125-200cc Need INPUT!

Hey all wr125 ers. Any info on your personal ride would be greatly appreciated. (likes, dislikes etc.)

I ride offroad single track mainly w/the odd day at the track w/my daughter. I am a firm believer in riding in the powerband but find it hard and frightening (sometimes) with my current mount.

Need to rid myself of my YZ250 offroader. (health reasons ha ha)P.S. you will be my decision makers eventually PSS not interested in anything else! (that means the color orange)

Thanks for your time.

I have an 07 wr125 and I just think its a great bike.I spend all my time in the high country on single tracks and it has done everything I could ask from a 125,its light,flickable and great on tight trails.I wish it did have just a little bit more low end grunt for those hard spots but that's also what makes it fun(clutch feathering).I have become a much better rider since I got this bike.
I did put a PWK,trials tire,tubliss and different sprockets on it and it works awesome.
One last thing,its really easy to work on and maintain.

On my second wr125 and is best value bike around and trail fun and for occaional track day - I had a kx250 once and YZ125 . wr 125 is better quality and better handling on trails. Not an easy bike to wheelie but easy to flick around

I just switched from a '06 KX250, also for "health" reasons (getting older!) I also just put the 144 kit in the '09 WR125 and that made me miss the 250's power a bit less. It is much easier on the body!

It was soupy mud riding today and the 144 had just enough power to keep traction when lugging it and more then enough power on the pipe to throw a great roost when needed. It did great in the deep pudles (ponds?) that totally submerged the motor. The little beast just kept on chugging even under water!

You cant beat the 125 in the mud - just skims over the top when the 450 s just sink

My '09 WR 125 is fairly new to me ,but I've had and rode alot of bikes over the years and this one is a keeper. It lugs down like an old DT yamaha, you almost can't stall it ,yet pulls hard when in the "meat" of it. My only gripes are the same as everyone elses ,fuel capacity,finicky jetting, and a little tall for the verticaly challenged (me) . Don't be too quick to judge it either ,takes a couple rides to get the feel of it. I love the tight technical stuff any more and this thing shines there, out in the open there's plenty of power and gears to get the blood flowing. In fact you better get two cause you can't keep your kids off them

I'm glad you put the vertically challenged in there. I too, am. I know my YZ250 new is an inch taller in the saddle than your 125. Has the bike started to "settle" a bit for you?

I know after about ten or so hard trips on my YZ, it started to settle a bit allowing me to get the balls of both feet on the ground. Still making me go over high side but not as much.(that is at a dead stop, funny but true)

i love mine.

i had to have the silencer mounts welded back on when they broke off. other then that no real issues.

the only thing i can honestly knock the bike on is in muddy spungy stuff it bogs down pretty easily, but its a small bore so its going to.

Great bike if you don't mind doing the fine tuning/tweaking that it needs more than other bikes. I'm 5'7" and it is a little tall but I'm getting use to it. It runs and handles trails better than most other bikes and is great fun. If your YZ is jetted right, you'd like it a whole lot better if you just put a flywheel on it (it will pull smoother with less hit, and lug better with less stalling).