Missing 3rd Gear

[welshdean]

Hi everyone,
I am a new member to this site so please excuse my lack of knowledge. Im currently thinking of purchasing a Suzuki rm 250 1995 model and i have been told that the bike is not going into 3rd gear as when it does it just makes a "click click clicking noise ". I have no idea what this could be to do with and nor does the owner as he said its only occurred today.
I therefore was wondering if any of you guys could possibly help me out and give me some suggestions as to what it could possibly be.
Thanks for looking

[SVhovis650s]

not much help but its a commen fault with RM gearboxes,
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[welshdean]

will it effect the engine if i use the bike and go from 1st gear to second and then to 4th, will it effect the engine atall

[Chriss]

If it won't go into third, I'd be surprised if you could then put it into fourth... Depends on the fault I suppose.
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TheShaggyDA: I've got 3 or 4 pairs that predate my wife, so at least 11.5 years old.

[MaybeGuy]

i dont know much about gearboxes as ive never had the chance to play with one. am i right in thinking that its a cog for every gear?
if so, is there a possiblilty that you've stripped a cog in your gearbox so that none of the teeth catch so its sorta like a neutral gear?

solution: new gearbox
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith