Scottoilers? Chains? What are those then? :confused1:







(I'm surprised that no other BMW owners have posted something like that )

They are the things that make the back wheel go round and round
Instead of these oh nooooo its broken - ::. UKGS'er.com .::
and considerably less expensive in the event of a (re-occurring) seal/bearing failure The Japanese shaft drives didn't/don't seem to have many problems
Meeeeooowwww!


Trophymick

Maybe it's the lack of a Scottoiler that's causing them to break


I don't want to bring up the age old argument of chain vs. shaft, but I personally hate having to think about oiling a chain at the end of a long days ride through water and mud. If I had a chain driven bike, I would definitely fit a Scottoiler or something similar (My old BSA B40 had a primary drive with built-in total loss chain oiler - no, it didn't just leak oil, it was designed by the factory to do the job), although for sand, I know that this is not recommended.

Well I have two of the things, the one on my '91 Tenere works perfectly, I couldn't recommend it more highly; the one on my AT is a worst nightmare. It won't work, or works erratically and intermittently. So as I can't trust the thing I end up crawling around the ground, which is what its supposed to avoid, to see if its working and manually oiling the chain anyway...just in case.

Don't ask me!!!!! :confused1:


I must say though that they are a bit Heath Robinson like!!and expensive as well.

Best excuse ever for a BM or a Deauville - only joking they are not as bad as that!!!

Hi,

We used a Scottoiler on the Vstrom for our UK to Aust trip, the first chain lubing system I have ever used on any bike I have owned, it worked a treat, highly recommended. I have never seen a loobman and didn't know they existed when I bought the Scottoiler, but if I had known probably would have given one a go and been happy - you gotta be happy with 1/4 the price.

I am sort of person that checks the bike over (quick walk around) at start of the day and at every fuel stop to check for any problems - ie anything loose, missing, broken, leaking etc. At this time I always look at the chain to see if its tentioned and properly lubed and at scottoiler to see if it needs toping up. The scottoiler is mounted where its easy to see at a glance and also easy to adjust/refill. If chain looks too dry, I simply give the flow rate a tweak up, and if quite oily and a little too much fling-off, tweak it down. Then at next stop check it again to see if its OK now. After initial set-up I have never used drops/minute, just tweak flow up or down depending on what I think it needs.

Its much harder to get the correct oils when travelling 3rd world countries, so I just used left over engine oil in scottoiler, probably not as good as scottoil/bar-oil/ gear-oil but it worked fine and no need to try to buy & carry a range of oils. Its hard enough 2-up with all your gear, no need to make it harder. I put new chain & sprockets on in Greece and we got home to Aus with same, now with over 35,000km on them. Front sprocket was quite worn but rear sprocket and chain still OK, so a few days ago I replaced the front 16t I have been running with the 17t spare I had carried all the way - gotta get some use out of it. I will be surprised if I don't get 50,000km before full replacement.

I find the oiler fling-off easier to clean up than the residue from spray-oil which usually needs lots of solvent as it seems to go solid when mixed with road muck. I often turn up the flow on the oiler when on dirt or particularly after dirt so it cleans the chain, a bit of extra fling-off, but cleans chain with no effort.

I am a convert to oilers....

Skillo