ktm 500 exc build

It all started when a good customer of ours wanted his new 500 EXC loaded up with everything imaginable. I asked what sort of theme he wanted. "I like black" he says. From there on I knew what to do. 

We have already done a few bike builds with the EXC's in the past so I had a good idea of the parts we were going to use. It was just a matter of choosing the right color options so nothing clashed. We didn't want to just "blackout" the entire bike, that's too easy and played out. This had to be tastefully done. 

• Fastway EVO Air footpegs (black)
• Hammerhead shifter
• Hammerhead billet rear brake lever
• Acerbis X-Grip frame guards
• Acerbis front disk cover (black)
• Acerbis 3.1 gallon tank (black)
• Acerbis black plastic kit (O.E.M. Shrouds were used)
• Acerbis skid plate
• D'cor Seat cover
• Cycra Ultra handguards
• Scotts steering damper kit. Sub mount w/BRP rubber mount & Clean Speed cable routing
• Double Take mirror with Ram mounting
• Moose clutch & brake levers (black)
• Moose heated grips
• ODI Rogue grips
• Sicass Racing EZ-Fit tail section w/flush mount blinkers
• Sicass Racing slim mulit-switch
• FMF Factory 4.1 RCT Muffler (titanium w/carbon end cap)
• Dirt Tricks Zirconium rear sprocket 
• Renthal R33 O-ring chain
• Bolt rear sprocket kit (black)
• TM Design SX chain slider (orange)
• KTM Hard Parts rear grab handle 
• KTM Hard Parts rear disk guard (orange)
• KTM Hard Parts swingarm guards
• KTM Hard Parts clutch cover (orange)
• KTM Hard Parts WP fork protection sticker (black)
• KTM Hard Parts valve stem covers (orange)
• KTM Hard Parts lower fork protectors
• Rekluse Radius CX auto clutch
• Pirelli XCMH D.O.T tires
•  Zeta alloy bolt kit (orange)

All in all this build went very good. The only snag was that no one makes a black headlight mask. Luckily our local graphics company was able to make us up a background graphic for the headlight mask. Everything else went together smoothly. To say the customer was pretty stoked to see his new bike for the first time was an understatement! Also I didn't share any sneak peeks during the build. The icing on the cake was taking him and his good friend for a ride the following week and being able to see this beautiful project bike put to good use and ridden like it was intended to be ridden!