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Re: Scottoiler mounting location?
- Subject: Re: Scottoiler mounting location?
- From: "Jim Gillespie" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:18:54 -0000
From: Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To find vacuum, you must use the special "T" fitting, not normally
>> supplied with the ScottOiler kit.
>
>Thanks to earlier discussions on this list I was alerted to the need for
>this fitting and ordered it at the same time.
What's this week's word from Triumph about voiding the warranty by doing
this?
>I hope I can find a
>setting to minimize fling and drip -- the only other person I've seen
>who's fitted one (on a VFR) also had a problem with drip off the front.
I have heard of people who manage this. When I've had a Scottoiler
fitted I usually comfort myself with the thought of the extra corrosion
protection ;-)
>Maybe a different oil would do the trick?
Some people swear by chainsaw oil but I've never tried it myself.
While I'm posting, I'll add my membership to the Dreaded List :-( To
skew the statistics, it was all my own fault. It happened just about a
month ago now, but I've been feeling too stupid to post about it...
The bike is still perfectly rideable, but ... I went down on the right
hand side at low speed, damaging most of the right hand side of the bike -
the bar end weight, front fairing panels, footrest and hanger, brake lever,
top box, exhaust can and, as an added bonus, I've cracked a weld in the
downpipe, just forward of the join to the can (yes, it's definitely a crack
in the weld). The mechanic also put the frame on his damage estimate, but
as it's only a scuff on the lacquer I doubt that the insurance company's
engineer will go for it. Plus the usual bits and pieces. Total estimate:
GBP3,372.25 =8-O That's about USD5,400, but it'll probably drop to around
GBP1,700 (USD2,700) when they knock off the frame (GBP839 for the frame,
plus 16 hours labour, plus 17.5% tax).
Jim
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