Re: Centerstand Dynamics 101 and oiler

[dan & ann curcio <curcio@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I installed the oiler and it works great.  I hid the reservoir under the
right side of the rear cowl to the rear of the electrical relays with the
adjustment knob and breather tube exposed at the opening between the cowl and
frame.  You have to purchase a tee from Scottoiler to hook up the vacuum line to
the corrugated vacuum hose coming from the far right side throttle body.  I
attached the oil feed line to the underside of the swing arm with the supplied
double sided adhesive mounts and I have the tip of the feed line going to the
lower inside of the rear sprocket.  The entire device is so well hidden that no
one knows it's there until I show them.  The most difficult part was getting the
drip rate correct as the instructions say to set it at 2 drops/min., but this
always caused excess oil to collect at the front sprocket cover and it
eventually would drip onto the floor.  I now have it turned back to 1 drop/min.
and eliminated the dripping.  The chain stays moist and clean and I haven't had
to use the center stand since.

Dan

Retherford, Martin wrote:

> My .02,
>         I had to live without the center stand for close to two months after
> I bought the bike.  They had just discovered the prob. with the stand when I
> bought my Baby.  You do not want to live without a center stand.  Believe me
> it gets real old lubing the chain by pushing it a foot or two at a time to
> lube.  Of course if you have a Scott oiler in place who needs a damned
> center thingy anyway?
>         Which brings up my next question.  Anyone got an oiler in place?
>
> Martin
>
>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From:   Jonathan Schulster [mailto:Schulster@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>                 Sent:   Monday, September 13, 1999 4:42 AM
>                 To:     ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 Subject:        Re: Centerstand Dynamics 101
>
>                 That makes sense to me; I have passed quite a number of
> bikes lying on their sides in the middle of summer on motorway/freeways in
> Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland - as soon as the centrestand is on
> anything other than perfectly flat, very hard tarmac the risk of it sinking
> in over time is not small :(    At least on the ST, as long as you park it
> 'uphill' or use 1st gear for 'down pointing' the sidestand is great.  After
> all it makes a triangle about 1.45m on each side, and most of the weight is
> still on the two large rubber thingies.  A small 'plastic foot' for the
> sidestand and you can park it on mud with no worries.  A centrestand is very
> useful for oiling the chain, but other than that I would not miss it much.
>                 Jonathan.
>
>
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