Grease

[fastasfcuk]

i've used this ceramic grease on my chain for a couple of years now and find it brilliant, you dont get any over your nice clean wheels or rear end.

Fastasfcuk - I'm interested in this application. How long does it last? Does it clean off? Does it look a mess on the chain ?

More details pleeease.....

fausto it last's untill you want to put fresh on,it comes off easy with a rag or brush and a bit of degreaser or wd. if you can put up with the chain being white which does'nt bother me you do'nt get one bit flying off.i get mine from cmc in chesterfield about 8 quid,but make sure you have a straw in the aresol or you will lubricate your whole bike.take your bike for a spin to get the chain warm then spray it on and leave it for a hour job done.

[Fausto]

Cheers for that. I may give it a try. I've never been happy with any chain lube in a tin. I just use engine oil which looks clean and tidy if done carefully but is hopeless in wet weather.

[D-Rider]

Cheers for that. I may give it a try. I've never been happy with any chain lube in a tin. I just use engine oil which looks clean and tidy if done carefully but is hopeless in wet weather.

Just one thing to say:

SCOTTOILER
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Excellent - no mess (unless you don't adjust it right), no fuss, keeps chain clean and well lubed.

[Fausto]

Just one thing to say:

SCOTTOILER
(Click to visit)

Excellent - no mess (unless you don't adjust it right), no fuss, keeps chain clean and well lubed.

.........clutters up swingarm with pipes and ties, uses up valuable underseat space and COSTS THE EARTH (relatively) !!!

But I appreciate the tip D-R. Have been umming and erring about one for years but never can quite justify it.

There is a cheapo version called Loobman which I have and fit for tours and works OK. It's more fiddly but works. Don't like the clutter for general motoring though so take it off again after long trips

[D-Rider]

OK, it's not so cheap but the rest is down to installation.

My reservoir is under the rider's seat in a gap above the battery that I really doubt you'd use for much else.
Apart from one pipe going down to the swinger, you'd be hard pressed to spot mine - or do as Dale has done and route it to your front sprocket.

I'll pop some pictures up later - they're on another PC ... and here they are ....

Reservoir in gap above battery:




Pipe from reservoir to swinger:




Scottoiler fittings on swinger (poor pic - sorry):



Cheers.

[Aladinsaneuk]

am interested in the front sprocket approach for a scottolier if anyone has picture ....

[D-Rider]

am interested in the front sprocket approach for a scottolier if anyone has picture ....

Click the Scottoiler link I posted above - there's a picture on that page of this installation on a Mille .... not the best picture and the pipe routing is not pretty but it's the only pic I've seen.

Maybe Dale (Falcopoops) or someone can sort you a better picture.

[Fausto]

I have a strong feeling of deja vu here, but.......

Aren't you supposed to mount the reservoir vertically ?
Of course it must work how you have it or you wouldn't have it so - would you?

Anyway for me it's a financial argument as opposed to one of practicality.

Although I think I saw Busters selling them for about £70 including the extra double nozzle thing !!

Which is a bit more reasonable. And yes I know all the longer chain life arguments.

[D-Rider]

Vertical is best, but they contain a device that always picks up oil from the bottom of the reservoir - even if the bottom is the side (if you see what I mean). I guess I can't let it run quite as empty as a vertically mounted one but it's no great problem to fill it up.

You rightly deduced that it does indeed work!

I agree it's not cheap ... did think twice about shelling out that much.
My logic was that I will recoup the money in longer chain and sprocket life and I will benefit more if I fitted this as soon as possible after getting the bike. The added benefit is convenience.

[Falcopops]

I originally fitted the reservoir by the battery, but wasn't happy with it. I've no reason to doubt it works as D-Rider seems happy with it. I've got a lube tube under the back seat and so chucked the reservoir in there by the regulato/rectifier in a more upright position, still on a bit of a slant though.

I'll get pics of the front sprocket mounting, but can't promise it will be soon.

I had a fitting from my old FJ1200 front sprocket kit made up by the FJ owners club, but it shold be easy enough to lash up something similar as it seems to be a bit of tin.

I bolted it in using one of the clutch slave cylinder mounting bolts. The whole setup is completely hidden and works fine.

[Nooj]

My oiler runs onto the front sprocket. The resevoir is mounted on top of one of the subframe rails under the hump and the oil pipe is tie-wrapped to the clutch line so it follows that route into the cover and the nozzle feeds right onto the sprocket. Unless you have very sharp eyes you wouldn't know it's there. Only cost me £30 or so used from e-bay as well.

I've recently fitted one to the Missus' '06 Tuono using the same method I did on her FZ6. The oil line has a join in it just above the front sprocket cover, then the line goes into the top of the cover and is held in place by a P-clip inside the cover and the nozzle drips oil straight onto the side of the front sprocket. If the sprocket cover needs to come off, it's just a matter of undoing the join in the line and whipping it off. The P-clip ensures nothing can move so the nozzle remains in exactly the right place once the cover is re-fitted.

Hiding the resevoir was the hardest bit, I was going to do it just inside of the right side radiator pipe, but routing the oil line across the front of the engine would have been tricky, so it's under the pillion hump thingy just on top of the tool kit now. There is a threaded hole in the subframe in just the right place to screw the mounting bracket into, very handy!