are 85 250r's supposed to....

[jellybelly559]

tick? my dad had 1 back in the day and he said it used to tick.....mine ticks.....kind of loud....i ordered a gasket kit off ebay and im waiting for it to come in and when it comes in im gonna replace all of the gaskets cause i already have to replace the right crank case one and the main cylinder gasket....what should i look for when i tear it apart?

[Kfx-xc-racer88]

Change the small end bearing!

[leviblue]

they all have a chatter. some louder than others. I have 2 85's setup the same and they both sound diffrent. now my MXer is as quiet as a church mouse. Out of the 6 I have not one sounds like the other in the chatter dept. it's just a 2 stroke thing

[RubberSalt]

Maybe your powerband is worn out?



lol
After the replacing the gaskets - do the well overlooked leakdown test - can save you a head ache and possible $$$$ later down the road.

[Taiser]

Mine makes a god awful noise and I can't figure it out, and no it's NOT the kickstarter. Runs fine otherwise and I gave up figuring it out. I took the head off and all is in spec, and I'm not cracking the case for this, I'll just drive it until it blows I guess. You can hear it here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRPc56emmo Does it sound like yours?

[x200x]

all 2 strokes have noises that sound terrible you always think there gonna blow up! and when you rip it apart you might as well do a top end while its open, unless you've done it recently. it never hurts a 2 stroke to do a top end rebuild! let us know how the tear down goes.

[leviblue]

yours is just loud....all R's have that tick......what did you say on the video about valves??? 2 stroke ya know don't have em...

[bcredneck]

i had a 1965 suzuki k15 and the only sound it made was ticking

[riverrat]

Pull the cover off facing the camera and check that the counter shaft end bearing holder isn't trashed. Mine had the same sound, and that is what it was. Hard to tell from a video though. Get a ESR billet one if it is cracked.

[3-wheelin]

@ leviblue,

He said "Reed Valves". Yes, they do have them.

[jellybelly559]

Mine makes a god awful noise and I can't figure it out, and no it's NOT the kickstarter. Runs fine otherwise and I gave up figuring it out. I took the head off and all is in spec, and I'm not cracking the case for this, I'll just drive it until it blows I guess. You can hear it here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoRPc56emmo Does it sound like yours?

its almost the exact same noise!

[leviblue]

@ leviblue,

He said "Reed Valves". Yes, they do have them. sorry in my old age I can't hear like you youngsters. Sorry I heard the word VALVE and you know but really I'm glad you pointed out and after owning my R for 25 years I'm gonna look for that reed valve. might be next to that powerband their always talking about

[bannedbrraap]

Check the flywheel for small cracks near the center....dont ask me why...but one of mine sounded like this and i replaced every damn bearing trying to chase it down, after all fresh bearings it still made that noise, i took a real close look at the flywheel and it had 2 small cracks in it. put a different one on and bam...no noise

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Counterbalancer bearings can make noise when they are worn....