I Outbid Three People For This KTM Powered Race Quad

[@MTOhRyan]

To be fair, if you both already agreed on a price beforehand he shouldn’t have reneged and went back on the initial agreement. “I know we said $1k but I have others offering more” is pretty scummy

[@Coach4.5.0]

Yup at that point it's just as scummy to say never mind and then sell it.

[@benmiller5015]

It's definitely a classic. Especially when they know you want it. At that point you have to call their bluff n be like well shit if you can get more from them you better do it, otherwise I'm the one that's actually here with a grand. Don't be afraid to waste a bit of gas n time n walk away without the machine

[@allan9603]

@MTO, make no mistake about it, Joe knew exactly what he was doing by buying this rare jewel, jacked price or not. I owned 2 of them which I bought brand new for me and the ex; sold them both for more than I bought them for! Footnote: Ex didn't get a dime from the sale😅😊🎉

[@Rocky-bz8wr]

Yep I had someone try that on me once. I called the guy asked if they still had the computer parts he said yes I arranged to come pick the parts up. When I got there I was asked to come in and went to look at the parts. When I got to the room there was another person sitting on the bed in the room. I am now informed this other person is also wanting to buy the parts and they offered more for the parts than what they were listed for in the AD. I thought oh boy a scam for sure. So I said hmmm well ok I think now that I have seen how things are going down here the best I can do for price is $50 if that's good we have a deal of not that's ok as well. I walked out with the parts for $50 and before I got there and talked to the guy we had agreed on $140 for the parts. It made me mad that they tried to jack the price up by trying to scam me so I low balled in hopes he would reject the low ball offer and I could move along with my day. In the end I got parts that were worth more than $50 used the memory in my own system and sold the rest online for $40. I didn't think jacking the price up for the rest of the parts was good even though I could have got $150 for the cpu mainboard power supply and assortment fans and 2 hard drives.

[@MTOhRyan]

@@allan9603oh I don’t doubt he still got it for a decent price. But I just believe if you make a deal with someone then both parties should honor it. I buy and fix atv’s too and if I went to buy one for $1,000 and we agreed on it beforehand, then I’d be tried to come back at me saying “well this other guy said he’d pay me more”, where’s the honor in that. His word isn’t worth anything after that point.

[@jerrymarshall2728]

Hey Joe, a tip from an old-school mechanic; when you have spark plugs that are difficult to remove, use a length of 3/8” fuel tubing over the ceramic end of the plug, and you can remove the plug, after breaking it loose. This will help prevent breaking the ceramic. It also helps with initial installation. Great job with all of these machines you work on! Have you ever considered getting a parts washer? My OCD goes nuts, seeing dirty parts being put back on the machines… 🤪

[@mattclark420]

The dirt thing makes me crazy too. Just cleaning it before opening an entire top end would be so smart. Get sand and dirt mixed in the oil , say by compression and many other things

[@kevinsellsit5584]

@jerrymarshall2728 The MAC tools glorified version of the 3/8 hose is "MAC SPS1". For just 10X the cost of the 3/8 fuel hose the MAC spark plug starter works just as well and if you use it daily for years you will remember the part number. ;)

[@andrewmurphy6906]

I'm with you blokes. The cleaning thing just drives me nuts sometimes. So much easier to work on clean bits and pieces. Saying that, I really enjoy the vids.

[@TheChaz81]

I mean I haven't ridden either but from the video it looks faster than the Honda 700!

[@Ajaxaxxess]

Even just pressure wash the machine prior to working on it. The deep spark plugs get the tube treatment for me too.

[@canadatransistor]

I know a lot of the reputable automotive channels test lack of fuel or spark testing by introducing some carb cleaner via air intake port. If you hear the engine engage even for a short time, you've proven there is spark and practically nail down the problem to fuel in 1 step without the aggravation of tearing out plugs especially weird setups like in this video. it's a good idea to find out early if your risky purchase is worth continuing to salvage. Your videos are very interesting by their nature. You've def earned my subscribe, I've been watching quite regularly and I don't own any toys like these!

[@Anticidal25901]

You gotta start hitting em with the “it’s a lot rougher than the pictures show” than when they say “I have x y z people wanting to bring me x y z” you hit em with the “yea, but they haven’t came and looked at it yet. They’re gonna see the same things I’m seeing and you’re just gonna have to deal with more people instead of just me”

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Bad ass quad man. Don't understand why people destroy the plastics like that. Can't wait to see the quad all cleaned up man!

[@alanrichardson1672]

He doesn't do cleaning / presentation , brainless I know!

[@250race]

It's a good practice. Next time, pull all the plastics off. Pressure wash The whole bike. Before you start working on it. And Clean the air box out. And the filter before starting it. Easy fix. Runs good.

[@ravioli9728]

He never cleans anything before he works on it.

[@michaelblaes9847]

I know. I would at least wash it and clean the airbox. He never does. Just to excited I guess.

[@michaelhintz6187]

At least take the seat off.

[@alanrichardson1672]

I don't get why the seller doesn't clean the bike / quad up before selling.

[@edpartyka1581]

Hey 2 Vintage I’m a big fan of your videos and always will be! Can’t wait to watch the video! Keep up the great work you do!

[@92xl]

I like what you've done with your driveway, you'll really like it this winter when it comes to moving snow. It's not cheap to asphalt an area that size. I did mine about 10 years ago and it was $25k. Can't imagine what it is now.

[@d3athquid0x87]

I was doing asphalt work this past year, roughly just a simple driveway that's about 30 yards in length is about 50-75k depending on where ur at in the country.

[@maxbrogan9111]

These rfs motors are crazy I love the torque from my 525s much more violent and usable then a 450

[@_-gh0st-_]

Wna sell it?

[@johnandersson]

The 525 is a fantastic engine. They sound like they are going to fall apart any second but they are rock solid. Torque monsters!

[@FaysMotorsportLLC]

I love to see you getting rare atvs and fixing them, but I like how your fixing it up other than mechanical issues, I’d love to see you make more videos of cleaning and restoring them like plastics lights frame motor and ect.

[@AnthonyRBlacker]

I think he does full restorations on the ones that are worth it. He'll probably do a nice job on this one

[@joeybobbie1]

Great Job on getting it back up and running. It’s looking a Lot better. Once you get the rest of the Black off, it’s going to look great.

[@DDLovett]

Wow, that beast sounds like it breathes so well. Really free revving. It seems so happy to be running about on your land.

[@bubbarodge]

It always makes me wonder why someone paints good plastics. Makes me think it's been stolen or stopped paying on it. Nice looking quad and good work.

[@cammoreau3613]

That’s awesome man some day I’d love to be able to do the stuff you do and wheel and deal quads bikes etc keep up the great content man!

[@dogtownbrogers2796]

Nice! Tip for paint stripper..After you brush it on thick take some painters plastic and stick it to the panel. It will keep the stripper from evaporating as quick. A little sunlight to warm it won’t hurt either, but don’t let it get too hot and dry out.

[@quickturn66]

Most paint strippers atack plastic

[@jeffh7021]

Great video, bud. I really enjoyed this one. In 2010, I bought a new 2008 trx700xx, and my buddy bought the outlaw 525 irs. We have countless hours of ripping together on these machines. Hearing that sound brings back a lot of good memories. I weigh about 100 lbs more than my buddy, and that pretty much evened us out up into 3rd gear. Through 4th and 5th I had him licked, but in the tight trails, the outlaw had less understeer. With sprockets and close attention to tire pressure, it was a pretty even match.

[@jasonjavelin]

I know your past KTM projects haven’t gone super great but this is a nice change up!

[@PongbyAtari]

Cool looking quad looks so much better and will look great once you get the rest of the paint off. Seems to run very well.

[@genecaruso5506]

Love the outlaw, I gave some thought to your issue with the hovercraft and it seems that if you flip it on it’s side , then put the trailer under it and flop it back down it should land on the trailer

[@sunswimgitman]

Look who got a paved driveway! 🙂 Seriously, I enjoy and appreciate all of your videos, by far the best of it's kind I have found!

[@namtech425]

I had the KTM525 SX motocross bike with the 4 speed gearbox, man that was a weapon, I finally sold it because it was just too much bike to handle. So yeah I can confirm that 525 rips when its tuned properly. Good job man, keep it up.

[@JacobBitner]

Just scared of a lil power 😢

[@lukecombs5242]

The 525 dirtbike has more power than the atv the atv is toned down a lot on power compared to the bike.

[@JacobBitner]

@@lukecombs5242 omg I'm totally fangirling about Luke combs commenting 😍😍

[@PaulYates-c6i]

Absolutely mesmerised that on every build you don’t swill the bike, quad down before working on it. We are not talking detailing just getting the crap off. Years of accumulation then you pull the plug or the carb or valve covers and all that shit is only going in one direction down.

[@garryhalinton]

What a great quad , I really think you might have to put this one in your collection!!!! ❤

[@Ajhungry54]

09 525 owner as well. My motor sounds exactly the same as yours, researching it people says its normal. If it's extra clunky there is a nut easily accessible behind one of the engine covers that has a tendency to unscrew. When I checked mine it was loose, used some lock tight on the nut and tightened it back up, definitely rattles less.

[@kevinsuppes336]

3/8 rubber fuel line like 1 foot works good slide it on the spark plug makes unscrewing and screwing in the spark plugs in tight places cheers 🍻

[@martynthomas2956]

What I used to do is take the tank off and I made a little make shift bottle tank with a see through fuel pipe that would hold a pint of fuel and hook it on the handle bar while testing everything .... So much easier 👍. It can be used for any machine

[@barrybrehm3555]

Something you might try and getting out a spark plug after you loosen it take a piece of rubber hose and push it over the spark plug and turn the hose. It works very well.

[@t-bone43]

Invest in a 14mm & 16mm thin wall spark plug socket for the newer Polaris stuff. It’ll definitely make your life easier. If you ever work on a 550 or 850 you gotta have a 14mm thin wall. Regular 14mm won’t fit down the hole.

[@gregrose8774]

Sweet find there Joe! Thats a keeper!

[@christophersherratt7299]

If you're going to do the plastic sand blast it fine grit wet/dry to finish it up any plastic broken put paper staples in soldering gun cut of excess couver with melted zip ties does a good job

[@davidr6585]

I could see bed liner material sprayed on a rough hunting or farming machine that "should be the ones experiencing such abuse", but I like the red and white on the racing machine, looks sporty.

[@bementj4]

I used the same paint stripper on my back deck. Didn't even bother scraping. I let the stripper do its thing and then used the pressure washer to blast the paint off. The gear ratios on that outlaw are pretty tight. Almost can't even tell you're shifting gears. Ive got an 06 predator 500. Thinking i may have to find me a solid axle outlaw next. Lol.

[@shogun678]

These were awesome quads back in the day. Cool graphics came stock too. Also came with fox shocks. My buddy had itp mudlite sport tires on his. Made it pretty unstoppable

[@richardhall7184]

The black paint used on the plastic guards looks like the rhino type coating that they spray utility vehicle trays with: kinda like asphalt/ tar: really sticky and hard to get off. Ordinary oil-based black paint is nowhere near as difficult. You've done a great job bringing it back. 🙂

[@blairguinea6811]

Nice bike Joe, as always thanks for your time

[@DealinDmg]

I always enjoy watching your videos. Keep finding those good deals and keep posting great content.

[@blairfright9622]

Hey Joe ,nice job on drive way. Looks like the asphalt was laid down very even.

[@scottyprice1787]

Great find man keep up the content love your videos

[@paulweigle6872]

Wow! That's a beast of a quad. Good score. Good job getting it going.

[@kentuckykornbread6527]

The decompression valve on every Honda I’ve ever owned as well as the Predator I raced made a loud ticking noise. Concerning at first. My comment was right in the middle of the video so that clanking may be coming from another source. Just food for thought. Great video so far by the way man

[@miggs2964]

Nice find there joe. Amazing those 525s are

[@jamesmcdermott6934]

Yeah you can hear the bark in that thing n I can imagine the power n quickness it has!!! I have an 04 450exc n that ktm motor is badass with power, grunt n also quickness but man a 500 in a quad...fun fer days!!! Great job goin through it n gittin it rippin!

[@sparty94]

quads sure live a tough, dirty life. love the sound on that outlaw, those KTM engines are badass.

[@ScootersGarageYT]

The best thing ive found for removing sticky residue is autobody Wax/Grease remover. Takes that stuff right off.

[@MarkFie-qn4pe]

I used to have an 09 outlaw. I didn’t have to do any modifications to it at all and it was pretty much almost faster than anything else out at the dunes. I loved that thing. Sorry I sold it.

[@connorwilson8078]

Love your videos bro, I’m thinking about moving to a 250 or 450, I’ll know how to do everything myself, taught myself how to do most of a pit bike, excited to learn about bigger bikes

[@markburns2545]

Hey, you're doing an awesome job, on this quad.....k.t.m.,is super quick.....deffo a nice clean up, and bro, change out the plastic 's.....have had a k.t.m.300,dirt bike..massive respect to you 👏 please 🙏 enjoy 😊

[@terrynicewonger5434]

I had a Ktm525 SX it was a very strong motor …I never knew Polaris had a KTM engine in any of its machines

[@snowyowl7042]

Great find, even if sale was a little shady, you know what to look for. Keep up the hard work

[@samjam2376]

Wow, that red sure looks better than the black.

[@neutonrenda2303]

That sounds so mean, you can hear the power.👍👏

[@jas-FPV]

KTM continued them as KTM for a while… the oroginal manufacturer was, I think, cannondale or so. you have the XC as cross country. So narrower, softer, reverse and so on. Then there were the SX models as pure MX with wider and lower stance and the SX 450 or 550 motor.

[@robertcraft-pj2jp]

Very quick and fast joe… you did well.👍🏻🇺🇸⭐️

[@iwantmyvanback]

I love your videos. You find the coolest stuff!

[@curtiswilcock5628]

To get the paint off would be better to use a window scraper with a stanly knife flat blade comes of much faster with the gooop too 😄 you got a nice deal on rhat quad bike

[@bryankerr69]

Going to look great when you get all that bed liner off. Those plastics look really good. I will never understand why people put that slop on good plastics. Was never a KTM fan. The engines always sound clunky. Hopefully you can get it all dialed in. Thanks for sharing.

[@racequad9]

I had an 08 525S (before the face lift). They will not do 80mph if it's stock gearing. Mine did 75mph: however, it got there very quick. Very fast quad out the hole with a ton of torque. Great quad overall.

[@racequad9]

Just finished watching the rest of the video. And you should definitely bump down the main jet. Mine was running the same exhaust and a modified intake (much better and more air than anything they sell aftermarket for these quads) and I was running a 170 main. 210 is way too big. Also, remember to do the valve adjustment, though it doesn't sound like it needs it too badly, it's very easy to do on them.

[@dat525s]

my 08 hits 83 14t front sprocket 37t rear, ct exhaust, k&n intake, 160jet haven’t got it on a longer road to really max it out yet

[@racequad9]

@@dat525s refresh my memory on the stock gearing for these

[@dat525s]

@@racequad914/38 I hit 81 with that gearing

[@racequad9]

@@dat525s Sorry but I am calling BS. These quads do not do 80mph on stock gearing. You either had a GPS that was uncalibrated, going down hill, or both.. 76mph max is what I have read on the old Outlaw and predator forums back in the day. I guarantee if he does a top speed run he's going to land between 74 & 76. Like I said, mine did 75mph and I was on a custom built KTm XC intake with a huge k&n filter.

[@michakav]

Harbor Freight has a cheap battery fluid transfer pump for about $13. It's designed for fuel/oil. I use mine to water plants but it works very well.

[@RadioReprised]

Joe...see all that thread on the shock body? You can drop a ton of ride height by backing that off😉

[@MMA_GOLD8]

You think he would know that at this point 😂

[@vapncase-9340]

Cool joe, looks like you need to wrap some electric tape once around on your impact bit head for your sockets to stay on bud

[@18wheeler77]

15:59 next time Joe, use a rubber line and stick it on the plug and it will help you turn it.

[@JJ-JOHNSON]

It looks a whole lot better, Joe. Those motors sounds like their going to fly all to peices while cranking them.

[@davidcorder95]

Love the videos I remember you picked up a 08 KX 250 Kawasaki carburetor bike my dad would like to find one I’ll like an Suzuki RM 250 CR 500 Honda 490 or Jason nice ATV. Keep it up brother.

[@jakeresnick2669]

I got one that i bought off a buddy has less then 15 hrs of ride time on it still to this day he put alot of aftermarket parts on as well full yoshi center exit exhaust titanium and fox evolution shocks on front fasst flexx bars etc i have all the stock parts even original wheels and tires minty and sand paddle wheels and tires along with title etc.

[@jckrieger]

I picked up 2 Outlaw 525 IRS's a few months ago. Replaced some suspension parts and sent them on the Hatfield McCoy trails. 10/10. You can ride these quads all day and not get beat up, while pulling 3rd gear wheelies and jumping every obstacle. I have a KTM 525 dual sport with 20K miles so the engine is solid!

[@AnthonyRBlacker]

Watching you go over it here the first 8 minutes or so.. you say it's nice to see the hole they left cut out to get to the radiator cap, that's really nice.. considering a Polaris is like the WORST thing to work on, normally you have to take ALL the plastics off to even do a spark plug on them, man.. that is really nice. Maybe they FINALLY listened to angry customers!!

[@BigDude412]

Great find i bought one of these brandnew off shoeroom floor when they first came out but mine was the 500 then later in this style came loved it an i knee that thing was gonns pop up on u like it did while doing donuts lol deff nice bike

[@scottrittenhouse3131]

Starting fluid would help, definitely let you know if there is any spark right away

[@PriapismSD]

When you have to unscrew a sparkplug by hand like that, slip some fuel line over the top, can twirl and pull it out

[@bighomieJ5X]

Thanks for the awesome content 👌🏽

[@sniper7.62x51]

That KZbin money asphalt job looks pretty sweet dude. Rock on.

[@dadssimulations]

Loved the outlaw i had over the 450ies i owned it had lots of power longer gears better for trail riding great bikes

[@johnhicks735]

Joe that carburetor sounds like it could A good ultrasonic cleaning and adjusting it has more throttle power than that on take off and on top end during shifting trough gears to. Try adding in some fix fast from eagle STA-BIL fuel stabilizer fuel treatment with some gumout octane booster mixed together. For some cheap riding fuel blended that's ethanol free 100% gasoline fuel. Even if it's A premixed.,or it has A separate oil tank for mixing it into the carburetor through the intake manifold. From the oil tank oil pump line off of the vacuum vent tube.

[@justinsavs]

For future, you can’t lose clutch fluid if you unbolt the slave cylinder. It’s a contained unit between the master and slave cylinder. 😊

[@reallyemptypockets6509]

The paint gives it an authentic Mad Max look, I just can’t imagine going 85 mph on it.🚀

[@robertsayer1848]

Use saran wrap on top of the paint stripper so it won’t dry out.

[@Cdj35555]

Swing arm models are hard to find. I had a irs model. Was a pos lol. Always breaking axles or ripping cv boots and throwing grease everywhere

[@Southalabamaoutdoors]

Good trick to do is wrap the plastic parts with the stripper on it in saran wrap keeps the stripper from drying out so fast

[@krama2940]

Joe you have press, welder bench measuring tools. Why can't you press on crank bearings and balance them?? It does not look something you can't do.

[@ridgedbullet2420]

Hey is there anyone that would be able to confirm which year ktm 250 dirtbike frames match a 2017 apollo 250cc dirtbike. Looking to change plastics and apollo only has 1 so

[@jimsheehan6025]

Regardless of the guy jacking up the price this was a really good score Joe👌

[@az_swap_addict5255]

I bought myself on with out knowing it’s my first atv 2008 Polaris outlaw 525s I got her for 2500 and I love it

[@copperaudio9664]

That one looks fast and fun. Nice work.

[@ianreid5789]

I agree the only time I’ve seen the price go up on the asking price is when there are other people there interested and they start bidding on the machine

[@Anticidal25901]

Or when someone under prices something and he has a ton of interest in it. I mean this guy didn’t owe Joe anything lol. He’d be crazy to not get more cash if he could.

[@rvhopper]

Work your Magic Joe. I am ready to watch this eposide. Good Luck! Man

[@Haakonz02]

i have a ktm 525 2012 and i love that u show how to check the carb!

[@DirtyDiezel]

When you said you liked the stance I agreed, Then laughed my ass off at the rear fenders. Whats up Darth Vader !!!

[@martinstone3656]

Im sure if you used Standard thinners on those plastics they would of been clean in 10 minutes, better known as gunwash here it will remove most paints accept powdercoat

[@GNX157]

The coolant was low, not full. If that had a coolant overflow recovery tank (which it likely did), the coolant would of been at the very top and a bit dripped out when you opened it. If the overflow tank had coolant sitting in it, there is likely a leak or the radiator cap bad and not allowing coolant to be pulled back into the radiator each time it cools down.

[@shayneeasterling7455]

Short piece of rubber hose slide over the end of the plug makes a great way to put plugs in and out.

[@rickygonzalez1328]

i have a 2008 polaris outlaw 525 s and the motor on it is bulletproof. forever keeping it

[@milenmc]

Very nice video, I have the same quad but mine is 2008 the only difference is the how the front end looks. :)

[@davechapple]

One of my bikes is a '21 KTM 390 Duke. Can confirm slightly clanky engine at idle. Annoying but normal on the 390. Ive heard it's similar on many of there engines. 🤷

[@robprice6573]

Your driveway looks awesome looks like they did a great job. Great video as usual, lucky you have an awesome wife that lets you buy many toys.

[@jlucier59]

They're not known to be clanky but a bolt inside the engine cover does back out and start to make noise

[@ryanjohnson1814]

Think you got a very good deal, and a little elbow grease and clean, paint, polish, will look pretty good, and definitely not much into it, should be able to flip or trade and a good increase.

[@davesplace1307]

Need to see a part 2 on this!!!!

[@70FordMach1]

Is there any method to clear coat the plastics that will stick?

[@zenmaster1761]

Great video, what is your favorite brand nice on driveway, now you have to seal it