can you get to listen to another two stroke? They do sound loud at idle compared to a four stroke, so the noise may be normal. No point panicking until it goes pop eh?

As for fouling the plug, it's either a badly setup carb, or the ignition circuit. Try swapping the coils over to see if the fault changes to the top cylinder.
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