Fuzzy
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I have spent many years of my career responsible for maintenance in sawmills and pulp mills. I know that the more frequently I oil a chain the longer it lasts. The ultimate is oil bath, but those must be sealed to keep dirt out, a tough challenge around motorcycle sprockets. If you oil your chain every 200 miles when you gas up, how many miles until the pressure between roller and sprocket tooth has moved the oil aside? It needs frequent reapplication.
The UK forum has multiple threads on automatic oilers. Riders report 40,000+ miles on chains with automatic oiling. The Scott Oiler has been the long term standard for automatic oiling, but requires wiring and will lose program if power disconnected to it. More recently the Tutoro Oiler has been building a long list of satisfied customers. As an engineer I am also attracted to its elegant simplicity. It has a weight that seals the bottom of the reservoir. When the bike is moving the weight moves allowing oil past into the delivery tube. A needle valve controls the rate of flow into the tube. Running engine with bike sitting still does not move weight enough to let oil into delivery tube. Recommendation is to start at 1 drip per minute. Proper amount keeps the chain oiled without over oiling throwing oil on the bike or dripping when stopped.
My first install was total failure. Put it high on SW Motec side rack. 1st 10 miles riding something hit it cracking the acrylic reservoir. Contacted Tutoro and for cost of shipping they sent me a complete new oiler. Awesome customer service as failure not their fault.
Installed replacement yesterday. Wised up and copied location seen on UK forum. Slightly to front of frame makes filling easy but too close to passenger foot peg if I ever carry a passenger. I bought a clamp to fit frame rather than cable ties that came with it.
Now what you really want....PICTURES!
Mounting location.
Drip tube. Wire inside to hold position. I put dripping on chain barrel rather than side of sprocket as recommended. Dirty because it sat there empty for 3000 miles before I received replacement oiler assembly. I will clean chain today to give it a fresh start.
WRONG LOACTION!!! Note cracks in empty acrylic reservoir.
The UK forum has multiple threads on automatic oilers. Riders report 40,000+ miles on chains with automatic oiling. The Scott Oiler has been the long term standard for automatic oiling, but requires wiring and will lose program if power disconnected to it. More recently the Tutoro Oiler has been building a long list of satisfied customers. As an engineer I am also attracted to its elegant simplicity. It has a weight that seals the bottom of the reservoir. When the bike is moving the weight moves allowing oil past into the delivery tube. A needle valve controls the rate of flow into the tube. Running engine with bike sitting still does not move weight enough to let oil into delivery tube. Recommendation is to start at 1 drip per minute. Proper amount keeps the chain oiled without over oiling throwing oil on the bike or dripping when stopped.
My first install was total failure. Put it high on SW Motec side rack. 1st 10 miles riding something hit it cracking the acrylic reservoir. Contacted Tutoro and for cost of shipping they sent me a complete new oiler. Awesome customer service as failure not their fault.
Installed replacement yesterday. Wised up and copied location seen on UK forum. Slightly to front of frame makes filling easy but too close to passenger foot peg if I ever carry a passenger. I bought a clamp to fit frame rather than cable ties that came with it.
Now what you really want....PICTURES!
Mounting location.
Drip tube. Wire inside to hold position. I put dripping on chain barrel rather than side of sprocket as recommended. Dirty because it sat there empty for 3000 miles before I received replacement oiler assembly. I will clean chain today to give it a fresh start.
WRONG LOACTION!!! Note cracks in empty acrylic reservoir.
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