pvduke
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Rider experience:
Trail riding: since 1985
10 years: marathon/hard enduro rider (retired)
10 years: alpine moto SAR first responder (retired)
Currently: semi-retired casual trail rider
50 y/o, 5'7", 150 lbs.
Conditioning: second ride this year. (mommy!)
Terrain: VERY tight ST, DT, 2500' ski-jump climbs, hard pan clay, rocky soil, rocky climbs. Typical Southwestern foothills, cayon and mountain stuff.
Weather: 50*
Atlitude: 3000' - 6000'
Ok, the scoot -
As was, 100% stock out of the box sans FMF sparky and some prep (wire, teflon tape the perches, jetting: 460m, 32.5 plilot, rich needle on 4th groove, 4.0 slide) and a 52th rear sprocket. It's greard way to tall for endruo stock. Jetting was very close but a tad lean on top for constant WFO. Will go 470m and drop the needle one click. Used Motul T2 @ one bottle to 4.8 gallons of gas. Plug came out dark red after a WFO test. Dark Red? Obv a tad lean on top for, again, extended WFO. So I chilled in the open sections.
Motor:
I'm a 2-stroke man. I like 4-strokes, to a point and, they do get better mileage. But I LOVE 2-strokes.
Wicked cool race-type rrrrip with good flywheel effect. Signs off fast so shift faster. Good, useable power everywhere.
Clutch never sniveled and I like sllllliiiipping the clutch to control wheel spin when paddling. One finger opperation. Should get even more tractable as the suspension break's-in.
Runs as cool as a cucumber so far... it was cool out so....
Clutch did swell up some on the first hard climb. It has a quick star-adjuster so that's a nice touch as I had it set too loose intially, I like a lot of play in my clutch cable.
Trans:
9/10
Suspension:
F: .42 spring. Plush damper's react to clickers very nicely. Has built in bleeders- nice touch Husky! This fork is good.
R: Sag- 4" cold. No complaints. Ditto.
Brakes:
WOW. Abuse proof. I dragged the rear on some 2500' seat-suckers for at least 10 mins. No fade. Rotor is still gray. Excellent.
Egros:
Bike is tall. I'm short. I'm used to this as a fact of life with this or any brand. They are all tall to me. Lowering the bike 4" wouldn't help so what's the point- it is what it is. Park near a rock or something. I'm done cutting seats as it really screws up ergos. Keep yer feet on the pegs where they belong and keep the drive going. There, problem solved.
Has a Moto feel and lay out and, you can really get up close to the gas cap. Bars adjust up and down (spacers) and fwd and back (reverse clamps).
Good controls and bits as well.
Peg's don't drag- yay!
Hand gaurds took a beating and did not fail.
Tires: Mich. Enduro Comp- why they installed wet's with long gears is beyond me. Spare yourself at least 500 massive moments on the trail and dump these for some decent hard pan tires. I had little or no purchase on dry or hard ground/rocks. Worked OK in the moister stuff but not enough to justify them being on there.
Handling:
Stable, flickable, changes direction at will. This thing is a light and tight little whip.
Would be a good LMS bike with some mods and I could 24hr this thing if I was a lil younger and still in one piece. I like it, a LOT. Small powerplants make a big difference. Ask your science teacher for more info there. Short shift and fly in the tight stuff or clutch it and rip in the open (and say guh-by to your fuel mileage).
Range:
40 kilomters from the stock tank so far. Had some left but not much and I have not measured it yet- but whats the point.
I wasn't WFO the whole time as there's only a couple of spots for that. But we was motorin' just the same all over the throttle range.
Noise:
Air box is loud on the pipe. Stock muff is loud. Box needs tape/foam for wet crossings anyways and the FMF sparky tones the roar down. Problem solved, again.
Lights: adequate for tight stuff. Tail lamp is nice and bright too. I'll be doing some night-ride's at the place noted above this summer as is so...do join in!
Computer: since you cant see in the tank it's nice they included an odometer.
Servicing- easyest bike ever to work on.
Recomendations:
Is it for everyone? No. It will be too tall for the "camper-n-quad" crowd that likes sofa's with 20" seat heights and push-button start's.
If your are serious about riding? Yes.
Can you grow into this bike? Yes.
Can you advance with this bike. Yes.
Easy to ride? Very. And, I don't feel half as worked as I usually do on a larger 4-stroke.
I give it a 9.5 due to the tiny tank and I'm sick of lugging gas on my back....the Acerbis fork-tank is a great option though and an easy fix for now and I have one on the way from my old riding (always trying to kill me in the Gnarly in Az., God he put on some punishing 12 hour death-marches) "buddy". This bike is also a little touchstone to an old freind, an '88 (or '87??)WRE 125.
It's a premium morotcycle with premium bits. Mine was cheap. Or- spend twice that almost for another brand. Yer choice. You WILL be hard pressed to have this much fun for so little money.
There ya have it. One old fart's take on the new WR125...FWIW, YMMV, usual disclaimers, it's nap time, go away.
Ok here we go... used a box camera so pardon the quality or donate a camera.
1- I think the guy in the mirror want's to pass.
2- Bike says "LEMME OUTTA HERE MAN I WANNA PLAY!" ....ok ok keep yer seat on, jeez.
3- G0 10' turn right: super fun switchback sidehill track with 3-4' water bar launches, 2000' climb:
4- More fun stuff, not even flat:
5- 200' up- a real beech when it's snotty out, this is NOT flat, what is it with camera's making pitches look flat?
- kevin.
Trail riding: since 1985
10 years: marathon/hard enduro rider (retired)
10 years: alpine moto SAR first responder (retired)
Currently: semi-retired casual trail rider
50 y/o, 5'7", 150 lbs.
Conditioning: second ride this year. (mommy!)
Terrain: VERY tight ST, DT, 2500' ski-jump climbs, hard pan clay, rocky soil, rocky climbs. Typical Southwestern foothills, cayon and mountain stuff.
Weather: 50*
Atlitude: 3000' - 6000'
Ok, the scoot -
As was, 100% stock out of the box sans FMF sparky and some prep (wire, teflon tape the perches, jetting: 460m, 32.5 plilot, rich needle on 4th groove, 4.0 slide) and a 52th rear sprocket. It's greard way to tall for endruo stock. Jetting was very close but a tad lean on top for constant WFO. Will go 470m and drop the needle one click. Used Motul T2 @ one bottle to 4.8 gallons of gas. Plug came out dark red after a WFO test. Dark Red? Obv a tad lean on top for, again, extended WFO. So I chilled in the open sections.
Motor:
I'm a 2-stroke man. I like 4-strokes, to a point and, they do get better mileage. But I LOVE 2-strokes.
Wicked cool race-type rrrrip with good flywheel effect. Signs off fast so shift faster. Good, useable power everywhere.
Clutch never sniveled and I like sllllliiiipping the clutch to control wheel spin when paddling. One finger opperation. Should get even more tractable as the suspension break's-in.
Runs as cool as a cucumber so far... it was cool out so....
Clutch did swell up some on the first hard climb. It has a quick star-adjuster so that's a nice touch as I had it set too loose intially, I like a lot of play in my clutch cable.
Trans:
9/10
Suspension:
F: .42 spring. Plush damper's react to clickers very nicely. Has built in bleeders- nice touch Husky! This fork is good.
R: Sag- 4" cold. No complaints. Ditto.
Brakes:
WOW. Abuse proof. I dragged the rear on some 2500' seat-suckers for at least 10 mins. No fade. Rotor is still gray. Excellent.
Egros:
Bike is tall. I'm short. I'm used to this as a fact of life with this or any brand. They are all tall to me. Lowering the bike 4" wouldn't help so what's the point- it is what it is. Park near a rock or something. I'm done cutting seats as it really screws up ergos. Keep yer feet on the pegs where they belong and keep the drive going. There, problem solved.
Has a Moto feel and lay out and, you can really get up close to the gas cap. Bars adjust up and down (spacers) and fwd and back (reverse clamps).
Good controls and bits as well.
Peg's don't drag- yay!
Hand gaurds took a beating and did not fail.
Tires: Mich. Enduro Comp- why they installed wet's with long gears is beyond me. Spare yourself at least 500 massive moments on the trail and dump these for some decent hard pan tires. I had little or no purchase on dry or hard ground/rocks. Worked OK in the moister stuff but not enough to justify them being on there.
Handling:
Stable, flickable, changes direction at will. This thing is a light and tight little whip.
Would be a good LMS bike with some mods and I could 24hr this thing if I was a lil younger and still in one piece. I like it, a LOT. Small powerplants make a big difference. Ask your science teacher for more info there. Short shift and fly in the tight stuff or clutch it and rip in the open (and say guh-by to your fuel mileage).
Range:
40 kilomters from the stock tank so far. Had some left but not much and I have not measured it yet- but whats the point.
I wasn't WFO the whole time as there's only a couple of spots for that. But we was motorin' just the same all over the throttle range.
Noise:
Air box is loud on the pipe. Stock muff is loud. Box needs tape/foam for wet crossings anyways and the FMF sparky tones the roar down. Problem solved, again.
Lights: adequate for tight stuff. Tail lamp is nice and bright too. I'll be doing some night-ride's at the place noted above this summer as is so...do join in!
Computer: since you cant see in the tank it's nice they included an odometer.
Servicing- easyest bike ever to work on.
Recomendations:
Is it for everyone? No. It will be too tall for the "camper-n-quad" crowd that likes sofa's with 20" seat heights and push-button start's.
If your are serious about riding? Yes.
Can you grow into this bike? Yes.
Can you advance with this bike. Yes.
Easy to ride? Very. And, I don't feel half as worked as I usually do on a larger 4-stroke.
I give it a 9.5 due to the tiny tank and I'm sick of lugging gas on my back....the Acerbis fork-tank is a great option though and an easy fix for now and I have one on the way from my old riding (always trying to kill me in the Gnarly in Az., God he put on some punishing 12 hour death-marches) "buddy". This bike is also a little touchstone to an old freind, an '88 (or '87??)WRE 125.
It's a premium morotcycle with premium bits. Mine was cheap. Or- spend twice that almost for another brand. Yer choice. You WILL be hard pressed to have this much fun for so little money.
There ya have it. One old fart's take on the new WR125...FWIW, YMMV, usual disclaimers, it's nap time, go away.
Ok here we go... used a box camera so pardon the quality or donate a camera.
1- I think the guy in the mirror want's to pass.
2- Bike says "LEMME OUTTA HERE MAN I WANNA PLAY!" ....ok ok keep yer seat on, jeez.
3- G0 10' turn right: super fun switchback sidehill track with 3-4' water bar launches, 2000' climb:
4- More fun stuff, not even flat:
5- 200' up- a real beech when it's snotty out, this is NOT flat, what is it with camera's making pitches look flat?
- kevin.
