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Always found that stuff too 'dry' to apply properly. A scottoiler's the only serious option for year round riding. I had 23k out of the chain on my speed triple, and it was still in good nick when I sold it.  ____________________ I was only doing what it said on my licence officer....
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Also, if you apply chain wax thick enough for it to do it'd job, it very nicely picks up loads of grit and turns into a grinding paste. As of next wednesday, I'm doing 110 miles a day, as of last saturday, I have a scott-oiler.
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I hate the stuff. what more can I say ?  ____________________ the undemocratically unelected mod of the Scottish section |
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Wax is ok if you are going to store your bike for a while! I ride all year round with just oiling the chain every now and again and its fine. I think chain oiling is very over-rated!
My mate had a real problem with a scotoiler spewing oil all over his back wheel.. not a good situation! I know a lot of people get on with them but I prefer to know where my lube goes!!! ____________________ Love is 1050cc  |
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Squiffy_The_Wombat |
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I know what you mean Jon, it turns it all god damn green. Looks like your dog just spewed over it!  |
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stinkwheel |
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Nothing too fiddly, just cable ties and such.
Working out where you are going to position them and routing the delivery tubes takes a bit of planning though.
You need to connect a scotoiler to one of the vacuum tubes on the carbs (the vacuum opens the valve when the engine is running and allows the oil to run out). Most bikes this is just a case of pulling a small rubber boot off and replacing it with a different one. On some you need to screw in a new fitting or splice into the vacuum tube for the fuel tap. All the fittings are supplied though.
Make sure you put it somewhere you can get at it. I know so many people who put them under the saddle then have to unload all their luggage in order to fill it.
My preference is to simply attach it to a tube on the subframe with cable ties and a couple of bits of rubber hose rather than fannying about with brackets.
I did someone a picture a while back of how i attached my one:
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I used to use wax...it just created a grinding paste which didnt look too good. So i bought and fitted a touring scottoiler which so far seems to be doing the job just fine.
Fitted it behind my number plate
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Great invention  ____________________ Cbr1100xx blackbird gone, mk4 golf gt tdi chav now
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Putoline ceramic wax is good, but like others have said it becomes a grinding paste, which means i have to clean the chain and re-lube it very frequently, normally every 1-200 miles. It's ok as long as you remove the paste, but chainsaw oil or a scottoiler would probably be better.
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i like using the Wurth High Performance Dry Chain Lube - had a few cans now - very little fling - can't really tell its on the chain, cause the chain still looks good.
i bought castrol chain wax first when i bought my bike - its crap - it sticks to the chain ok - and thats the problem, every-bloody-thing sticks to the chain wax then.
i bought a can of putoline chain lube last time - and it has flung bloody everywhere!!!!
stick to wurths high performance dry chain lube - its bloody great stuff  ____________________ R6 has been sold - 2004 Honda VFR VTEC now sold too - no bike at the moment |
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As Jack said, Putoline chain wax is good .
While we have the Scottoiler bods in the same thread I have a question: Do you fill the Scottoiler will the same Scottoil I coat my bike with after a ride, or do they also make a specific product for the Scottoiler chain lube system? |
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i was the same as WOOLY R6, used putoline at first but it flung everywhere. then spoke to a ZX10-R owner outside a bike shop in denbigh (north wales), and he used castrol chain wax. but like wooly r6, it made the chain manky and like someone had spilt candle wax all over the chain.
i'm now on 'WURTH high perfomance chain lube', it seems a lot better. i don't do much mileage, but i keep an eye on the chain after every ride and clean/re-lube as needed.
i'm thinking of getting a scott oiler, what are the pro's and con's of having one. ie does it drip loads when the bike is standing, by that i mean will the lube drop if at all when it is stood still. (need to know if i need to place something under the bike to stop the oil from dripping onto my bike mat) the missus bought it me and would kill me if it got dirty.  ____________________ There is always someone worse off than you ! |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 18 years, 139 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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