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:laugh:


Seriously though Luke......it's basically an automatic chain oiler......but you are best off using Scottoil in it.....firstly because it's been designed for use with that viscosity of oil.....and secondly because the bottles of Scottoil come with a connector doofer that make topping the reservoir up easier...... :wink:


As to whether it's worth having a Scottoiler on the bike.....well, that's been debated at length on here before.......personally I think the Scottoiler is a great device.....but others will disagree..... :lol:

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ok, i have filled it up with scottoil blue :D


getting two drops aminute on idle is a bit of a black art tho!

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Yep. I agree. I had one on my last bike for a couple of years. Just keep it topped up and forget about it.


Haven't got round to fitting it on this bike yet though

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I lube my chain with MucOff dryPTFE every 200 miles. Got 25,000 outta the last one. I have seen Scottoilered bikes with oil all over the back wheel though!

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I lube my chain with MucOff dryPTFE every 200 miles. Got 25,000 outta the last one. I have seen Scottoilered bikes with oil all over the back wheel though!

 

Yeah they are quite messy, but they do the job well.

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I just got one and thought one of their selling points is that you wont get oil all over the place as its meant to stick to the chain and shouldn't top up enough to overload the chain?

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ok, i have filled it up with scottoil blue :D


getting two drops aminute on idle is a bit of a black art tho!

I believe you should get 1-2 drops when not on idle. Idle is used to get the oil down the tube to the sprockets once run dry, but then you should alter the settings to get it at 2 per minute

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I lube my chain with MucOff dryPTFE every 200 miles. Got 25,000 outta the last one. I have seen Scottoilered bikes with oil all over the back wheel though!

 

So I need to do this at least 4 times on a weekend 'Challenge' trip!


I'll stick with the 'cruiser version' Scotoiler.


:cheers:

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Never bothered myself... I manually clean and lube the chain every weekend :)


If it rains a lot I'll put some on mid-week. And I always get massive life out of my chains!

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Scotoiler all the time for me.

A week long trip to Scotland over a thousand miles one top up of oil and forget about it. Otherwise i would have to carry a can of lube and start messing about lubing after a full days riding, when personally i just want to jump in a nice hot shower.

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Scotoiler all the time for me.

A week long trip to Scotland over a thousand miles one top up of oil and forget about it. Otherwise i would have to carry a can of lube and start messing about lubing after a full days riding, when personally i just want to jump in a nice hot shower.

 

Always carry it in case, as ive so far witnessed one that got knocked by something and started missing the chain and so it had leaked onto the floor for the rest of the journey so the chain was bone dry at the destination a couple of days later!

And another broke and dumped its contents everywhere :lol:


Like people who have cars with backlit dashboards so forget to put their lights on, fitting a scottoiler then never checking the chain may end in tears!


Plus in Scotland over 1000 miles you'd only needed to spray the chain before leaving and another after 600 miles :mrgreen:


Not saying the method is wrong, I may be going to Le mans, via Switzerland and we agreed scottoilers should be used so we carry less. But we must check daily! :)

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Not a fan personally as I clean and lube my chain once a week and find WD40 to be an excellent cleaner.with regards to lubing as others mentioned I do it more frequently if its wet 8-)

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Some old bikes (very old english bikes mainly I think) used to run in a permanent bath of oil. Never had one but my Brough Superior owning friend says they last forever and a day. Makes me wonder why it's not done more tbh.

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