KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 06 - Final

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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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.

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. 

KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 03

After receiving the Chinese cassette/sprocket, the hub and the rear derailleur, I basically had everything what I needed for the bike. But I was not particularly happy with the color, so I decided to go deeply into this update and I re-painted the bike at home.

This and next posts will drive you through the process of the DIY bike frame painting. 

KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 02

Do I need another bike? Couldn't the Rockrider do the touring-bike job as well? 

No and yes.... But then, where is the fun, right??

The 20€ all-rounder touring bike build project starts with...

KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 01 - The 20€ touring bike

Yes, I'm not joking. My KTM Touring Bike costed me 20€. What? you still don't believe me?

Here's the proof. I made a screenshot of the advertisement from Willhaben (an austrian portal for buying/selling stuff). 

Well, let's see what I got for 20€!