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scottoiler
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2000 5:07 am
by oakleydk@telusplanet.net
Greetings
I am trying to find out more on the Scotoiler. If it is worth
the investment or not for my KLR 650. Anyone out there using this
item?
Cheers
Darryl Oakley
Cochrane AB
Canada
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2000 5:37 am
by steve secrest
Howdy Darryl, I've been running one on mine for almost a year now and love
it. Try searching the archives and you'll find a bunch of info about it.
Steve in Cincy
> I am trying to find out more on the Scotoiler. If it is worth
> the investment or not for my KLR 650. Anyone out there using this
> item?
>
> Cheers
> Darryl Oakley
> Cochrane AB
scottoiler
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2001 2:04 am
by Joseph Labate
Eight hour dualsport ride today, first with a recently installed
Scottoiler. It did an impressive job of keeping the chain clean in
extremely dirty dusty conditions. Or at least most of it. I
installed the oiler very similarly to the one on the website. Given
its position above the left side of the rear sprocket of the tube
that drips the oil, the links on the right side sprocket are not
getting much lubricant. Have any of you modified that setup so the
entire width of the chain gets oil? Or is it not something to be
concerned about?
jlabate
scottoiler
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2001 7:03 am
by Fred Hink
Sounds like you need to move your drop tube to the right to center the oil on the chain. The sprockets will help distribute the oil evenly.
Fred
www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
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From: Joseph Labate
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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 12:04 AM
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Scottoiler
Eight hour dualsport ride today, first with a recently installed
Scottoiler. It did an impressive job of keeping the chain clean in
extremely dirty dusty conditions. Or at least most of it. I
installed the oiler very similarly to the one on the website. Given
its position above the left side of the rear sprocket of the tube
that drips the oil, the links on the right side sprocket are not
getting much lubricant. Have any of you modified that setup so the
entire width of the chain gets oil? Or is it not something to be
concerned about?
jlabate
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 6:32 am
by Guest
If this has been beat to death, I apologize. I have been watching the list
for 2 months and haven't seen it discussed.
I bought a KLR with only 1000 miles on a new premium chain and new
sprockets. About 8% of the o-rings are already gone. Not good. Trying to
learn about chain maintenence.
Looking for experiences with the ScottOiler, both good and bad. Don't wanna
hang stuff on a machine that isn't worthwhile, but don't want to trash $100
chains either.
Many must have used the ScottOiler. Please share your experiences and
opinions.
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 6:41 am
by Tom Simpson
At 06:35 AM 4/3/01 -0400, Michael Lipke wrote:
>If this has been beat to death, I apologize. I have been watching the list
>for 2 months and haven't seen it discussed.
>I bought a KLR with only 1000 miles on a new premium chain and new
>sprockets. About 8% of the o-rings are already gone. Not good. Trying to
>learn about chain maintenence.
>Looking for experiences with the ScottOiler, both good and bad. Don't wanna
>hang stuff on a machine that isn't worthwhile, but don't want to trash $100
>chains either.
>Many must have used the ScottOiler. Please share your experiences and
>opinions.
I have had one for going on two years now, and would never have a
chain-drive bike without one again. Makes life a lot easier.
-Tom
'96 KLR 650
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 7:57 am
by Don Detloff
> ... Many must have used the ScottOiler. Please share your
> experiences and opinions.
I put one on my A14 last summer and have about 4000 miles of use. I am
very satisfied with it.
Don Detloff
Fair Haven, MI
A14 with a nicely lubed chain
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 11:48 am
by jlabate@dakotacom.net
I got my first klr in November and put the Scotoiler on two rides ago.
It appears to have great potential. I noted in response to a
question similar to yours, one lister said they didn't use any kind of
oiler as they had "only" to do it manually once per week. Too much for
me and the automatic oiling is always doing its thing.
scottoiler
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 3:05 pm
by Alex Jomarron
My Scottoiler equipped KLR got 20k out of my stock chain and sprockets.
Granted, I should have changed them around 16k, but I was very happy as I
am a known chain butcher!!
=====
Alex Jomarron
West Dundee, Illinois
USA
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scottoiler
Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 11:37 pm
by Robin Van Eyk
I've been thinking about getting one of the automatic chain oilers as
my next 'mod' to my bike, and I was looking at the Scottoiler. It is
supposed to work off the vacuum of the engine, without affecting
performance. Yet it will dispense a metered amount of oil directly to
the chain. Has anyone ever installed this on their bike? I would like
to hear any feedback, good or bad.
Thanks,
Robin A15