New XR200 knocking--Pls Help!
I've got a few questions for any new XR200 owners...
Here's the situation: My buddy bought a "new" used 2001 XR200 a while back. This bike had "2 rides" on it and was extremely clean so we didn't think there were any issues with it. On the first ride, his wife takes it out and comes back saying that it has this really bad vibration in the middle RPM's. He gets on it and rides it and feels this vibration and thinks it a rod knocking or something to that effect. We take it to the dealership and the mechanic says "Yep, there's something wrong and we'll have to split the case to figure it out". At this point were both thinking "WTF, this was supposedly a "new" used bike in "perfect" condition (dealer's words)". Long story short, the dealership trades him up to a brand spanking new XR200 out of the box and we think "problem solved"
Now, we get the brand new XR out yesterday and the d$8e thing is doing the EXACT SAME THING. The bike idles normal, doesn't make any weird noises, starts fine. But when you ride in in middle RPM's there is a very audible "knock" that you can also feel with you legs. My friend was following the routine to break the bike in so there have been NO hard starts, fast riding, etc. done to it.
So here are my questions:
1. Is this normal XR200 behavior? We have never owned a 4 stroke nor ridden a XR200 before but this does not seem to be typical Honda quality.
2. Any ideas on what it could be (other than rod knock?) Please let us know if we are on the wrong path of assumptions here as it is absolutely baffling that 2 XR's are doing the exact same thing.
Thanks in advance for comments/advice.
I've got a few questions for any new XR200 owners...
Here's the situation: My buddy bought a "new" used 2001 XR200 a while back. This bike had "2 rides" on it and was extremely clean so we didn't think there were any issues with it. On the first ride, his wife takes it out and comes back saying that it has this really bad vibration in the middle RPM's. He gets on it and rides it and feels this vibration and thinks it a rod knocking or something to that effect. We take it to the dealership and the mechanic says "Yep, there's something wrong and we'll have to split the case to figure it out". At this point were both thinking "WTF, this was supposedly a "new" used bike in "perfect" condition (dealer's words)". Long story short, the dealership trades him up to a brand spanking new XR200 out of the box and we think "problem solved"
Now, we get the brand new XR out yesterday and the d$8e thing is doing the EXACT SAME THING. The bike idles normal, doesn't make any weird noises, starts fine. But when you ride in in middle RPM's there is a very audible "knock" that you can also feel with you legs. My friend was following the routine to break the bike in so there have been NO hard starts, fast riding, etc. done to it.
So here are my questions:
1. Is this normal XR200 behavior? We have never owned a 4 stroke nor ridden a XR200 before but this does not seem to be typical Honda quality.
2. Any ideas on what it could be (other than rod knock?) Please let us know if we are on the wrong path of assumptions here as it is absolutely baffling that 2 XR's are doing the exact same thing.
Thanks in advance for comments/advice.
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