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99gsxr750
10-25-2009, 07:57 PM
How noisy are the motors? Also, it looks like it leaks/weeps some oil from between the head and jug. Would that be a gasket?
Thanks,
Mike
fabiodriven
10-25-2009, 08:24 PM
Somebody started a thread like this about this same machine a couple months ago. I'll tell you what I told him. When I was younger my buddy had a quadrunner 185 (same engine as the ALT). The valves were very loud in it, but it ran that way for a long time. One day it did eat a valve, but if remember correctly it was loud even after we rebuilt the top end. I think it's just the nature of the beast.
zppeacock
10-25-2009, 08:58 PM
I have a lt185 quadrunner, and the valves are loud, even when adjusted
99gsxr750
10-25-2009, 09:56 PM
Yeah, this thing is like ting, ting, ting. You can hear them from about 50 feet away.
fabiodriven
10-25-2009, 10:20 PM
They are little sewing machines.
MonroeMike
10-25-2009, 10:54 PM
How noisy are the motors? Also, it looks like it leaks/weeps some oil from between the head and jug. Would that be a gasket?
Thanks,
Mike

Yes, that would be the gasket.
CRAZY70MAN
10-26-2009, 05:53 AM
my alt125 has only 800 miles on it and is pretty clean and unabused. It also is kind od loud to me.......more so than any Honda I have........ runs awesome though.