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[QUOTE="husq555, post: 271299, member: 25376"] I have a '01 CR125 and it is AWESOME. It is well thought out, has loads of power delivered very tractably, and has needed nothing more than a few oil changes and a spark plug or two in the year I've had it. When I get around to selling it (haven't tried yet!), I'll immediately replace it with an '02 CR125. Everyone I've let ride it on the MX track has come back very impressed. BTW, Husky had CR motorcrossers back when Honda was only building mopeds. The knock that I've heard people say about them is "Oh, I heard there's no 'hit'--they MUST be slow," but in reality you just don't realize how fast you're really going because the power comes on in such a linear fashion. All the power is getting to the ground and moving you forwards instead of spinning the tire or constantly lifting the front end skyward. Take a look at the components and the quality of the bikes, and you'll realize that they should probably be priced for more than they are. (Look at the parts on a KTM, Gas Gas, VOR, etc. and see what they charge--same stuff on a Husky!) I saw another poster somewhere saying that with Husky you get KTM quality for Suzuki prices. That's pretty much accurate! A good local dealer is certainly a plus, but since they generally don't break and there's some good mail-order options for parts out there I don't think that having a good local dealer is 100% crucial. An bike is a bike, and although there are some minor differences between various brands, they all work basically the same way. Any competent mechanic should be able to figure it out. Speaking of working on them--they're easy! The seat comes off with one dzus fastener to get at the Twin Air filter. Once the seat is off, the tank then comes off with one bolt, and the whole rear subframe/airbox/tail with 3 more bolts. Stripping the thing down the frame literally takes about 5 minutes. There's plenty of room under the tank to change a spark plug without removing the tank too. There are grease fittings on the shock linkage are another nice touch--forget disassembling your linkage to lube it! You probably don't see/hear too much about them because they're the new kid on the block in the US, and had a rocky past here when they were here before. Over in Europe, Husky's won the 125 world MX title back to back a year or two ago, consistently do well in 500 MX, and dominate world enduro competition. Also, don't forget, Husky was the first non-Japanese bike to win an AMA 125 SX main. Also take a look through any MX magazine these days--count up the pages of advertising from each manufacturer and it pretty much exactly correlates to the finishing position of that brand in any shootout tests. It's clear that more ad money=better tests. It's sickening. It doesn't surprise me you don't see more manufacturers taking part in the shootouts, unless I was spending big $$$ with that mag, I wouldn't either! [/QUOTE]
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