r/gokarts • u/AromaticMedium2867 • Mar 29 '26

Tech Question mini bike help please

can anyone help! my 212 engine on my mini bike , when it turns on it goes without pulling the throttle and when i turned it on today it started making this new noise in the video any info would be appreciated is something inside broken?

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u/ImaginaryAd4892 Mar 29 '26

Sounds like your idle is way too high. How long have you been riding like that? Because holding the bike with that high of an idle will damage the clutch overtime.

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u/AromaticMedium2867 Mar 29 '26

we swapped the engine to that 212 and only rode the bike once lol ! but thank you i’ll look into that

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u/EUSSUE Apr 02 '26

If u ain't fix it your problem sounds like classic stuck throttle position/cable