125-200cc WR 125/144 Updates

Hi all.

Have seen a few Husky 2T's for sale and as the reviews suggest that they are excellent bikes to own i thought i might look at buying one.

When were the major updates on these bikes? There are a few '07's for sale (cheap) but should i get a newer model?

I'm a trail rider in Australia. I was a KDX 200 owner throughout the 90's owning 3x of the early water cooled bikes in that time. Will be looking to replicate that sort zip by purchasing the 165 kit that i see the Cafe Husky boys are doing.
Anyone like to comment on that idea?

Will be either a Husky or the later KDX200 motor in a KX125 frame

Cheers

Get a CR if you can. I had a few KDX's before my CR150 and after riding the Husky realized what pigs they really are.

09 plus is the new frame n cylinder(I think). Should be able to get decent one for $3-$4k(wr125 if u need the rego). Where are u located crankn?

Not intending on racing. Would have thought a Wide Ratio WR would be better??? Especially if i get some work done to the motor?
CR's are easier to find though....

Am in Cairns mate.
Ah so '09 was an update hey. To the CR and WR? Can this be confirmed?

CR and WR have the same transmission. The CR makes better/more aggressive power. I recall somebody on here once saying, just buy the CR. Everybody that buys a WR just spends money trying to make it run like a CR.

After '01, the WR has a CR tranny. It still has a reasonable top speed, even with 13/52 gearing. 165 works well with taller gearing. I ran 14/52, which is about the same as 13/48, on my '09 WR165.

Just sold my kdx200 because I have an 04 cr125 and just bought a beta 430RR. I figured the Kdx will never be ridden again. As someone earlier posted, once you get on the "smaller "husky you won't go back. Lighter more nimble and more fun. Kdx is forgiving but too heavy. Husky can handle everything and I haven't done any upgrade yet but I've heard nothing but positive feedback here with all of them

Yeah 09 was the newer smaller frame which I prefer over my older framed 300. Personal opinion. Different cylinder too but not big deal. Keep in mind if u need rego that cr125 is mx so no rego n limited riding unless u happy to run the gauntlet with the coppers. Wr has bigger tank cr better forks & ignition(debatable I guess for trail riding). What sort of budget u got? Buy best n newest u can I guess

I lived up there for near on 7 years bought both my huskys new from Matt at motosapien!

WR makes plenty of power with the 165 kit, should be fine for trail riding as a 150 even, especially with a Lectron
Mine is doing everything pretty well. Lugs around in 1st and 2nd, cruises in 3rd-5th and rips knobs when the PV opens Still handles like a 125, except after @ 6000 rpm.
That's with WB165 kit and pipe, Lectron and G2 throttle and white/green PV springs from WB too.
I went for the WR for the larger fuel tank and possibility of easily adding lights. Lectron = 50-60 mile range easily. Also CR will come with a 19" rear wheel probably.

When u added 165, was it an easy swap? Was everything sent to you or you send out? Just had to replace crank bearings so once I put bike back together I'm going to run it for a bit then see if I can get my hands on upgrade.

Yeah i know Matt well. He doesn't sell Huskies anymore. Couldn't make any money on them.

Sounds like what i'm aiming for

Sold my well loved KDX last year, a bike I swore I would never sell. But once I road a WR144 the thrill was gone.

So do both bikes have the same engine but run a different ecu or something?
I'm guessing the expansion chambers are different and maybe even the carby sizes. What are WR owners spending money on?

Yes, easy swap. Pretty much like a basic rebuild, but the results are even better. I was lucky enough to find a lightly used kit from another member here. Got everything, but fresh ring and gaskets.

The main difference is the flywheel effect of the bigger ignition on the WR. The CR has a smaller flywheel and therefor revs quicker but also doesn't benefit from flywheel inertia. Some years the CR had different forks, other small differences are things like a kickstand, 18" rear wheel vs 19" on CR, headlight on the WR... ect. engine wise it's just the ignition and flywheel.

Off the subject 144 question, Where would one find part numbers for a (2013) 144 kitted bike?? I downloaded the parts manual from Hall's, for 144 items, it only shows the whole kit.

What about 2011? There was a separate cr150 that year - just checked my '11 manual and there are all the part numbers in there

The ignition on the older WR's was old school analog with no timing advance. I believe in 2013 the WR finally got an upgrade to a decent digital ignition. The old ignition left a flat spot in the power curve that WR owners were always chasing with jetting and pipes. It took six months for us to get my friend Shane's 09 WR to run decent back in the day.

Later,