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34 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com The vast majority of the 200 Jackpiners were gobbled up quickly by collectors, many never even ridden or properly enjoyed. This one in par cular was sold new by Valley Motorsports in Northampton, Massa- chuse s to a KTM freak who preferred to ride and enjoy his bikes. From the looks of things, it appeared to have seen a rela vely easy life. As we know, most KTM's are purchased by hard-core enthusiasts and get treated mercilessly, then are replaced with the next latest and greatest model the following season. We're told this bike had seen two seasons of use and was then purchased by a collector friend of ours Bill MacKinnon, who added it to his collec on close to 20 years ago. Over the years, Bill's son used it sporadi- cally then parked it for the last seven years. As most of you are aware, we like to ride our vintage bikes. When Bill contacted us to see if we'd be inter- ested in waking up a few of his prized possessions, we jumped at the chance (Last month's '72 Jackpiner is another one of Bill's cool rides). Bill was in the pro- cess of moving and needed to find temporary homes for a few bikes. Since it was middle of winter, the ming was great for another shop project. Incredibly, Bill had a box full of NOS plas c for the Jackpiner. This was so cool since the blue replace- ment plas c is literally unobtanium for this model. In fact, when new, in order to purchase replace- ment body parts, proof of ownership was required, including serial number. KTM was keen to keep fakes to a minimum. Since the original plas c had seen its share of abuse, we elected to strip the bike of all bodywork and start the resurrec on process from the basic frame up. Once all plas c was re- moved, the bike received a thorough deep cleaning. Yes, this Jackpiner had been enjoyed, but it was clear that it had never seen race duty. Hard parts such as wheels, forks and other components were very clean with zero rock rash. Consumables such as wheel bearings, res, tubes and brakes were replaced. Swing arm and steering head bearings were treated to fresh grease. Fluids were flushed and an freeze was replaced with Evans Waterless Coolant. We've got some cool stuff in store later this season that includes not only this 200 Jackpiner but last month's '72 'Piner. Stay tuned!