Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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Gstander50
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Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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Hey guys picked up this bike a few months ago that needed too and bottom end rebuilt. First bottom end I’ve done. Just got the bike back together and there is this ticking noise. It also Boggs under acceleration at low rpms, at high rpms it runs and sounds great. Any advice would be awesome. Here’s a link to a video of it

https://youtube.com/shorts/4vqlS-2H-qk?feature=share

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Re: Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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LOOSEN YOUR CHAIN :-)

With that said, that is the normal wonderful sound of a properly running KDX. Low end issue could be jetting, reeds, etc.

EDIT: I edited your post to add the video inside the post.

EDIT 2: That is the "KIPS rattle". Look around on this site.
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Re: Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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Ok cool thank you
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Re: Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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Yup, sounds normal to me

Oh, and I agree, loosen that chain! That thing looks like it's just itching to break your output shaft through the case.
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Re: Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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sounds just like mine.
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Re: Rebuilt 93 kdx250 ticking sound

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Ok cool thanks guys!! First 2 stroke so I just wanted to be sure. And chain is loosened lol
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