125-200cc Looked at a 2011 wr150 today

I looked at the 150 today. The only difference was the fact that the shock res is turned away from the exhaust, larger fuel tank, 144 kit and the tail pipe.The 09 that was there has the better forks on it. The fuel tank on the 2011 looks like a direct fit over to the 09. Both bikes have the same wheel hubs, carb. and frame. Not sure which is the better deal?

What was the price difference?

The price difference was $2,400

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Humm... I thought I read the frame was different, better inlaid grafix, stronger plastics, bigger tank, along with the 144 set up. If it's just the 144 kit and bigger tank why pay 2,400.00 more just for that. So what are they asking for the 2011?

For that I'd buy the '09 and:

revalve the suspension
pwk carb
144 kit

And still have $800-$1000 left for a big tank, steering stabilizer or whatever.

My dealer has it listed at 6,400.
http://www.halls-cycles.com/2009-HUSQVARNA-WR125-WR144-WR150.htm

Check out halls price on the 09

Last Lap,

That is a no brainer. Buy two of the 09's. The TC 50 Zokes are outstanding once set for you and are pretty darn good right out of the box. The Clarke tank will be out in a month or so and is already bigger and proven over the stock 2.35 gal tank just ask Norman. Save the money unless you expect to make a killing on husky bucks next year.

JMO,
Walt

I thought the 11's got the shiny new Grimeca hubs. Is that only the 4 st. that get them.

I thought the 11 got a kayaba fork?? What fork is on the bike??? And does anyone see any real diffs besides graphics, size of tank etc.. over 09????

The 2 strokes might get them later in the year. He had some new four bangers there(you can see them in the pics above) and they did not have the new hubs. They were the larger displacement bikes he had. I have a feeling they will use this year to use up parts and then remodel this bike for 2012 JMO.

yea, just what forks are on the new bikes?
GP

The WR150 is really a '10.5 spec wise (forks, graphics, etc.) It has the same open chamber Zokes, that the '10 WR125's have. The '11 4 stroke bikes they have intoduced so far, have open and closed chamber KYB's.

The 2010 Zokes are different then the '09? I thought they were the same.

'09 WR125 has twin chamber 50mm Zokes and the '10 WR125 ('11 WR150 also) has open chamber 50mm Zokes. The '09 was supposed to come with the open chamber forks, which Husky used on TE/WR's, but they arrived with the Twin (closed) chamber ones which Husky used on TXC/TC/CR's. I didn't argue!

As I said buy two of the 09's and make one the 144 and the other the 167.

Walt

One nice thing I noticed was the radiator hoses are really tucked in.

The bottom hose flanges were moved towards the inner side of both radiators. They have less chance of catching a branch...

Not that any of you guys ever go off the trail!

It looks like they used the radiators off the tc250 which has different caps on the bottom. I just modified a set of 7602 braces to fit my 09 so I looked closely at the 150 Bill has and noticed the difference.

Any word on a CR150 in the future