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11/20/2011 6:10pm
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does anyone on here ride the newer CR125? Just wondering how decent of a bike it is. Its a good looking bike and is the cheapest of all the 125 2strokes and even comes with a 144 kit when you buy it!
It handles better than either of them
it's cheaper
it has the same incredible forks as the YZ and a shock that rivals an Ohlins
My 2010 dyno'd at 37.5hp, 19ft/lb torque box stock as a 125, 42 and 21 with the 144 top end and a pipe
It's the simplest bike in the world to work on and maintain, well thought out
Comes stock with glide plate, frame guards, Regina chain, Afam sprockets, Domino bars/grips/controls, 260mm front rotor, 240mm rear, Brembo, no-tool seat/air filter access, Excel rims, Michelin tires, polished hubs, V-force reed cage, complete spare top end including cylinder and powervalve assembly, 4 position bar clamps, embossed graphics, Arrow exhaust, etc. etc.
It's an incredible bike, why would you recommend against it? I'm not a brand loyalist but I'd buy one of these again in a heartbeat over a TM, KTM or especially a YZ. Husky may have made some blunders with their 4-strokes but they were right on the money with this bike. In fact I might sell the 300 and buy a second CR125 this year.
The Shop
For sure i recomend the bike
Jay and Steve from Hall's busted butt all day keeping the riders coming and going on the bikes. HS riders already know how good a Husky is in this state as they make up likely the second most machine to KTm at d-17 race events. THE big surprise was the MX crowd and how they felt after riding the bikes.
Lets not forget.
Husky has the best contingency progam in this country second to none. They are putting together (and have been) a very good line of bikes and it's a to well kept secret. Lets not forget they offer BOTH thumpers and smokers. AND have developed both continually.
I like my Service Honda's and am a honda guy. but those husky's look pretty damn cool.
The Husky is overall a really good bike, but I'm sorry to tell you that the YZ is still a better machine. You'd have as much fun on either, but you'd have to work harder on the Husky to get the same results. I don't know what they sell for in the US, but up here in Canada the price is about the same for 2012 (YZ just dropped $1000 in price from 2011).
Pit Row
Still a fun bike to ride but not comparable to the KTM150 or YZ125.
btw love the new husky's. Hope I can ride one.
So to compare or bring up suspension woes of the past is no longer relevant in the discussion I'd think.
One of my WORCS riders that ran KTM's this year called today and said he got a deal to ride the TM 2-strokes for next year and I'm "Ryan Dungey" to start testing those things out!
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