[beatr911]

Vic, very nice work on the MPG, and it's good to see you only using mild hypermiling techniques. Keep it up!

For the chain oiler, before I went to a shaft drive bike 14 years ago I imported some of the first Scottoilers to the US. It really did increase the life of the chain by 3-5 times, reducing adjustment intervals and sprocket life by the same amount. And it works best with non o-ring chains. The maintenance is really minimal, not as good as a shaft but much better than a conventional chain set-up. Over oiling isn't an issue as you can use regular (or used) engine oil not a sticky heavy oil, and the excess just slings off at the tight radius of the countershaft sprocket. Being a lighter oil, it removes easily with a spritz of diluted Dawn diswashing liquid and a garden hose.

One of the benefits of the Scottoiler is that it is continually cleaning grime and grit off of the chain which is partly responsible for the increased chain life, the rest being consistent lubrication. Once the Scottoiler is adjusted correctly, which is super easy, it doesn't make too much of a mess. On the Zongshen, I'm cleaning the chain area whenever I do an oil change, about every 1500 miles, at which time the whole bike needs a bath anyway.

The Scottoiler is vacuum actuated so it's pretty hands off in day to day operation. In cold weather it needs to be dialed up a little to account for the oils viscosity, also in the rain, dial it up a bit. Back down when it's warm and dry. It becomes habit to check the chain and adjust the rate a bit every few days or whenever.

If I were a rider who takes my bike to the shop to have all work done, I would still probably have the wherewithall to operate a device a simple to use as the Scottoiler. Someone like you or many other motorcyclists will have no problems at all installing and using a scottoiler.