Henry I haven't timed it. I set it about midway on the yellow wedge indicator; had a heck of a mess, turned it down to slightly below the small end of the wedge i.e. essentially off. I used 2.5 of the small resevoirs in 2900 miles (Scott says 300 per). One day is enough to make a mess out of the bike (500-1000M). Since I got it to reduce maintenance I haven't achieved my goal. With a couple of thousand on the new chain & sprockets I've had to adjust it once already, so adjustment interval isn't longer. I don't know if I'd get longer life with it, but I got more than 20K without it, which is about 2 years with all I get to ride. & with the mess on the back of the bike the "I'll wash it later, let's ride" is pretty much gone. So I was spending more time washing & less time riding than before I got it.
Sounds like you like your's. If you want another, email me offline:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Henry S. Winokur Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Chain Conversion > 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. The wheel > looks like it was spray painted black (oil plus brake dust). I've got > the thing set up to drip on the inside of the chain immediately ahead > of the sprocket. I finally let the damn thing run empty and went back > to chain wax. How long does it take for your wheel to get that dirty? Mine gets dirty too, and the oil is in all of the places you mention, but it cleans up pretty quickly with a few shots of S100. I use the touring tank, so its more difficult to tell how long it takes to get the wheel really dirty. OTOH, perhaps you're simply running too rich. I have mine set so that it drops a drop on the outside of the chain in about the same spot as you, but every 2 minutes. If I set it to every minute, like the Brits recommend, and I'd be lubing the entire bike, not just the chain. I could probably slow it down to every 3 or 4 minutes and suffer no problems, come to think of it. Henry
