Good ride buddy of mine runs a track and trail system up here where they do the WORCS race. He has a pile of Yamaha's, mainly YZ250 and YZ450F's. He got a lowered YZ125 a while back. Setting up a race course he rode it hard to time the laps. Then he thought it would be fun to do laps on all the bikes. Guess what, he was fastest on the 125. And he said it was by far the easiest to go fast on and took far less energy. It takes the right kind of rider but small light low power bikes can boogie through the woods. Very fast buddy Jake smokes on his husky 125 and refuses to add a 165 kit.
Hey my first car (diesel rabbit 81 vintage) dynoed 25hp to the wheels. With GTI type aftermarket lowering progressive springs and good struts I could cream faster cars through the canyons and scare the piss outta my buddies.
I am an amateur rider for sure, but the fastest I have ever been is on my buddy's YZ125! Small displacement bikes are just awesome.
I am an amateur rider for sure, but the fastest I have ever been is on my buddy's YZ125! Smaller displacement bikes are just awesome.
Back in the day I was faster on my buddy's Honda CR125 than I was on my CR250. 125 class was very competitive, I did better in placing on the 250. BTW we're talking 70's Elsinore 125 and 250s.
Just ordered up a PR4 from Kelly , it looks like it is the "Poor mans Freeride" . The chassis specs are very similar. Cant wait to get it , should be fun.
Can't wait to ride one Kelly! If I like it as much as I think I will, then I'll be buying one ASAP. I think the only thing missing from the lineup is a modernized IT200 air cooled motor in the PR4. Can you imagine how light and nimble that would be??????????? Under190 pounds with an ultra-low center of gravity.....and a modern chassis !!! While we are at it I will take autolube please! All I could think about yesterday, when I was scouting new trail on my wife's CRF100, was the PR4 and how cool it would be for that.
Screw it, I'm re-sleeving my IT 200! It's too good to sit waiting any longer and can't register an AJP here in northern communist Mexico.
Thanks you very much for the support Tim. I think these are going to be great bikes to the intended mission. Heck I was riding my usual high mountain gnarly trail on a YZ450 thinking a AJP would be a better tool for the job.
That really is amazing. It's hard to think of any reliability concerns when you're covered like that.
There is a dealer kit headed my way soon with consumables and plastic kit etc. so will have you covered on that stuff from the get go. Sounds like parts supply is a non issue. Already got a gob of great info I cant even get on newer bikes like all the EFI info for the PR5 with test points and complete end to end tech info on it. TPS resetting, ECU resetting, trouble shooting info, etc. Very nice. BTW all reports are the EFI is very good, no pop and stall and rough running. These AJP guys seem to have it very well sorted and really care about details and support. One of many reasons I signed on. These also have 520 o-ring chains and high quality sprocket that should last a really long time on a lower powered bike like this.
Research shows Husky/GG rear sprocket ,XR 250 front sprocket . Forks are the 40 mm shivers , comp in one leg rebound in the other . Chain guide is CR 250 Honda .
