hi i am interested in fitting a scott oiler has anyone had any experience with these? i know they are very beneficially to the life of the chain and are popular in the endurance scene. my friend has one on his gsxr 1000 and they seem pretty cool. also the battery trickle my vfr has run its battery dead since its been worked on during the winter so has anyone installed one on their vfr and found an improvement to their battery life????

A trickle charger is essential to every motorbike if it's not ridden every day I reckon, I wouldn't be without one.

I've got a Scottoiler. I fitted one the second time I replaced the chain and sprockets on my NC35 with like for like. No word of a lie, the next chain lasted more than twice as long, and it rarely needed adjusting before it needed replacing again. Dead easy to install.

I have an Optimate charger, although I've not actually used it yet. I use the bike probably one week in three these days, and the battery seems to be OK with that, my charging issues have lain elsewhere as best I can tell. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to have it on trickle, but it doesn't live in my own garage, and it would take the piss a bit to hook up to the mains on a 24/7 basis in it seeing as I get to use it for free anyway!

I wouldn't put an oiler on a sport bike. Only on a touring one.

JC120 wrote:I wouldn't put an oiler on a sport bike. Only on a touring one.

Errr, why
They benefit the chain life & smooth running on any (road) bike....

Phil

Done the Scott oiler thing in the past and the idea is a good one in principal but I lost patience and removed them
The ones I had were finicky all or no oil at all feeding the chain and a pipe coming loose on the number plate tank on a vfr750 covering the back end in oil
These days I much prefer to clean inspect and re oil my chain as part of maintaining the bike but they've probably got better since I last had them.

pip wrote:

JC120 wrote:I wouldn't put an oiler on a sport bike. Only on a touring one.

Errr, why
They benefit the chain life & smooth running on any (road) bike....

Phil

So does chain oil that comes from a spray can. That's what I use.

I just don't like the looks and it seems odd to put one on a sport bike (like bar end mirrors) but to each their own.

I would not have a road bike without a scotoiler they are simple to install and genuinely improve the life of your C+S, but some people will never be converted. They are very discrete, mine was mounted under the pillion seat, oil line clipped in with the rear line along the hugger and then dropped down to the stainless mount supplied in the kit. Hideous I'm sure you'll agree. Oh, there was a trickle charge lead under there as well. why make life more difficult than it needs to be, just sort your bikes and enjoy using them, just my 2 pence.

You know that's not that bad on the NC. I still won't put one on my sport bikes but now you all made me want one for my commuter. Then again if your sport bike was your commuter, I could understand.

Sweet looking ride BTW

Further to my post above, I used to regularly spray lube the chain and adjust it as necessary before I had the oiler. Regardless, the chain life was improved after I fitted it, and it was rare for the chain to need adjusting. All you see of it on mine is a tube running from under the bolt that holds the front of the side of seat panel in place, along the top of the swingarm, and a small bracket off the chainguard mount.