Dong Dong not ring a ding ding.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 4:58 pm
My all original (2nd owner) 1972 TS250 starts, runs and rides. Idles perfect. oil injection working. It is completety original. As far as I can tell the top end has never been apart. The only thing I have done to it is, new tires and tubes / spark plug. Fresh fluids. Very low miles. Shows about 2K. Recently it feels not very zippy, boggy, winds up ok but vibrates alot. After it runs for a couple of miles and you let off the throttle it goes, dong dong dong with a background sounding chattery snappy two smoke popping. Air leak? I have not torn into it yet. Maybe a leaking crank seal? smokes, but not a fogger, normal 2 smoke blue smoke. Crank bearing worn? arrghh...