Finally, I'm proud to be able to share the actual status of the restored KTM Lucky Country that I bought for 20€.
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Tuesday 17 May 2022
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 05 - Wheels
After finishing with the frame, I moved to the wheels. I thought it was going to be easier here, more like a plug-and-play situation, but it wasn't. I needed to do a couple of things to make this work.
Firstly, I started by preparing the front wheel. As the original tires were literally destroyed, I bought a pair of Schwalbe Marathon and I added some anti-puncture tire liner as extra protection (although the Marathon already have some extra thickness dedicated to anti-puncture). I bought this latter from AliExpress, and it's pretty amazing, I've tried to pin trough it and I couldn't, so it looks promising.
Saturday 14 May 2022
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 04
Well, I'm riding the restored KTM Lucky Country since a year now, but I haven't had the time to finish this series of posts, but I wanted to share the rest of the process because the result was very satisfying.
So after removing all the paint, I proceeded to apply a couple of layers of primer (for metal). You can get such in spray doses.
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