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About 5 months after that a local kid I know was wanting a 125 and was asking me to sell it to him, so I did.
Then a couple months later I bought a 16 KTM 125sx and did the same thing. Loved the bike but decided I didn't ride it enough and sold it last summer.
Fast forward to February of this year. The kid that bought my Husky 125 moved up to a new KX 250 and was selling the 125. Although a bit worn out I bought it back and rebuilt it. So now I have a 125 again.
Wtf am I thinking? I'm 63 for gods sake! lol
Anyway It's finally ready to ride.
Great looking bike!!! I hadnt raced or spent any real time on a 125 since back in the early 90s in high school. Last year my nephew frew out of his 85 so i bought him a 125sx. On our memorial day camping trip all the kids in our group had a little turn track carved in around us. I hopped on my nephews bike and couldnt get off of it. Felt like a kid again. For the next several weeks my wife heard me talking to friends about how much fun i had and how my next bike might actually be a small bore. A few weeks later i get home from work and my wife asks me to run out to the shop and get some pliers. I kinda thought that was weird since we also have tools in the house. I get out there and there is a new leftover ‘18 tc125 sitting in the shop. I about fell over. She even ordered and installed my numbers, put a carbon pipe guard on, hand guards etc all on her own... i didnt have the heart to tell her it was primarily going to he a track bike so it has stayed that way... glad she did to because it goes offroad pretty often. Needless to say she got a hell of a “rogering” that night. :^)
Dont think ill ever not have a pinger in the stable. Cant wait until they get the tpi figured out on the tc/sc bikes. I got to ride a te150i. Wow that thing has potential. Seamless power and WAY WAY more bottom end than any small bore ive ridden. Once they get it to rev out a bit more it will be amazing!
This is what i walked into my shop last summer and discovered;
Although Id be lying if I didnt say that I think this new 2021 Honda CRF450 isnt going to be a game changer for 450's. The brutish power will always be an issue but with the way Honda says they were focused on razor sharp handling, I think this will be the first 450 to not feel like a 450 chassis wise. Itll be interesting to see how the bike shakes down....its going to be an agonizing wait for me till the first reviews of the bike start coming out. The only thing I kind of worry about is that the bike will be more sx focused than mx focused and even though Gasjer ride one in MXGP this year he didt get a whole lot of motos on it and probably had his chassis made to suit the GP's bec they dont have the production rule or have to worry about setting the bike up for sx.
Pit Row
I ride a KTM 150 XC-W in the 50+ C class for enduros. Last year saw both my first enduro EVER and my first MX race in 40 years (rode the '04 KX 125 in that and took 3rd place in 50+).
I don't do a lot of racing but I do ride a lot of practice days and we ride _something_ pretty much every weekend and the Husky and KTM are my preferred rides.
Here's the Husky during practice. Unfortunately, my helmet cam fell off on the starting line of Moto 1 so I didn't get any footage of the race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1nBPrmHgIU
Here's the KTM in action:
And here is a track photo.
31 years old, Vet A.
6’0 and 193 lbs..... the exact same as the bike.
Nobody will change my mind on FI or TPI on smokers... and early on i was one of those that didnt like the idea for simplicity purposes. But the TPIs are here to stay and they literally run flawlessly. The 150i i rode blew my mind at how much torque it had down low and in the mid. Its right there or just very slightly softer than the beta 200. Once they get the needed changes to get the TPI to allow the higher revs needed for the track, ill be first in line. I spent about 30min on the 150i on gnarly mountain single track and it blew my mind going back to back with my 125. I then had him bring it to ride my private track and while it definitely falls on its face up top, roll on out of corners was incredible. Obviously suspension on the te is horrible for moto but i just wanted to see what the engine felt like in that environment. The smoothness of any size TPI is mind blowing. Having said that, i kinda think part of the fun of the pingers is forcing the rider not to be lazy. jmo
My wife has a TC85 BW and i love riding that thing too
Taking both my TC’s out this weekend will try get some lap times and photos.
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