How often do you lube?

[Flyingpony]

what is the RRP of the Scotoiler system?

Somewhere around $240+ and it's only single sided (double sided is extra). Then it's still got to be fitted ...

I've bought a Loobman (www.chainoiler.co.uk) for $NZ50 (includes postage) and have never looked back since. It's double sided and does the trick. Don't need to buy any special oil either, I'm simply using some left over fully synthetic bike engine oil. It has already paid for itself because for the km traveled thus far, my old chain using spray on chain lube was in much worse condition.

1yr running cost of the loobman: Less than 250ml of oil and two zip ties !

The loobman gets a squeeze at least once a week or after riding in the rain, so my chain is always nicely oiled. Every 500km the chain gets cleaned with kero and adjusted as required - very infrequently.

[ZeroIndex]

Somewhere around $240+ and it's only single sided (double sided is extra). Then it's still got to be fitted ...

I've bought a Loobman (www.chainoiler.co.uk) for $NZ50 (includes postage) and have never looked back since. It's double sided and does the trick. Don't need to buy any special oil either, I'm simply using some left over fully synthetic bike engine oil. It has already paid for itself because for the km traveled thus far, my old chain using spray on chain lube was in much worse condition.

1yr running cost of the loobman: Less than 250ml of oil and two zip ties !

The loobman gets a squeeze at least once a week or after riding in the rain, so my chain is always nicely oiled. Every 500km the chain gets cleaned with kero and adjusted as required - very infrequently.

so.. what.. you just squeeze on the little resevoir bottle every now and then?

[Lou Girardin]

what is the RRP of the Scotoiler system?

$239.00 for the standard kit, $295.00 for the touring model.
Pixie also makes custom oilers for most bikes.

[The Stranger:Me]

oh, and found out a trade secret today. If you want to clean stuff off your tyres you can use CRC BRAKE-CLEAN.

Yeah, just ignore the caution on the can about protecting from contact with rubber.

[dawnrazor]

3 years? That depends on how much riding you do. On my GS1200SS the Scottoiler extended the chain life from 6 months to 18 months.

I fitted a Scottoiler to my DL1000 yesterday, and if I get one year out of the chain then it will be money well spent.

yeah sorry i meant to say " extend your chain life by a factor of 3" was in a rush

[The Stranger:Me]

I fitted a Scottoiler to my DL1000 yesterday, and if I get one year out of the chain then it will be money well spent.

I have seen this before, but I am a little confused (about chain life that is)

I see people say that their Scottoiler extended their chain life to 1 year or say 20,000km. How is that a good figure?

I do about 35,000km a year and admittedly never had a bike for a whole year, but even the Blackbird, which I hear are notorious for eating chains, with 18,000km on it was showing less than half on the wear indicator.

Obvious references to riding like a nana aside, what distance should I expect to get out of a chain?

[Gremlin]

Obvious references to riding like a nana aside, what distance should I expect to get out of a chain?

How long is a piece of string??

It totally depends on a variety of factors. Power of bike, how smooth you ride, terrain of your riding, country or city... numerous options.

Dirt riding kills chains, which is why Jantar, to you, seems like he gets very little out of a chain. Likewise, if I rode a thou, and commuted, and was permanently accelerating and decelerating, I would flick a chain out really quick. The smoother you ride is just one factor affecting chain life.

edit: even the number of teeth on your sprocket will affect chain life

[Jantar]

Yep, Gremlin got it.

I have to travel a long gravel driveway before I go anywhere, and then when I am travelling anywhere, if the seal runs out and I find I'm riding gravel roads, my smile just gets a bit bigger.

When I lived in a remote area with 22 kms of gravel each way on every trip I made, I used to get around 6000km out of a #520 O ring chain.

Fitting a scottoiler helps lubricate the sprocket chain interface, and also makes cleaning the chain easier, which all helps to extend the chain's life.

[ogr1]

Next time you drop the oil in your bike save some in a jar, perfect for oiling your chain and you've only paid for it once.

[bobsmith]

The loobman gets a squeeze at least once a week or after riding in the rain, so my chain is always nicely oiled. Every 500km the chain gets cleaned with kero and adjusted as required - very infrequently.

As I've said before I use loobman as well, had it on my last fxr150 and now have it on my new zzr250...

Hell I've noticed that because of the constant supply of oil, it carries most of the dirt away and I don't even need to clean the chain as often if at all. I do squeeze it almost every day though, and I use cheap car oil in it since It won't make any difference to the chain whether I use car oil or bike oil.