03-01-14, 05:51 PM
(03-01-14, 05:29 PM)hightower link Wrote: I had a Tutoro oiler - it was such a pain in the backside getting it to sit on the chain properly that I took it off last week.
I thought it would be more hassle sorting the oiler out than using manual methods. Plus, having the non-functioning oiler attached put me in the mindset that I didn't need to attend to the chain.
I've seen those blocks advertised that the chain scratches or scrapes for it's lube - do those work?
Ish.
But a scottoiler and a tutoro oiler are in a whole different league, they really are fit, set up, and forget. On my old ZX9R I had a scottoiler and i had to adjust the chain and sprockets at basically every tyre change, which was between 4 and 6k. They were always lubed and clean, and whenever I did get a little extra splash on the rear wheel it washed off with warm soapy water. I've tried by hand, but riding through winter is an almost semi daily affair, plus to keep it lubed you have to use thicker stuff, which then attracts dirt which grinds your chain, not an ideal situation. Does help that before the scottoiler I used to get about 10k from a set of chain and sprockets, and the coulpe bikes i've had now have both done about 20k each with no need to change!