125-200cc New pony in the stable

So.....my kid pulled the trigger and got himself a '13 CR125 (could this be the first sale in the country?) Time to retire the '07 WR125, gonna sell it to a friend, so it'll stay in the family and we'll have another Husky racing in our circuit. In between, he had a YZ250, but wanted to go back to the light weight of the 125.
Today is tear down day, gonna install the the 144 cyl., grease up the linkage, head brgs. and install a Scott's damper mount. Scalvini pipe and muffler on the way.....distributer is out of stock and the factory was shut down all of August (ha ha). It'll get here when the Italians are good and ready to send it I guess.

He'll be racing Hare Scrambles and Enduro with it.

We happened to stop by the KTM shop on the way home, and they happened to have a 150XC in stock. Looking at the price, we couldn't be more pleased with the deal. The Husky was $1,600 less, came with the spare cyl. and Husky pays contingency at all of our race series. Such a deal. Now if Husky would make a modern 300, I could buy one also (ha ha).

Lucky boy.... Well you said HE pulled the trigger, I assume that means his sponosors (mom and dad) footed the bill...

Shameless plug- You should send me your 125 top end and we can spoil him with the best of both worlds 165.

Awesome!
I bet he's stoked. Those silver rims look so much better than the black ones on mine.

I just bolted a 144 cylinder on mine and went for the first ride today. It rips quite a bit harder than the 125, that's for sure.
Not sure if its the extra cc's or the wallybean grind on the PV's, but it's a tire shredder.

We ride CORCS www.corcs.net and RMEC. WeBe is usually farther than we want to travel, did the Trinidad event a few weeks ago though. Brett does a great job!

And yes..."he" pulled the trigger. It's what he wanted and he has the payment book to go along with it.

Ok.....got a hang up. There is what appears to be a press fit pin that holds the PV rotating shaft in place. No way to get to it from the back......advice on getting it out?

Talking about the pin on the right, just above the shaft in the gasket surface. It appears to be press fit in, as the new cyl. came with a new one and holds the shaft in (?). Don't recall having this issue with either of my other 125's.

The pin doesn't need to come out. Remove the Allen set screw so the shaft will rotate independent of the power valves. Rotate about 180 degrees and it will slid out. The end of the shaft has a flat spot that when clocked just right it will slide past the pin.

Got it.....that makes sense. A full day in the garage w/two 19 yr's olds trying to put bikes together has got me a bit batty. I should have known!!

I just got that YZ motor back together. Broke a tooth off third, among other things. Trying to get them both to the track tomorrow.

Congrats to your son! The CR's are awesome bikes; LOVE my 08 CR 165 WB.

Damper mount is sano......

what are you guys paying for Scalvinis in the states? i know of a source in Oz for full systems

Nice thread. BRP damper mount?

Mount from Scott's.........probably made by BRP though. Scalvini's here are $279

Got a full days riding/tuning on it so far. Primarily focused on jetting, bike was so rich, couldn't hardly get it up the street. Been studying the jetting charts here......amazed at the wide range of differences folks are using. At the moment, I'm settled on a 27.5 pilot, 420 main, stock slide, stock needle in leanest position. I would like to get it a little cleaner in the midrange, and get the needle to a more centered position. Have seen mention of the Suzuki 16-62 needle. Is that a leaner needle? If so......there are 4-5 different needles listed as 6CHY16-6 with different part#'s, none of them show a final digit of 2-6-6 etc. Anyone know which is the correct part #?

Needle 6CHY16-62 is Suzuki #13383-36FQ0.

I just picked up my 12 WR144 from Motoxotica yesterday. Dan already had the 144 on it, the above needle, and slide ground to 5.0. only rode it around my back acre but that jetting is a darn good start.

Wow, that sound lean on paper (which means nothing of coarse...). I'm still sorting my 13' 144. I'm on 32.5 / 450 / RD carb mod w/ 5 slide / Suz. needle clip 3 / Scalvini.

It pulls great off the bottom, and SCREAMS FOREVER on top. I won't go as far as to say the middle is weak or has a big dip, but it's the weakest section by comparison. Have you found the same?

It seems the tiny pilot jet is a band-aid for the poor stock needle.

My son got a 12 cr125 meaning mom and dad bought it cause he's 14 . He's just coming off a 06 KTM 125 built in to a 144 but he loves the husky much better . So we put the 144 on pro crucit pipe and s/a right now it has a stock needle 32.5 pilot 440 main run race gas mixed 50-50 with real pump gas runs really good and no drool pulls way harder than the KTM in the MT.(4 to 5000) but this week sending off head and carb to RB design to do his stuff.And I really like working on it so much easier than his old bike I still like the KTM but the price of the new Husky was way better just hope it holds up as well. its a fun bike and my /our first Husky since 1984

It's got great pickup off the bottom, seems to flatten a bit, then tears into the top. When going to the 420, I raised the needle a notch, worried that I might be getting too lean and trying to compensate, and all it did was make it burble in the midrange again. Strangely, there is someone in the jetting chart using a 35 pilot and 390 main (?). Weird. We are at 5000-7000+/- feet, but realistically, should be within a size of anyone else. Thanks for the part# Picklito.....gonna experiment with that next, then onto suspension.

Seems to ride high in the front, haven't yet determined if it's spring rates or fork height. Is there a consensus on fork height.....how much tube is showing above the clamp? Normally, I just whip this stuff out, but I'm tuning vicariously through my son, with pretty limited seat time myself.

I have two lines showing above the top clamp. Could go farther, but this things almost handles too good as is, and I don't want it turning any faster. The way you describe the power delivery seems like what I feel, only better said. FWIW, I'm @ 1000', 80ish degrees.