Scottoiler

I have just bought the Universal ScottOiler ?69.95 + ?5.00 p&p for my sv. Not fitted it yet. Do you have to also use glue when fitting

You don`t have to use it , you can use cable ties instead , and all the pipework is a push fit , you don`t need to glue that

Thank you, which would be the best option cable ties or glue??

Some say they use superglue and it`s worked fine , especially if you can get the area very clean with alcohol or Zippo Fuel , personally I find Superglue a touch too brittle and would rather rely on cable ties , plus if you mess it all up (which is hard to do) then you can snip the ties and relocate .

How long did it take you to fit your ScottOiler with zip ties and was it hard to do as I will be fitting mine soon

I haven't actually fitted mine yet so I am interested to hear how easy it is

There's always the Lozzo option for fitting the delivery pipe

Those who are considering fitting a Scottoiler need to know a couple of things:

1) It will be visible - no matter what you do
2) It will extend chain life - providing you can be arsed to refill it
3) It will fling crap all over the underside of your bike

No doubt people will disagree with me on this, but I've had two bikes with Scottoilers and that's my experience.

They are great, particularly for commuters, if you remember to fill them up and don't mind cleaning light-oil flung crap every so often. For a hard-core commuter like me it was excellent for keeping the underside of the bike (sidestand etc.) oiled up too. But it's ugly on your bike and makes a mess - no getting away from that I'm afraid.

I worried a great deal about the low-viscosity of the oil blatantly flinging around everywhere and ending up on the rear tyre. But this never seemed to happen.

I think placement is very important, safety-wise.

Took me around an hour to fit and is simplicity in itself , I don`t mind it flinging onto my rear wheel , IIRC back in the day that was regarded as a plus as any debris that stuck to the chain would be suspended in the oil and flung off . I`ve cleaned 3 weeks worth of fling off my rear wheel in the time it takes to spray cleaner on it and wave a brush at it . This is the second one I have owned and I swear by them , I also had one of those Loobman things but don`t get me started on that thing .

Originally Posted by leatherpatches

Those who are considering fitting a Scottoiler need to know a couple of things:

1) It will be visible - no matter what you do.

it's ugly on your bike and makes a mess - no getting away from that I'm afraid.

I worried a great deal about the low-viscosity of the oil blatantly flinging around everywhere and ending up on the rear tyre. But this never seemed to happen.

I think placement is very important, safety-wise.

You can barely tell that mines is there. Dealer must have made a good job of it! I reckon they did.

Garry