Thinking About a Change

Rick

Rick

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I have a chance to pick up a chance 2006 YZ 125, the bike is clean, one owner, adult ridden, the owner has too many toys and so it has come forsale.
I've been wanting a smaller lighter woods bike for sometime and was thinking this little jewel might just do the trick.

GasGas 200's are hard to find, and i don't know if I'd be happy with a 250 or 300. I am turning 50 next month and i kinda want to stay with the smaller, lighter bike.......
I race both enduro and cross country and will continue to do so. I am a solid "B" racer.
I am in decent physical shape and like to ride aggressive.
My 200 is a great bike given it's age, but it has been a LONG time since I've been on a 125.
A Husky is out of the question....will not even go there, so there are not even any choices and a KTM is not in the picture as well.

The bike has the following parts / mods

Suspension has been worked by Dick's Racing for about my weight.

Scott stabilized and top clamp.

Bark busters

FMF T..C 2

I order to make it a little more woods bike i would add a little 8oz or 11 oz flywheel. Change rear sprocket to 50 or 51 tooth and a skid plate.
That's it....go ride it!!!

Am i off my rocker?.....

I want to hear the good, bad and ugly....be honest
My 200 will remain in the stable.

Thanks
 
I have ridden the yz125. But have have owned the GG MC 125. Both great bikes in my opinion. But they are both much better as 144's. In my opinion the gg 144 was the ticket for a lighter aggressive rider. My daughter has a Husky CR 150. It has a much better motor than the other 2 in my opinion and with the newer KYB forks would be the best of the 3 as a woods bike. It's also the lightest. I would keep to 2011 or newer if buying a husky 125 though.
 
I know you said you don't want a Husky but.... my 08 Husky CR165 is way better than my 05 YZ 125 in every way. The YZ's get better in 144 trim power wise but still falls short in the power, handling, braking, clutch, and ergos IMHO. I would find a newer GG200 or jump on a new Husky which comes with a FREE 144 complete top end ready to bolt on. I really like the small bore light weight bikes myself and right now the Husky's are hard to beat. I would LOVE a 200 GG in a 125 weight package!
 
Don't do it man just resume a search for a 200!! .. I bet that if you contact Clay he'd find you someone with "New Old Stock" some where. Seems like I saw someone on here with a new `11 200 SD for sale Just recently .. :D:D
 
Hey Rick FYI Taskeys up here in Everett has a brand new leftover 2011 six days 125 for $6300

Roscoe
 
The YZ has excellent suspension components, good handling and is around 40 pounds lighter than a GG 200. Other than getting used to wringing out the power how could you go wrong.
 
Yz

Well I had a 2008 cr144 Husky...good solid bike
I now have a heavily modded yz144 for woods riding,IMO Yamaha has nicer suspension,touch more on the bottom.I find the brakes don't stop as well as the Husky.
More aftermarket support goes to the Yamaha,if your a taller rider the Husky has more room in the cockpit.
I have a rekluse in the Yamaha that I swear by,not sure if it's because of the rekluse or not and the added bottom end compared to the Husky,but for me I find the Yamaha works much better in the mud,hills,trials type sections.
Both stone reliable,and minimal cost of ownership.Oh my yz is a 2006!
 
I love 125s, all of them, you feel like a superstar on a grass track and can do lap after lap, forget winning anything as they are purely for personal indulgence unless your last name is meo or watts.
 
I picked up an '02 YZ125 that was ridden 20 hrs and put into storage for $1400. Its like new! This is for my son's friend who will ride in in Schoolboy next year, so the latest tech is not as important as a solid bike. I have to get something for my son as well, or maybe for me that he can ride.:D I can get a similar low hour KTM but I hate PDS, or a GG125 I found local but that may end up being more of a project than I want. I like the YZ and the Husky CR. I raced today on a sand course and there was a guy on a CR150 that gave me a hard time. That bike had a real nice motor, he was no lightweight and it pulled him fine.
 
GMP said:
I picked up an '02 YZ125 that was ridden 20 hrs and put into storage for $1400. Its like new! This is for my son's friend who will ride in in Schoolboy next year, so the latest tech is not as important as a solid bike. I have to get something for my son as well, or maybe for me that he can ride.:D I can get a similar low hour KTM but I hate PDS, or a GG125 I found local but that may end up being more of a project than I want. I like the YZ and the Husky CR. I raced today on a sand course and there was a guy on a CR150 that gave me a hard time. That bike had a real nice motor, he was no lightweight and it pulled him fine.
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I pulled a really nice start last spring in Vet on my daughters CR 150. They have a smoking motor. I would ride one in the woods in a heart beat.
 
Yeah, I was on that guy hard for awhile before getting by and I could hear the motor, very impressive. I really suck in the sand whoops and he actually pulled me a bit when we left the woods. Also, a KTM 144 or 150 literally blew up in front of me in a sand berm!
 
I raced 4 KDX 200's (89' - 96') and the guys i raced against on 125's drooled over them. I dont know if thats too heavy but they were great bikes for me. I'm sorry to say i sold my 96' 2 years ago. If i knew what i know now i would have kept it. unfortunately my garage is only so big.:(
 
I raced an 02 YZ 125 a few times early in the season and ended back on the GG200. The YZ was fun and really did great in the tight, but suffered on steep long uphills. I'm 175 pounds.
I felt I was flying on the YZ, but when hitting long deep mud power robbing sections & steep uphills the YZ fell short of the GG200 by a mile.
I would still get it if it was a good deal, they are very fun bikes and will give you the grin:D
 
I think they are good for forcing you to keep your speed up in situations like sand, because if you don't you go nowhere. On a 250 you go but go slower. On the gas they seem to stay on top of the sand nicely. Where we have sand we have no real hills so not an issue.

Anyone ever run a 125 with an autoclutch?
 
I didn't put the Rekluse EXP in my Husky in 125 trim but have it on now in 165 trim and it's totally amazing what it will crawl up and through. With it's light weight, power, handling, and EXP it's a real cheater bike :D. I think in a 125 it would need to be in the correct gear for the situation but it would get the job done for sure.
 
john,

So how do you make a Husky 165? 144 cyl and stroked crank? Case machining? Any reliability issues? Thanks.
 
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