Twisted 2005 Honda CR125 Two Stroke Project - Motocross Action Magazine

[Music] [Music] uh [Music] wow what's up motocross action welcome to another episode of shaken not stirred today we have twisted developments 2005 honda cr125 two-stroke when we have twisted development in the title of a story you automatically expect a full-fledged high dollar race bike twisted development is known for privateer power that can run with the factory bikes if you want to race against factory teams twisted development is the go-to race shop however this test of a twisted built machine is a little different we never thought of twisted developments jamie ellis as being sentimental about the bikes he builds but this bike was on the nostalgic side for this high level engine performance company we get it though the mxa wrecking crew is head over heels in love with old smokers so we couldn't resist riding twisted developments 2005 honda cr 125. at the time jaime was working for bobby hewitt who was the owner of the rockstar suzuki race team and the team's parks coordinator brian burke was from binghamton new york every year for the unidilla national the team would stay in binghamton for the week to rebuild the race bikes and check out the local sites in 2011 brian asked if he could bring his beat up 2005 honda cr-125 and the rockstar semi to get it back to california at the time he planned to rebuild it in the off season they didn't have a lot of room in the truck so they tore down the cr-125 and put it into trash cans so it would fit in the upper level of the truck that way it would be easier to move around until the nationals were over when the team got back to the race shop the whole rockstar suzuki crew helped put the cr-125 back together because they couldn't stand to see their mechanically challenged friend struggle to work on the bike at this point the story fast forwards to 2015 when the rockstar suzuki team turned into the rockstar husqvarna team and moved from their corona california race shop 40 miles south to husqvarna's headquarters in marietta california it also just so happens that the rockstar husky headquarters are now next door to the twisted development race shop during the move that it wouldn't be a good idea to have the honda in the factory husqvarna race shop so brian cr125 was moved to a dark corner of jaime's personal garage where it would sit until 2020. over the next five years jamie got tired of storing brian's junky old cr125 and finally told him either come pick it up or he's gonna fix it up for his kid to ride even though his son was only six years old he had a vision for his son to ride it a decade from now when he became old enough jamie told brian that if he ever wanted to ride his bike he could come by and pick it up at any time he wanted and brian was on board with it the cr125 is a great transition bike and 10 years from now this bike will have aged even more into two-stroke history with that vision jamie took the old cr125 into the twisted development shop and put some tlc into it after a scavenger hunt of finding parts the build finally came together jamie made simple modifications to the cr-175 to keep it reliable and manageable for his kid when it eventually grows into it they ported the cylinder and decked the head to get the squish where it needed to be they added fmf bolt-on power with the pipe and silencer which was run with vp mrx02 race fuel factory connection hooked up to suspension and tusk provided a wheel set with dunlop mx33 tires they also used a low super sprocket gearing at a 1352 ratio to get the little bore 125 up and moving and to find the number jamie's son picked out the number 40. [Music] [Music] we liked the backstory of brian burke's honda cr125 and when jamie asked if we'd like to test it we jumped at the chance unfortunately the first time we wrote it we seized the ring on lap three and we felt bad about blowing up a bike that jaime had pushed around for many years waiting for the day when it was finally ridden again being the nice guys that we are we put all the blame on our test rider and push the cr-175 project off to the side jaime vowed to get the bike running again but it wasn't until things began to normalize from the coronavirus pandemic that mxa and jaime had a window of opportunity to meet again and put the old dog through its paces our second attempt was for the most part a success the cr125 looked like a new age machine with its polysport restyled kit new tires and shiny graphics but on the track the engine felt like a decade old machine however that wasn't a bad thing because it was actually a decade and a half old machine we never thought that a 15 year old honda cr125 was going to run with the 40 horsepower wonders of 125s today because this was a project of love for a young kid to learn on and enjoy the engine was incredibly fun it didn't offer much bottom but the mid to top power held its own we did some small fuel and jetting changes to get the bike running cleaner and after that our testers had an absolute ball on it the factory connection suspension valving and honda chassis allowed the bike to handle like a champ the light chassis allowed testers to put the front wheel anywhere they wanted with ease the cr-125 also allowed riders to recover from mistakes fast but in truth it was hard to make mistakes on a bike that had better handling than engine performance the mxa testers didn't want to stop riding this build for three reasons one it was incredibly fun to ride two once we shut it off it was going back into the storage locker for another 10 years and three we could ride it through a tank of gas without getting tired this bike is perfect for its intended purpose which is to bring safety and a smile to a kid who loves riding [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] to learn more about this 2005 honda cr-125 and to check out more of what the mxa wrecking crew has been testing look for a future issue of motocross action magazine and also to stay up to date with the latest news reviews race results product tests and more check out motocrossactionmag.com and wait before you go make sure to hit that subscribe button on youtube to stay up to date with our latest video uploads and if you

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Length: 8min 25sec (505 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 17 2020