Awesome!
Thanks brother, I run 21 and 18 for this bike. Dunlop at81 front, Dunlop d803gp rear
Was not expecting you to say worship music, that’s awesome! Bike is looking awesome and it’s going to rip.
Thanks Christopher! :)
Dirt N Iron are you polish? Your accent sounds european, but you live in california?
@@rronaldreagan I am Slovak, close:)
And yes, I live in California
Keep listening to that worship music. May the Lord continue to bless you.
@@ktm250xcw amen brother, God bless you too ;)
That's going to be a very nice bike to ride , looking great man
Wow this bike is going to be freaking awesome. Great job brother!!!
Looks sick ! Cant wait for the build to be completed :)
Looking really good man!
Listening to stick figure puts me in the right state of mind...appreciate the work on the video...looking forward to my 300 build
Thanks Kevin! What are you building?
Awesome job. Bike looks great.
Thanks Preston!
as a rider myself,i understand ...best feelings ever putting everything back smoothly
Love it! Cannot wait to start a project just like this!
Looks tuff so far Rado! Fresh set of Tusk wheels look great along with the Henson bling! That's going to be one sick orange bike! Can't wait for the next peek brother! God bless...
Thanks brother, glad you like it!
Man Rado you do not mess around! Everything is looking very nice so far so excellent. I enjoy blues rock in the garage 😎
Thanks Nick, good music choice ;)
Gonna be awesome mate🤙
Gotta be metal when I need motivation, country sometimes and bluegrass when I'm building wood projects and need that artistic vibe.
Great video Rado, glad to see your baby come together.
Sounds good Philip, thanks for sharing!
good to see the bike looking good as new :D
Nice video, I love watching build series
Thanks man
Old School Heavy Metal 🤘 for me!
:)
Bike looks great!
thanks!
Finally! She’s a beauty!👍
This is a awesome video keep this channel going!!
Keep it up Rado. Loving it.
solid idol Dirt N Iron💪
man you are making me wont to build a bike. i love that orange frame!
This is therapy
Looks awesome!!
Nice video man! The music was awesome haha
Glad you like the music ;)
DUUUUUUUDE! it looks soooooo good nice n shiny new! Love the orange custom parts 🤟🏻👌🏻
Looks great, Just did tear down and greased all the bearings on my 07 crf450r. It's nice just taking care of what you already have. Good job!
Exactly :)
These bikes have not changed a whole lot in several years just basically maybe they change the forks and then they go back or a little something here or there. Its basically the plastics they change and all of the sudden it's the best bike ever.
Where did you get the Dunlop's with yellow lettering?
Those stickers are directly from Dunlop, they use it from promotions. I got it thru my friend. I think they don't sell them. I. My upcoming video I will talk about those yellow Dunlop stickers. Stay tuned ;)
@@dirtnironOk, Because I was like that's not something you can just get usually the only time you see it on bikes is for a photoshoot or factory rides.
Looking good Rado. Punk rock or else punk rock.
Thanks Paul!
Such a inspiration video for me
Nice job man !!! 👍😍
I just completely rebuilt a 2001 cr250. Nothing like bringing a old beast back to life. Only thing I would say to do next time is put a plug in the head so you don’t drop anything into the cylinder. Hate to see all that hard work only to take it back out and take it apart. Good luck on the build
Thanks brother, good point. I had plug in right after the video. If you check the thumbnail you see the plug is in.
Looks very good so far... :)
Thanks bro!
Gonna be sweet!!
Looks so good, love it
Awesome bike built
Hey Rado. Love watching the build, it’s great. I wanted to point out a mistake when it comes to re-torquing your bolts. When you torque them to spec, you break the locking compound making it useless. Add locking compound only when you do your final torque. Further more, the old locking compound negatively affects the torque settings as well as the bolt threads.
Thanks brother, makes sense
Good news is that from what I could see you’re not using enough thread locker. Add quite a bit more when you re-do. I know this from experimentation on my Husky. Also, remember or shake up the locking compound before using it bc it settles at the bottom.
sick look, nice job!
I have a 1981 PW 50 sitting in my garage than needs a full restore. Maybe I should do something like this in the spring 🤔
Definitely ! ;)
I recall the billet triples are easier to insert forks into than the cast ones. My 2016 500 cast ones are hell to even move the forks in. Previous bike had billet and the forks slid in and out pretty easy.
Could be, I don't have billet clamps in any of my bikes. I had to stick screwdriver inside to make mine open wider, didn't want to scratch registration sticker
@@dirtniron I saw that and the reason I commented. My forks will only spin one way after loosening the clamps and it takes some effort to slide them out. Billet clamps on my previous 530 once loosened the forks slid out.
It looks awesome brother. Music? I listen to classic rock or hard rock in the garage. I was gunna tell u and I forgot until now. When u first go out with that trials tire take some extra time to learn how it reacts to different situations. Especially braking. They have significantly less braking traction in loose terrain. They also don’t corner well unless you are really planted on the bike. You really have to push down with your legs to get them to turn. Once you get used to them you will love them. I do. I got back and forth from trials to hybrid.
Thanks for sharing Shaun!
Awesome!
On front left fork is interesting sticker with numbers. For what it is ? For DMV ?
Thanks
yes thats registration sticker
jazz rap is the best music for the garage in my opinion
Awesomeness, fully Siiiik!!!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought in order not to stress the forks and make sure they were lined up you had to tighten the pinch bolts first (allow the forks to fall where they may) and then the axle bolt. I have a 2019 KTM 300 XC-W and if I'm doing it wrong please let me know because I'm about to pull the front wheel and re-pack
them. Thanks
Pinch bolts on the left side (with the brake) are done last, you need to make sure that the fork slides freely on the axle so it can settle where it needs. I first do the axle nut, then brake side pinch bolts and then after everything settles and aligns I will do the pinch bolts on the left side. Hope that makes. sense.
I love your accent man
thanks brother, I dont hear that very often ;)
Didn’t mean to sound so harsh, goddamn internet....super gorgeous machine! Well done man,👍
No worries man ;)
Coming together very nicely. I can’t wait to see her finished. I think you will really like that back tire too! Also I really like your music choices.
Thanks James!
Looking very good.
I love KTM. I ride KTM since my 12 Birthday, and I have always been so satisfied!
What do you ride now?
Dirt N Iron EXC 125
ello1011
No lie. Been riding Honda and Yamaha which are great Bikes but want a KTM. Still saving.
I have 3 Sons who ride and they want a KTM. A little pricey for me right now
If no one else will say it, i will. FINISH THE DAMN KTM! Literally checking TH-cam everyday because i want to see that how this monster turns out. Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving my friend!
Haha, happy Thanksgiving to you as well. Stay tuned for tomorrow's upload. Let's see if she fires up ;)
Dirt N Iron haha my man! Super pumped!
new video is up! let me know your thoughts ;)
Dirt N Iron my mannn!! Sounds good! My fiancé was like “why are you smiling at your phone?!” Haha i explained to her the build and she gets it because i literally just finished my full rebuild (07 KTM 250sx w/ 300sx kit). But ive replaced every bearing, seal etc all over the bike so i know your pain/excitement. Super pumped for you brother! Excited to see you finish her up and take it out for a spin.
looking good!
Thanks Chris!
Really nice bike ! thats a bike everyone would be proud to own !!!!! what back tire is that caught my attention also will u be putting on a heavier flywheel weight that bike is like candy for my eys. Great job manb !!
Thanks brother! That's trial tire
Dont buy a trials tyre there are plenty of gummie tyres on the market now. Look at what all the hard Enduro racers use.
Super cool build vid
Thanks brother :)
Looks amazing verry nice :)
I would highly recommend torquing the swingarm bolt to ktms spec. Your supposed to torque eveything on the bike to specification.
Yes exactly, that's what I said on the video. Did you catch that ?
@@dirtniron no I didn't. Just dont want something happening to your and also the bike thats all. 🤙🤙
No problem bro, good reminder. Thanks ;)
Looking fantastic. But please tel me your going to use a torque wrench and check all the bolts. My O.C.D was in meltdown watching this video
Yes of course. I knew people will have this question, that's why I had message on the video saying that I will use torque wrench and follow factory specs.
Dirt N Iron oops I must have missed that bit bud. To busy staring at the beauty of the build 😍
Looking great! Im so jealous😬
So nice to see it coming back together! Congrats! How come you went with a trails tire in the rear and not the front?
That's what guys usually run for technical trail riding. I wanted to give it a shot.
Good job, nice rebuild. One note: use torque spanner
Looks great man! Get that thing finished so you can go get it tuned up and rip up the desert
Yeah I can't wait to ride !!
Hey watched all your vids and love them very inspiring and picked up some great tips, only a couple things I have picked up on, the old nasty engine bolts you put back in would of took minutes to clean and leaving the plug cap out while working on the bike! That can be fatal if anything fell in!! Great channel though subscribed
Thanks Matt, those are valid points. The bolts are killing me, I actually degreased and cleaned them like month ago, but let them sit on the table and they got little surface rust. Silly mistake, I didn't wipe it off. I put the plug in shortly after the video, if you look closely at the thumbnail you can see the plug. I am learning as I go, it's a fun journey. Welcome on the board ;)
Me every time in my small shop I'm listening praise and worship song
Looking good bruddah! Gotta have HARD ROCK playing to keep that energy up. I'm real curious to see how that Eric Gorr motor runs.
Thanks brother! Me too, hope it will be just as I expect!
Great job with the assembly process Rado, the bike looks sick even now! :)
1 little thing that really annoyed me - the bolts man..haha. Why you didn't clean those rusty bolts?? :P
I know!!! They were not rusty before, I cleaned them in the water and degreaser solution and they got little rusty as they were sitting on the bench last couple weeks. Bummer !
Great video
nice video man
thanks man!
That frame looks better than factory in my opinion. Ive been hanging for this video to come out. Keep up the great work
thanks Adam!
I always listen to 96.5 Jack FM (seattle) when working on cars and bikes
thanks for sharing Michael
beautiful!
Hey, im new to the channel and i really like the content! I just bought a 2001 ktm 300 exc and your build series is getting me motivated to do my own rebuild! I am very interested in getting a new set of wheels because one of my hubs is cracked, where did you get the tusk impact set?
Hi Blake, welcome on board! I got them from rocky mountain atvmc.
@@dirtniron you're the best!
Nice channel ! I came here by accident but I will stay longer ;)
Thanks Kris and welcome on board!
Super video☺
vdako Laco ;)
Love the build but, maaan some of those bolts could use some tlc...a hit with the wire brush would make them look like new
Yeah, I know. I neglected the look of those bolts. I cleaned them in degreaser and let them sit on the bench at they got little discoloration and rust. Well, I guess we always learn something new, next build it wont happen ;)
isnt the rear axel nut should go on the other side (brake side) or it doesnt matter?
Good question ;)
Let me find out
look sharp!
Woww. Very clean 💪
What is the tires model?
thanks man! rear tire is Dunlop D803GP , front Dunlop AT81
@@dirtniron Thanks man 💪👍
Looking good,are you going to do the hydraulic fluids? who knows how long it's been in there:)
Yep, I plan to flush the fluids. Good point;)
she's lookin good
Country all the way
Thanks for sharing Cole