Calling on 2001 CR125 owners

[Stusmoke]

I would aim for the smart carb and if anything 144 stroker kit. And believe it or not your CR can be cleaned up to the point where it is on par with the KTM. That's lame some what cool side of two strokes from the last decade, nothing really has changed except for suspension, which the later crf stuff should bolt up with little to no issues..

It could be, but its not the best handler in the world. Its good, but not amazing. Thats one thing the KTM is down with. Even if I did spend 3 grand getting it hopped up and good to go, the KTM would still more than likely have many advantages.

Besides, I've always wanted a brand new bike and I'm sick of Hondas and Yamahas. Time for a change.

[Super Trucker]

Plynn41   has good advise.  On  any mx bike you should have to push on the bars  to move the bars when the bikes on a stand.  The bars should stop and not move, when  you stop pushing on the bars  with your palm  on a  stand.  On  04-07  cr125,s  you can  run up to  110 mm  of sag,  most  bikes  you can  run  more sag than the book says.   I rode a pals  01 cr125,  no head shake at all.  Alot of  riders  put there body weight on the bars  and not on the pegs.  Once you relax  and  keep your body weight on the pegs,  you,ll rip.

[Stusmoke]

After a fair while of tweaking and trying different combinations of everything suggested here, I've made it MUCH more comfortable. Headshake is gone completely but theres still more harshness in the first inch or so of travel then I would like. Its certainly not BAD though.

Thanks everyone.