125-200cc My second 165 kitted bike and it's the frankenbike...

That shock revalve is happening now. Lectron carb installed and running well. The fun continues. Fantastic bike IMHO.

You did not, that carb works great and I miss it.

Just got done testing the Lectron carb. It is good stuff. Read here on that

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/round-two-of-the-other-carb-types-lectron.29488/page-4#post-266732

Another major upgrade and the last big thing I wanted to address on this bike after I did the gold valves in the fork was the harsh feeling shock. It worked OK but kicked me around some and just had an overall not great feeling. To be expected from a 10 year old 125 with a stock ridden by a 200 pound off roader. My buddy Scott who is a A class fast guy always uses mutual friend Daves service. Dave is also a local FAST guy, like real fast. He works through TBT suspensions and uses their wealth of knowledge and experience plus his local knowledge of what we ride. In the past I have used WER, LTR, House of Horsepower, ProMotion, Race tech and a few others. All good experiences there. The reason I went with Dave this time is I have ridden with Dave and like him, he is a good guy and friend, is very fast, rides the same areas I do and the big one is I have ridden Scotts bikes and loved them. What Dave does to Scotts bikes that made me try him is make them trailbike plush AND race bike controlled. That to me is a really hard thing to do. Some guys get the trailbike plush thing perfect (LTR) and some do race setups well (ProMotion and house of HP).

So I send my shock to him and he revalves and resprings it and I pick it up on my way to go riding with my bike half apart. After searching for some snowless trail We find some and we are off. I could literally tell in 200 feet is was FAR better. First off before you felt everything on the trail. Not horrible but you feel it. Now your floating along above everything. Nice. Get to the first intersection and I'm already ranting to Scott. About 6 miles in I am loving the suppleness yet controlled feeling I really liked on Scotts bikes (two YZ250's, YZ450, TXC450, brand new WR450 getting done now). I thought I knew better and went slightly stiffer on the low and high speed and rebound. These changes made it less supple but slightly more controlled. I moved the compression clickers back to where it was setup and left it for the rest of the day, near perfect for me. Flows over the chop so nice, really controlled on the log crossings and rough trail, sucks up whoop sections well, handles nice in the tight stuff. The two clicks stiffer rebound made the back less active which I think I preferred. I'm having a hard time complaining about anything it does and I like to complain about suspension :>) My gold valves forks that felt really good because they were so much better than the rear now feel just on par or slightly lagging behind the rear performance. I look forward to more playing with the shock and getting the last 5% out of it. I did not set the sag and could have bolted this on and gone trail riding or racing. The good thing about riding with friends like Scott and Dave is you are the slow guy in the group and need to be on your toes. This bike is fitting me so well right now that I have been in the zone. Daves work on my shock completed the puzzle. The bike is planted and agile. The motor is ridiculously good making responsive squiry do it all power that is miles wide and flexible yet responsive and fast. Hows that for a freaking sentence :>) It also is not overly powerful which I love. 250's feel bulky and a handful in comparison. My 165 feels nimble and responsive. Can poke around and trail ride, hill climb and bash trail or rip a new hole. You choose. Massaging bikes into what works for you is FUN. I think it is funny I ended up taking a 10 year old bike to levels most would never consider and I started with a inexpensive somewhat abused craigslist junker. That process is fun for me and I really have always liked the 04 CR125 for some reason. Well built, slim, fast, reliable. This has been fun.

Next up. JD TMxx carb, new clutch and maybe a hydro clutch conversion.

it is really good for picking your way up nastly slick hills and technical stuff. it fans the clutch nice and you use your throttle to control it. But yes, you loose some clutch engagement accuracy and control. I used to use them but have not for years. I like them but miss the control the clutch gives you. On 125's they take to much away for me. Softens the bottom end to some degree.

says the dude with the blinged out 313 XR