whats the difference? please help......

[boze]

back on topic, am i likely to need an o or x ring chain since i only have about 30horses......

[Steve H]

Its not about power but to do with wear rates. Buy an 'O' ring.

[Mart]

My attempt with Loobman ended in failure. It does not work on a syphon, you just squeeze a dollop of oil into the tube and when that runs out you squeeze another dollop, IF you remember! One dollop never lasted as much as a hundred miles and every time I squeezed the bottle I got oil on my gloves. If you are only doing 20 miles you need to guess how much oil to squeeze out. IMHO the Scottoiler is a far superior piece of kit and well worth the extra pennies. There is also an electronic dispenser available which starts when the bike is travelling circa 20 MPH and increases the flow in inclement weather. I don't know who makes them but there was one on an SRX at holland last year. Mart

[guest18]

Its not about power but to do with wear rates. Buy an 'O' ring.

What that man said! Singles are hard on chains, buy the best O' ring you can afford.
Personally I'd never remember to squeeze a lubman so I use either spray lube or scottoilers. But that's just me

[SteveC#222]

As I said I've fitted the loobman to both of my bikes.on the XBR I've fixed the bottle in front of the sidepanel next to the fuel tap so when you turn on the fuel you usually remember to squeeze the bottle.  a squeeze lasts 20-30 miles or so, but you don't have to have oil running to the chain all the time, I've found that as long as you squeeze it 2 or 3 times through the day thats plenty and if you use it too much you just end up with an oil splattered back rim.  When you fit it on you put a small upward kink in the pipe which acts as a trap. It's not a perfect system, but i've found it works well..a good way of getting rid of the old sump oil too! (but not on the O ring chain!)

[SteveC#222]

...............having said all that, there are 3 dirt cheap scottoilers (secondhand) on Ebay!

[GB500nz]

The Loobman isn't supposed to siphon. It has openings to let air in the top. You squeeze it, a dollop of oil goes down the hose and dribbles out on the chain for a few minutes while you're riding. After 100km or so you squeeze it again.
    And unless you speak with an accent that ignores initial haitches, it's way best to say "a hotel", "a hottie", etc.

[guest27]

One of the ways they used to determine if you were a Prod or a Catholic in NI - and thus depending on where you were and who they were - whether you were a friend or in for a good beating, was by getting you to say the alphabet.  The Catholic areas would sound H as haitch  and the Prod areas were taught aitch.  The difference goes back many years etc etc.  Useless bit of info.

Interestingly when I was at school in North Bucks you knew what people had been to the Catholic Primary and those who had been to the state primary for the same reason - even if they lived on the same road...

R

[guest7]

So why does one say 'An history lesson' instead of 'A history lesson'? Hmm? The H isn't silent.

Er... should I be saying 'An History lesson'? I never have
But then I am Welsh...

GC

[guest27]

The aitch not silent - depends where you come from mate - "'istory 's bunk innit" So it must be "An 'istory lesson" cept I bunked off dinn I?

R

[pigafetta]

Yup. you're supposed to say 'an history lesson' but you don't say 'I live in an house'. Although if, like me, you grew up in Liverpool then you lived in an 'ouse. Its all terribly complicated.

I got my loobman today. It works a treat. You just have to remember to squeeze the bottle before you go anywhere and you have to remember to go somewhere once you've squeezed the bottle.
Gravity allows the oil to flow down the feeder pipe, it then dribbles onto each side of the sprocket via 2 pieces of cable tie, and centrifugal force dribbles it onto the o-rings on the chain as the sprocket spins round. Dead simple and it works.

[guest27]

Lived in "an ouse" - but not your own and furnished with the contents of others...?


See from the paper today that Liverpool players houses  have been broken into more often than any other premiership team - and all the break ins have been on match day.  Isn't it wonderful when a stereotype come through.

R

Still ducking