125-200cc 2010/11 125/150 Suspension Spring rates

Ah ha !

I just put a 5.8kg spring on my shock. STILL TOO LIGHT. I am getting 25mm static and 104mm rider sag. I am looking for 30-40mm static (35mm ideally) and approx 100mm rider sag. That would be about normal for a 295mm travel rear suspension. I guess I will be ordering a 6.0kg . This thing must have a linkage off a Honda XR Once again , I weigh 180-185lbs naked.

Are you sure you can get 35mm on such a light bike. This is not an XR! If you take off all the preload except a few mm do you even get the static sag you want then?

I just went by how much I had to preload the spring to get correct sag. I am 195 and I needed about 12mm to get 105mm sag. I think this is about right but I am no suspension expert.

I am wondering if I might need .38kg fork springs instead of .40kg . I have .42kg and although the action and valving is good the front end washed out several times as the front wouldn't settle into the corner and stay planted. .42kg is very heavy. I ran .42kg springs on my 530EXC KTM. This bike is 50lbs lighter. Still want more static sag in rear also.

OH, Does anyone have a Headlight unit for a 2009-2011 Husky they would like to part with ? My front end washed out once and I tapped a tree and smashed mine.

Dwight-

If you can't find a used one, as an option, here is a Polisport one that uses a slightly modified Husky design & looks like it belongs on a Husky.

http://www.polisport.com/produtos.php?ID_Familia=211&ID=641&ID_ORG=641

The PDF attachment shows it on my 09 TXC

Should be less than $100 or so in the US.

They don't offer this part in the USA. Sad.

There is always that trail tech light ... I have had very good luck with mine ...Very easy to put on and off and I removed it many many times without issue .... I broke off the switch to turn it off and on so it has been on for about 250 hrs in a row without a burnt bulb yet .... It did get a holding strap broke by an a-hole who almost jumped on top of me, so I zip tied it back together and have never looked back ... I do some MX tracking with it also and no problems ...

Call Eric Russell at A Vicious Cycle in New Dundee ON. That's where I sourced mine from.
http://www.aviciouscycle.ca/

He ships to the US all the time..

Done !

Post your sag rates front/rear when you are done.

Hall's is sending me the same fork springs they sent earlier and a 6.0kg shock spring. Jay says that is what he uses. He cuts down the preload spacers under the springs. I will have to cut the spacer down 30mm+ . I may cut it down 35mm. Actually I plan on getting some PVC pipe and making new ones.

Moose has one that's pretty close. Maybe a PU rep can get one?

http://www.mooseracing.com/catalog.jsp?level1=1756&level2=1782&level3=1794&product_group_id=10993

I have used Halls for suspension work abit over the years and have had pretty good luck. My wr 125 got revalved to stiff but was more or less my fault beause of what I told Jay I wanted. My 150 he revalved ROCKED!! Testimony by my 11th overall out of 158 riders and amy 12th overall out of about the same! The fork still mfelt like it could use a .40 spring by just a tish. But I am pretty fast but like my bikes KDX soft. Anything that wasn't right they have always made right! I thought ALL 09 125,s had the twin chamber fork, am I wrong??

Got one coming as a spare.

Vinduro, are you measuring the front sag with the rider on board?