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Is the Scottoiler going to be superseded?
Who's gonna be guineapig and give us some feedback?
http://www.acumen-electronics.co.uk/pro ... ised_79002

I'll stick with my tin of Wurth dry lube thanks

My mate has just got 27,000 miles out of his Mille chain & sprockets using it...must be a record surely?..(No winter running though)

Tried a Loobman on the Tuono for our recent trip to Spain.....oil everywhere....chain looked good;everything else covered, stand, engine, swinging arm, wheel etc... used nearly a tin of Gunk on the bike when we got back to get rid of it all.

F9

Falco9 wrote:I'll stick with my tin of Wurth dry lube thanks

I've always been really impressed with Wurth products. Their copper grease in a tube is the absolute bollox. Where do you get the chain lube from?

Samray wrote:Is the Scottoiler going to be superseded?
Who's gonna be guineapig and give us some feedback?
http://www.acumen-electronics.co.uk/pro ... ised_79002

Is the scottoiler going to be superseded? ..... well, not by that IMHO.

1. Costs more
2. Replacement can of spray lube every 700 miles @ £13.50 per can
3. Unnecessarily complex electronics rather than a nice simple vacuum controlled affair (and I'm an electronics engineer who is usually trying to put electronics and software into everything)
4. It's unproven - so why buy one when you can have the proven scottoiler?

I'd agree with that, Andy. The Scottoiler is a simple mechanical system which has stood the test of time. This new pretender uses electronics where none are needed and looks pricey to run.

Scottoiler dogs danglies, nuff said.

I agree with all those comments


....but am surprised to hear em from the bling boys.

but do not forget the bling boys are also VERY good at hiding the scottoilers :)

reason why it does not appeal to me - where the bleeding hell would you fit that poultice of a control box on a falco?

as Falco9 ses top stuff.

D-Rider wrote:Replacement can of spray lube every 700 miles @ £13.50

Where as a scottoiler will get you about 2k miles for £7......................No contest m8 :)

I don't yet have a Scottoiler but I am seriously thinking about one when a fit a new chain on the Falco in the near future. Have been using Wurth ceramic dry chain loob for a year or two, on both my bikes, and seems good, (better than average, and I have tied most options!), but it will not stop a brand new DID gold chain from going rusty in 6 to 8 weeks max if you use the bike in winter. As mentioned in an earlier thread, I think this is something to do with the latest sugar beet crap they are using in our area, but a brand new top spec chain fully coated with Wurth going rusty in a max of two months is not acceptable to me. Also thinking of moving from DID to EK or whatever to see if that helps.
I experienced this on both bikes, the old CBR1000 which I mainly use in winter and on the Falco which is used on "better" winter days.
As for the new oiler, looks expensive to change the can every 700 miles or so, that's about every 5 to 6 weeks for me. Don't have personal experience of Scottoilers, but other peoples comments would lead me to believe they would be much cheaper, so I'll probably go with that.
Was also considering the Loobman but F9's comments have probably turned me off that.

My old VFR (sniff) 22000 miles with a scottoiler and I kid you not about six chain adjustments in all that time, includes a couple of track days. They are the dogs.