Hello everyone!
I just had the chance to get rid of a 250cc majesty that served me well while working hard around city but i just wanted to get some trail experience on my hands. So this 1999 tiger 885i came to me like a buzzing bee!
The first moment i got on it i rode with it 400km back home and it feels solid, there is a little noise on the engine under 3000rpm that after reading some info around forums i think it might be the alternator.
I have to confess that i've been worrying about a rod making the noise all the way back home, but it seemed strange that it's not getting worse with high revs, but better, and actually disappearing at 3000rpm. So i also thought about it and it also does not sound worse when you try to make the rear wheel spin while standing a full stop (like trying to make a burnout, you know, holding front brake and forcing the gas and clutch a bit...). Because i think that if a rod could be bad, the noise should get really bad when doing this, but it does not, it actually stays the same.
On the other hand the noise gets really bad when you are going about 30mph (50kmh) on 6th gear and you open full throttle, when the engine is well below 3000rpm (maybe around 2000) and you ask some torque from the engine. Instead, if you always keep the engine over 3000rpm you can't hear the noise and it buzzes like a bee (and as i think it should at all rpm... no?).
I'll keep you all posted about my findings but i kinda feel the urge to inspect the alternator given all the problems it gave to people around here.
Thank you all for posting your thoughts in here! Much appreciated for a newbie like me!.
I just had the chance to get rid of a 250cc majesty that served me well while working hard around city but i just wanted to get some trail experience on my hands. So this 1999 tiger 885i came to me like a buzzing bee!
The first moment i got on it i rode with it 400km back home and it feels solid, there is a little noise on the engine under 3000rpm that after reading some info around forums i think it might be the alternator.
I have to confess that i've been worrying about a rod making the noise all the way back home, but it seemed strange that it's not getting worse with high revs, but better, and actually disappearing at 3000rpm. So i also thought about it and it also does not sound worse when you try to make the rear wheel spin while standing a full stop (like trying to make a burnout, you know, holding front brake and forcing the gas and clutch a bit...). Because i think that if a rod could be bad, the noise should get really bad when doing this, but it does not, it actually stays the same.
On the other hand the noise gets really bad when you are going about 30mph (50kmh) on 6th gear and you open full throttle, when the engine is well below 3000rpm (maybe around 2000) and you ask some torque from the engine. Instead, if you always keep the engine over 3000rpm you can't hear the noise and it buzzes like a bee (and as i think it should at all rpm... no?).
I'll keep you all posted about my findings but i kinda feel the urge to inspect the alternator given all the problems it gave to people around here.
Thank you all for posting your thoughts in here! Much appreciated for a newbie like me!.
Welcome, from Northern California.
TO TT From Mississippi.
