2018 Sherco 125SE Six Days

great topic

“Asphalt” seat cover

It's a grippy one!

the entire front (WP forks) end meaning the clamps as well look right off the KTM/Husky WP line.

I hear ya. I'm 56, short and fortunately light. I've been riding KTM 105 in the woods since last year and I'm probably faster than on any of my other bikes. I love the small bore bikes but the 125's are all a little big for me. I was hoping the Beta 125 would be a little smaller like the Xtrainer but it looks like it's not.

I'm 54 years old, 6'6" and 210 lbs so I go for the tallest bike I can find. I bought my wife an X-trainer and it is definitely smaller and extremely nimble. You can put an RR pipe on the x-trainer and it will rip like a 300RR. I'm actually faster on a 250 2 stroke but I have more fun on a 125. I don't like how the 144s flatten out but I've read that the TM144 revs to the moon like a 125 so I'm really anxious to hear how the TM compares to the other zingers. If I went with the yz 125 I'd make it a 134 at the first top end.

Everyone keeps telling me to buy the TM300en and I think I'd be faster on it than any other but I digress and tell them an old hillbilly saying. "I'm f#^king this cat you just hold the head".

I've ridden a number of Xtrainers and also rode one back to back against all the bikes in the Beta lineup last year. It's size was definitely noticeable and welcome. Although still a little big, I wish somebody sold something in between a big wheel 100 and a 125. As fast as I am on a smaller bike in the woods, I can't be the only one that would benefit from it. I'm getting closer all the time to just building something, or putting together some sort of hybrid KX100 with 21/18 wheels (or freaking everybody out and using 21" wheels front and back).

An Xtrainer would be nice, but for the limited use I'd get out of it (not great on the MX track and I like to run a half dozen MX events a season), I can't justify the cost. Well that, and just after riding the Xtrainer on the Beta ride day I schemed the whole way home thinking about how I was going to buy one. Then I rode my CR150 and came to the conclusion that it was every bit as good as the Xtrainer at what it did best.
FWIW, I'm a hardcore small bore guy and my CR150 does not flatten out even a little bit. It screams like a 125 on steroids.

Now we're really off topic

Contrary to normal thoughts on big bores vs stroker motors.... I think my big bore '18 TE150 revs out better than my '15 TE150, which is a KTM 150 bore and stroke motor!

Agreed, I hear many say their big bore tiddler flattens out on top. My 165 with WB SX Fatty pipe, TC2 and 38mm Lectron doesn't flatten out at all.

Just not set up right. You can't do one mod and not the supporting mods and expect it to work!

Yep, adding a bigger piston to a 125 doesn't work unless the whole thing is re-engineered pipe, porting, squish, etc. The TM144 doesn't share any parts with the other engines which means that 20 years from now vintage parts for a TM144 might be tough to find, on the other hand it appears the built a specific 144 and it should rip bottom to top. If they can build a 250 or 300 that doesn't flatten out then why not every displacement ?

DB has one of the new Beta 125s:
https://dirtbikemagazine.com/friday-wrap-riding-betas-new-2-stroke/

Since the bike has officially arrived in the states they should post a suggest price soon. I'm thinking much over $7000 will be a hard sell.
Claimed weight is 207 w/o gas.

Thing I constantly hear about the Beta, is that Sachs suspension parts are cheap junk. New bikes getting revalves, already have coatings worn off internals.

the Sherco does use WP but they are not the same as all Husky KTM forks, these are "explorer" forks, spring not air for support

I guess that Sachs must have devolved, my Sachs rear shock from '99 was fine

really enjoying your write up
I sold my Sherco 300 2 stroke, trying a Sherco 300 4 stroke this year