I've not had that experience with increase/decrease in vacuum causing flow rate changes with my Scottoiler, perhaps they changed design? I would agree it looks a little cobby when installed but it serves me better than manual lube (I have the big reservoir but usually only commute). The Hawkeoiler seems beautifully simple by comparison and I think you would have a more reliable system... FL Kev
--- uranus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 00:19 21/08/02, you wrote: > > >I've got the thing turned down so I used the small > resevoir about every > >1000 miles and I still had oil splatters on the > license plate, tail > >light, left side of the bike up to the engine case > [] I finally let the > >damn thing run empty and went back to chain > >wax. > > I've had similar experience with ScottOiler. > Because it works from inlet > manifold suction, it draws more oil when the engine > is idling or at small > throttle openings than at high rpm. Therefore > around town or at low speed, > even on the lowest setting, the reservoir soon gets > used up and most of it > ends up not on the chain. Whereas on a long high > speed run, the oil comes > out at a more sensible rate, but the reservoir is so > small that it needs > topping up more often that you would need to use a > spray wax. A bigger > reservoir that goes behind the number (license) > plate is available, called > the Touring Kit but it's not cheap. > > The ScottOiler is not such a bad idea, but the > engineering is a bit too > mickey mouse (the reservoir is a bugger to fill up, > and you end up with a > lots of tie-wraps holding it all on the bike), plus > it really needs a valve > that cuts the flow when the motorcycle is stationary > with the engine running. > > Like Bill, I got fed up with it and bought a can of > Silkolene spray - it's > much more effective and a lot less hassle (for my > urban usage pattern, anyway). > > From the photograph, the Danish Police thing looks > way more sensible, not > "ugly" - it's things that don't work that look ugly > to me. It's sad how > most motorcyclists are so dominated in all their > purchasing decisions by > what racers do, however irrelevant to touring/road > riding. So we get a > train of thought: racers don't have enclosed chains > so enclosed chains are > ugly/stupid/old-fashioned/etc. Ditto for riding > positions, fairing styles, > telescopic forks and so much else. > > Oh, and FWIW, the only thing that people on this > list have in common for > sure is unusual(ly good?) taste in motorcycles. To > presume that we agree > about anything else is, er, presumptious, so I vote > for keeping the list > strictly motorcycle-related. > > Cheers, > > David Thurgate http://www.uranus.co.uk/M_cycles.htm > =================================================== > Kawasaki ZX750-A1 in Tony Foale FFE frame > Current status: Dismantled ;-( > Yamaha GTS1000a in Yamaha FFE frame > Current status: In everyday use :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
