Chain Lubrication

[Darkenbad]

Seems like these oilers are a pain in the ass, why not just chuck some chain wax or gear oil on it now and again, takes two minutes and allows you to check the chain at the same time.

Just a thought.


PK

[Boris]

Seems like these oilers are a pain in the ass,

PK

I have to agree. I fitted one to a CBR600 a few years back and I was constantly having to adjust it to cope with the changing viscosity of the oil due to air temp. I used the bike all year round and in the winter the flow stopped due to the cold so I had to bump the flow up a bit. If there was a warmer day and I forgot to turn it down again it would wee oil all over the tyre. Even long runs on cold days necessitated turning down the flow due to the heat of the engine reaching the under seat area and thinning the oil.

My next bike came with one fitted and the first thing I did after getting it home was to remove it. A quick paint with ep90 every few hundred miles keeps things running smoothly.

[Snaphappy]

what kind of distance are you lot getting out of auto oilers, my pro-oiler seems to be too rich and I am using a 250ml bottle for 1000Kms am I being a tight git or is this normal I was expecting 10 times that

next bike I am going back to chain wax or spray lube

[Austin]

For me a scotoiler is one of the best additions to my bike. It means I hardly ever need to even think about my chain with chain adjustment generally being less frequent than tyre changes. I hardly ever adjust the oiler and with my tomato sauce lubrication I look at the bottle, ooh, every 3-4,000 miles or so. Their are 3 downsides: an oily (but very shiny underneath it all) back wheel and swing arm; the odd drip of oil from the rear sprocket or the front sprocket cover; and the chain is now something I take for granted when I know i should have a good look at it at least every now and then.

I am running the oiler on EP90 at the moment, which is a bit smelly - makes me look for an oil spill when I am stopped at lights - but it seems to be very effective and cheap.

[davsato]

Seems like these oilers are a pain in the ass,............
PK

im glad i fitted mine. i bought my bike in sept and havent adjusted the chain yet. i fitted the scottoiler after a month, then fitted the HCR behind the numberplate between christmas and new year. i havent had to refill it yet.
so for me it was a good accessory to get. heated grips next

[axlerodi]

I had mine fitted when I bought the beast. I picked the bike up with 1800 on the clock have had to refill the scot once in 3000+ miles. Best bit of kit I can think of. When I had my alp the guys I worked with were constantly on my back about how dry my chain was(I am really bad for checking things like that) (or just lazy). I have only had to adjust the chain once in 18 mths (don't get out that often) but it has been check about 3 times and found that it didn't need it anyway.

Delboy

[Loudpedal]

Touring Scottoiler
18,000 miles.
One chain one set of sprockets.
No adjustment.



Just traded the bike for a 08 Ginger model.

One of the first bolt ons was a touring scottoiler
Hoping to get another 18,000 + miles out of this chain & sprockets.


Loudpedal

[Kevfromdev]

I've had a standard scottoiler on my last three chain driven bikes, fitted the touring tank behind the number plate on the vara and after a few teething problems caused by me overfilling it, its as reliable as the others have been. I top it up at every service (4000 miles) and just coming up to two years old and 14000 miles the chain hasnt needed adjusting yet. Its definitely the first thing I fit to a new bike.

[Krtek]

I don't have a Vara but I do have an OSCO and I'm loving it.
Pull the plunger once after filling up, or every 300-500 km (depending on weather) and you're done.
Website here. English description here. (They really should have had a site in English by now.)

[bitroid]

I've had Pro-Oiler for two years on my varadero - quite happy with it ! And it can be controlled more easily than scottoiler (according to my experience).
Major difference is that scottoiler is based on vacuum, when pro-oiler's operation is based on the speedo's signal.
The impulse is taken out easily from the speedsensor (on/off-pulse) over the gearbox.

http://www.pro-oiler.com/

-bitroid-