Summer trip to Colorado

whole motor top/bottom

pitted worn rod

This summer we took a two week trip to Colorado instead of a 1 week trip.  Before we left we had to completely rebuild the bottom end on my KTM 250XCF b/c it was knocking real bad.  After tearing down the whole top end and not finding a thing we tore into the bottom end and found the crankshaft was worn and needed to be rebuilt.  I took the crankshaft up to a badass dude know as Cooksey in the Dallas/Fort Worth TX area to have it rebuilt. COOKSEY CRANKS, http://www.cookseycrank.com finished my crank in the same day and shipped it out the next.  I highly recommend him no matter where you live if you are in need of a camshaft rebuild.  I ordered all the rest of the bearings, new OEM piston, honed the cylinder, lapped the valves, got a new cam chain and tensioner, and a new chain and sprockets.  We found a service manual online and put the entire bike back together in a matter of days.


                             

fully rebuilt

250F gutted

   

















Like I say every year, "this is the best trip ever", this one definitely was our best trip.  We camped out for 16 days in 8 different towns.  Only having access to bathe with a solar shower or in the frigid creeks I washed my hair 3 times in a 16 day span.  We were stinky and dirty most of the time, but we didn't care b/c we rode either dirt bikes, downhill, or BMX everyday.
The first week we camped up at Spring Creek Reservoir near Almont, CO.  Here is a picture of our camp spot on the map.





After we packed up camp at Spring Creek we headed to Cottonwood Springs near Buena vista for some relaxation and dinner at the Coyote Cantina.  They had John Denver's 1970's Kawasaki Green Streak hanging in the ceiling.

Needless to say, Billy's head eventually fell off!

   

After Buena Vista we went north to Breckenridge and camped out 

there for a night and did some dirt biking that morning.

I will post more photos and finish the rest of the story soon.