Scottoiler pros & cons

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Way off! Every 36.664 seconds will be far better, you'll be wasting oil with that flagrant setting of yours.

Every bike is different, yong Sidney. My requirements may differ to yours

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Young Sidney.

Young Sidney? I always liked you Loz .

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Why? About shaft drives that is.

If it stretched on one side would you have to keep taking it off and turning the chain inside out?

If it flings onto the rear wheel, Im sure it'll fling onto the other side of the chain as well!!!

Steve

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Downsides to shaft drive include

A) Overpriced
B) Overweight
C) Over here.


... amongst others

I loved my shafty CX500, maintainance free, good for wheelies too!
Steve

Originally Posted by northwind

I want gear driven final drive, with a big row of sprockets all the way along the swingarm, and no chain.

Hey, actually, i do now. That'd be AWESOME.

Ooh! very Steampunk Northwind!
or how about a big external driveshaft like on a HGV? with lots of fins all painted black, or maybe some LEDs pulsing down the length of the shaft! (No, No,No Im getting all excited now...)
Steve

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

These new fangled Scot Oilers sound great. I'm no xenophobe so was thinking of going for one from one of our mediterranean cousins, either a Greek or Italian Oiler. I think I'd prefer the aroma of olive oil wafting from my future bike, and there's the additional benefit of being able to use it to moisten stale food.

Im looking at filling mine with old chip oil, everyone behind me will think they're on their way to the chippy!
Steve

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Rubbish, an untrained monkey could set one up in 5 minutes - it's hardly rocket science to count the seonds between drips and turn a knob to adjust the flow. If they are properly set up they don't make a mess. I've experienced more fling from aerosol lubes. Scottoil cleans off wheels easily as it's not a sticky type of oil, a quick squirt with WD40 and a wipe from a cloth is all it takes to clean it off.

As I said, they can be a bit of a fiddle to set up.....so

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by startrek.steve

Ooh! very Steampunk Northwind!
or how about a big external driveshaft like on a HGV? with lots of fins all painted black, or maybe some LEDs pulsing down the length of the shaft! (No, No,No Im getting all excited now...)
Steve

Keep your pulsing shafts to yourself

How about taking the side pods off the back of your SV, putting in frosted perspex panels and blue LED's up the side, with orange windows on the front panels.

Help you get up to warp factor 9.8 then

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Keep your pulsing shafts to yourself

How about taking the side pods off the back of your SV, putting in frosted perspex panels and blue LED's up the side, with orange windows on the front panels.

Help you get up to warp factor 9.8 then

9.9 actually is supposed to be the absolute limit.....

Steve

[Littlepeahead]

Scottoilers also save you a fortune in manicures. Nothing chips off your nail polish quicker than fiddling about with the chain every day - though I do check mine regularly of course.