I'm getting mixed reports about Scottoilers; initially bad, but more recently good.

Anyone had one fitted recently?

 

They still around?

Russ.

 

Had them on my last 3 bikes - they are excellent ..... though you do need to keep an eye on it every now and then to make sure it's flowing OK and the tube hasn't moved. Oh, and remember to keep the reservoir filled up - it's easy to forget.

That said, I couldn't be bothered to get one on my current commute; a Hornet .... and couldn't bring myself to have one fitted when I had a sports bike - I just don't think they look right on sports bikes.

I had them on a VFR 800 and two Blackbirds - no real problems at all .... and no chain adjustments required !

 

I think if you are gonna use it regularly (commuting, for example) they're essential.

I'd be interested to know if the wax-based ones (like I use on my pedal cycles) are effective on the big stuff!

 

Just spray your riding mates with oil before you ride out and save fitting a scotoiler

 

WTF is this Scott Oyler anyway?

 

Its an alternative to what Triumph used to provide on their original 650's as standard in the 60's.

They had a drip pipe from the oil tank, set to discharge over the rear chain .

So along with the oil that you lost from the clutch cover, push rod tubes and rocker boxes , you had to keep an eye on your oil level

 

I thought all 'sixties British bikes were like two-strokes; they had a total-loss lubrication system!

Didn't they have a big tank on the top for the oil and a smaller one underneath the seat for the fuel?

 

but now I have solved that problem

 

Judging from folk on the VFR forum if you fit them and set them correctly they work well.

Excellent customer service from the company (Scottish of course ) supposedly.

I never had one on my last viffer, but have recently acquired a Pro-oiler which does a similar job but in a more sophisticated fashion (an electronic module adjusts the oil feed according to the speed of the bike, and you get a unit you can mount on the clocks which you can adjust settings while on the move ie wet, dusty etc).

I've still to fit it - bike is in bits at the moment - my job between now and New Year.

You should get much extended chain life with a Scott-oiler, and need to adjust only rarely, although on the Viffer you should slacken and readjust periodically to stop the chain adjuster seizing.

Poor accountants can't afford shafties