TE/TC 17 TE 150

Can't wait to see it all in one piece. True work of art!!! Complete and amazing bike Porn.

Thanx Walt! Glad you like!

Just wanted to get away from the norm.....

norm not our fav Cafe Norm! Ha!

Here is clutch cover after tape peel off and I will shoot the nickel on tomorrow.

Nut case you are! Havent got that carb out yet... just took on another job so my time has been limited.. ill keep ya posted!

Yes, try to get that carb back. I still got bought 4 hours work to do to it then want to get it polished up and float bowl painted.

Yeah, next of my worries..... Sure hope they get some V Force reeds done by spring.

I might make a corporate call to headquarters to let them know their stock reeds warped.

If they get enough complaints they usually will do a recall.

MotoTassinari is saying February. So expect March. They are pretty motivated to get it done before KTM/Husqvarna are forced to do a recall. Lots of complaints to dealers at this point. I would get your order in for the V-Force 4 now. The warping of the stock cage with time and use is a real problem.

My 2015 cage warped too. One Reed petal snapped and was ingested. Sucks

Going in the oven after tape removal.

Now I'm glad I stuck my neck out and tried something different.

Also did Evans water pump cover.

I'm getting more inclined to wait for an '18 TE150 and ride the '16 200XC-W another season.....

Here is clutch cover on bike with water pump cover.

Think going to run in to Fastenal and start replacing these bolts with some Stainless Allen head bolts.

They rusting already after couple months.

Ta Da!

This is a lot of work but I learned along the way.

Oh! Need to do my Yeti!

Has anyone checked to see if the clutch plates are steel or aluminum , my KTM 200's I always replace the 5 aluminum too all steel for better gear oil life

In the oven

Ps: don't have children, cause you end up doing their stuff too!

Tried nickel silver on sprocket and black.

Thought I'd just polish it.

This should be the motor.

Not gonna see much cause pipe and tank hide most of it.

Not 100% sold on black stripe up cylinder with Husqvarna.......

I put it on where I can remove at some point.

Working on Evans ignition cover

Outside of logo and rest cover will be nickel silver as well.

Walt?

Gonna order my top end gasket kit and new piston, tomorrow.

What thickness base gasket are you recommending I throw on there, so I can swap out down road to the RK Tech head insert.

My stock gasket was .25

Darin,

You want to get the gasket that sets your deck to piston height at 0.00mm. Mine was spot on from the factory although I think it was the next step wider than yours. Regardless, RK Tek will create the head to your spec if you tell them what your X dimension is currently. I think that I would just have them re-create the same head as they sent me. My compression jumped ~25 PSI static pressure with their head which should be good for you too at near sea level. I would definitely talk to them before you order. My current compression is 167 psi as compared to 140 psi with the stocker. I have a very good quality tester that I have checked against very accurate pressure gauges.

My bike sounds great with the new head but I can't butt test it until we get a break in the snow. We've had more snow sitting on the Valley floor this year than we have had in quite a few years. Unfortunately the mountains are still below average and need a lot more. There is only about 3' of actual snow depth on top of the pass where we get our irrigation water from. It should be closer to 4'-5' for this time of year or at the least more water content.