Homelite VI-125

[onlyhomelites]

I successfully imported this nice VI-125 from Great Britain. A NOS bar & chain, air filter, air filter cover, a new fuel hose and LOTS of cleaning turned out pretty nice. It runs good too!

Homelite VI-125 Chainsaw (a) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr

Homelite VI-125 Chainsaw (d) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr

Homelite VI-125 Chainsaw (e) by Leon Crouch, on Flickr

[undee70ss]

Nice! That's gotta be pretty rare here in the states. Did Homelite build it for export only?

[Clasec]

Great looking saw. I like the steel hand guard and noticed it has a operator presence lever. What year was it built?

[Supercharged86]

Don't you just love the "crude" version of a hand guard. What do you suppose that was all about? Nice looking saw though. Steve

[onlyhomelites]

It is a rare model in the US because it was the export version of the VI-123. This one is a 1972 model and it might be the first Homelite (along with the VI-123) to have an operator presence lever. The hand-guard is confusing...but it's the same one that was used on the VI-123. If you look at the IPL, the drawing is even quite crude. It's like an afterthought, but I guess it's effective enough. It's only a guess, but I'm wondering if they through something together for a safety in case the front vibration mounts failed?