Chain life span

[batman1]

Really? Seems to be plenty available here...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Castrol-C...103530?hash=item1c5715626a:g:LtUAAOSw9N1Vvh5R

However for the quicker riders you there the racing version...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Castrol-F...627527?hash=item541f22ce07:g:CyQAAOSwrklVdm~k

 

[Bmgsrider]

Still on original chain with same sprockets on my Ducati 900ss 1997 , thrashed but cleaned often ,48000 miles. I do wonder as to why it is holding out.

 

[Smythson]

I use a Scottoiler because i'm lazy and never clean my bike beyond coating the whole thing in GT85 every now and then. If you don't care about the oil splash then just leave it on quite high (70% or so) and that's it for it any season. The outside of the chain will get dirty however moving and contact parts will remain very clean. I normally get about 15k using DID X-rings. If you get a scottoiler don't fork out for their oil - chainsaw oil does the same job and comes in economy sizes too. It is not as resilient to temp change ie thins a little in summer but if you can live with that it's a no thought or effort process. In addition there's the corresponding reduction in chain adjustment - just check when you change oil (5k) If fitting scottoiler you can feed to front sprocket - less faff.

Best,

S

 

[JJH]

I thought about using cheaper oil in the scottoiler but in the 26 months I had the 800 GSA I used 2 bottles of oil €20 in total. I could not see the point. I never though of using the front sprocket but as it turns at about 3 times faster would it not fling the oil off at too high a rate? Also would the wear on the injector nozzle be much higher leading to more frequent adjustment? I have a 1200 GSA so no more scottoilering for me. JJH

 

[AberdeenAngus]

What was that stuff in the wide can, that you heated up and dumped your chain into?

edit: Found it . Just noticed you can still get it. Seem to remember that worked well.

 

[JJH]

What was that stuff in the wide can, that you heated up and dumped your chain into?

edit: Found it . Just noticed you can still get it. Seem to remember that worked well.

I think that was in the good old days before o and x ring chain. Be careful !! JJH

 

[Bem]

What was that stuff in the wide can, that you heated up and dumped your chain into?

edit: Found it . Just noticed you can still get it. Seem to remember that worked well.

Good Lord Angus, You must be almost as old as me!
I seem to recall my mother going rather apoplectic when she found me in the kitchen gently simmering one of these on the cooker, fume wafting through the house. And the pain of picking the hot chain out with bare fingers!
No, never again, just rely on the occasional clean and proper lube - scotoiler on the GS, Wurth aerosol on the Blade.

 

[slparry]

Over how many miles has it rarely needed adjusting?

So a few blobs of oil on pressing a button cleans your chain and sprockets

Fuck me I'll be having one of those in the morning .... pressing a button and it cleans my chain and sprockets

it does actually as the regular oil cleans the chain rather than gooey sticky lube which attracts muck. Honestly the chain and sprockets are clean and I use it to commute to and from work from the Horseshoe Pass to Chester Motorrad every day through some pretty grim weather. I just give a quick application each time and voila, clean, lubed chain.

Given the price try one and see

 

[Micky]

Good Lord Angus, You must be almost as old as me!
And the pain of picking the hot chain out with bare fingers!

For fucks sake, weren't you clever enough to use an old spoke to hook it out with

Given the price try one and see

I like your sentiment, but having ridden chain driven motorcycles for over fifty years, over continents and through deserts I'll stick to my tried and tested ways thanks

 

[AberdeenAngus]

Good Lord Angus, You must be almost as old as me!
I seem to recall my mother going rather apoplectic when she found me in the kitchen gently simmering one of these on the cooker, fume wafting through the house. And the pain of picking the hot chain out with bare fingers!
No, never again, just rely on the occasional clean and proper lube - scotoiler on the GS, Wurth aerosol on the Blade.

It was a whiley ago...I must admit.
Very true the comments about being before O rings.....can't imagine it being very friendly to soft goods.
I remember doing it on a camping stove in the back garden.
I also recall that it burned very well indeed once it caught.