Hi,
My bike came fitted with a scotoiler (one of the ones that goes behind the number plate - touring?) The bike was a Cat C write off and I got it roadworthy over a weekend, all good. The rear wheel and pretty much the entire chain side of the under side rear of the bike (including sprocket and rim) were covered in thick tar like cocktail of grease/oil and dirt. It really was quite impressive sitting at minimum 2mm + all over.
Anyway, the bike came taxed and MOT'd and I insured it just in case of theft really as I was not planning on using it yet, I used it this week to come to work on due to major problems on the M6. I took the bike out unwashed etc as I had simply dry fit everything to check I had all fasteners and bits and bobs before stripping it back and starting the cleaning/painting.
Parked up at work and I noticed oil on the chain side of the back tyre again -it reaches about an inch in (where the chicken strip would be). I assumed it was centrifugal force spinning the grime off the wheel so I cleaned all that off, spick and span. I noticed this morning that oil was still on the tyre and the rim was, again, filthy.
I have no experience with Scotoilers and don't know anyone who has, I am contemplating removing it completely to avoid the problem. When correctly adjusted do they give off any "fling"? I am used to simply oiling chains every now and then and they do have a bit of fling but nothing like this oiler.
I have turned the oiler down to its minimum setting after reading the online manual at work. It seems to have been set to the max setting in the range - not set to prime) (the adjuster is limited min/max by two pipes - is this correct?)
Cheers,
NW