125-200cc Cr 125 off-road gearing

Hi guys! I use my husky for mainly Enduro/xc in scotland and to be honest im still trying to find the ideal sprocket setup. i currently have a 13 - 52 setup and im gona try racing with a 53 rear this weekend. What setup you guys using? any feedback would be great!!

This may sound exteme and I've been questioned on this forum for doing it... but I ran a 12/52 on my 2012 CR 150 and thought it was great. The bike was a tractor, but still had plenty of balls up top. I think the same setup on the neutered WR 125/150 would probably be a little much for the weaker WR motor to handle at WOT.

12/52 here as well...

I am running 13-53 and I like it on my wr144. Good in the tight stuff

12/52 ,great for nasty single tracks not so good for going to and from the trail head.

13/52 in 125 trim with my 08 CR and 13/50 with the 144 and WB165. I can take off in 2nd gear and just crawl away in 165 trim. I think if I did real tight stuff I would give the 12/52 a try for 125 trim.

13-52 for me on my CR125, I have posted a few video's of what it will climb with that gearing. I should dig one out. I need new videos, being hurt sucks... Here is one I don't think I have posted, it is long and the lighting sucks but this trail is very technical. I am following my friend James, he rode in the last man standing aka the David Knight show both years they had it. He is on a KTM300.

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Later,

That was an awesome vid! reminds me of the riding here.

That was great! I should be doing something very similar soon.

Holy Crap ! that was like Warp Speed even over the rocks.

I really like the track.

a bit what you can find in Cambodia but than the vegetation is more tropic.

back to the main topic.

I ride a WR 125 (stock) soon to be WB 165

I started with 12/50 and changed to 13/52

I do like the last a bit better

it still is OK with the technical stuff and does a bit better on the more open stuff, more convenient related to speed over the obstacles that I face

I now bought new sets of sprockets (anticipating on WB 165), I bought 13/49 and 14/51

Robert-Jan

Cheers guys, im gona stick with 13-53 for day 1 and if i still have a bit energy left i might change it over to 12-52 for day 2!

Scothusky if you go with the 13-53, post how you liked it in race conditions, I am curious to see how it was.

I liked the 13/52 that I ran this weekend at the Sawmill Enduro in Northern California. There were some times that I had to slip the clutch but it was mainly due to periodic brain farts on steep rocky hillclimbs. I do like the gear spread better. What was cool was that the bike never stuttered in the toughest conditions. I even stopped once on a vertical rocky switchback turn, kicked it into first and it just ripped up the hill. It must be love.

Well the 13/53 gearing was better also with the pv adjusted all the way so it was feeling nice and sharp but i think i will back the pv off slightly so the bolt is in middle of slot and will try the 12/52 setup. still felt the gearing was still a bit tall in the slower tight stuff through the woods.

Let us know how it works!

Friend tries to use 14/52
you will gain more high .. good and the bike is locked in place ...
here in Brazil using the relationship 12/52 for motocross, because I need enough boot to recovery
and the relationship 14/52 in enduros
the bike is faster and less reduced ...

goes from me to you who want to use in enduro has no relation to the best wr 125

I suppose it just depends on the nature of the course. the first couple 3hr xc races i done this year i used 12/49 and that was fine due to the track being 2nd & 3rd gear flowing and wide open on the mx section but the enduro tests here in scotland tend to be very tight and i have found with the 13/53 setup pulling out tight turns in 2nd gear just wasnt happening even slipping the clutch. the past few years iv raced a 250f & 200xc so bottom end grunt was never an issue. im mearly just just trying to find a perfect setup for my style otherwise the bike is awesome!