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johnr

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chain oilers
« on: February 01, 2011, 12:54:12 AM »
just a quick thread re chain oilers. ive a scottoiler on one of my bikes, but ive also a loobman oiler on another. the loobman wins by being so much cheaper than the scottoiler. anyhow, i bought mine a while back, but noticed on their site that they do some great discounts for block orders. the biggest saving is then you order 12 oilers from them, you only pay for 7 and get 5 free, making them a unit price of under a tenner each! bloody good value for an oiler i recon. anyhow, ive just done a block order of a dozen for the kat club, and got an email from loobman telling me they are bringing out a new improved version of the oiler, where instead of squeezing a small bottle to oil the chain, you just press a button and a measured ammount of lube flows to the bikes chain, they are currently doing them as an alternative to the old type for the same price, though they arent officially being launched for a month or 2 yet. anyhow, i just point this out cos i know how mych my thumper hammer their chains and for under a tenner a shot, i dont think these can be beaten. is there any interest in doing a block buy of a dozen units over here like we have done in the kat club? i recon that with the postage out to you from me, they will be 11 quid each posted, saving a fiver or so on the list price. is there interest here?  im prepared to make the order if there are a dozen people prepared to paypal me the money, and i will then post them out to whoever wants one.
whatcha think?

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 07:59:24 AM »
if this gets off the ground.....one for me please

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 09:50:49 AM »
yep... I'd go for that...

Cheers John, keep us posted

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2011, 09:53:35 AM »
John,

If this is for the new version then I would be interested.

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 10:31:27 AM »
I've had the double sided version of the Loobman on my XBR for a few years ( also on the GN250 commutor when I had it) and they are an excellent bit of kit - simple but very effective. Just remember not to give the bottle a squeeze within about 10 miles of parking up or you may end up with an oil patch on the floor!

I use a bottle of the cheapest car oil I can find with the XBR as it has an 'O' ring chain, but I used to use old engine oil on the cheapo GN chain - 'O' rings don't like old engine oil!!!

Otherwise I can't fault them.

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 12:27:14 PM »
I had one of those on my XBR. I took it off when I fitted new swingarm bushes and never got round to refitting it. It beats paying £80 for a Scottoiler but it did have a tendency to fling oil all over my back tyre if I was a wee bit oversqueezy with it.

Do you remember a couple of years ago a chap posted a link to instructions here for building one out of junk? I still have the instructions somewhere. I always meant to have a crack at it but never got round to it, I'm pretty sure I have all the required junk in the garage and still have the destructions knocking around somewhere.

Did anyone here ever build one?

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2011, 04:14:26 PM »
Count me in for one. I have a Scottoiler on the Bonnie and it is eefective. So Im all for a cheaper version of the loobman esp as it is the new one! Let me know when you need the wonga.

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 04:21:32 PM »
I'll take 1 if you do an order!

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2011, 04:58:16 PM »

Did anyone here ever build one?

Dave B

Nope, but I got em too!!

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 05:27:21 PM »

Do you remember a couple of years ago a chap posted a link to instructions here for building one out of junk? I still have the instructions somewhere. I always meant to have a crack at it but never got round to it, I'm pretty sure I have all the required junk in the garage and still have the destructions knocking around somewhere.

Did anyone here ever build one?

Dave B

To be honest most of the loobman kit wouldn't be hard to make, a small shampoo bottle, windscreen wiper tubing, a few cable ties and a bit of wire.  The clever bit is the the end piece that dispenses the oil - only a bit of moulded plastic but it does the job very well.  I did try and make one (one sided) with an old needle valve from a footpump but it wasn't very successful.  For the price he charges, especially buying bulk it's not worth messing around.
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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 06:37:07 PM »
Did anyone here ever build one?

Dave B

Two big medical syringes. Syringe A is filled with used engine oil and given a squeeze drops 10 ml of oil into B via fish tank tube which has had the plunger removed and used a grommet to hold the hose. From B the hose goes down the swing arm to a Y (also a bit fo fish tank) into which are glued two lengths of WD40 red straw. The oil runs by gravity from B out the Y onto the chain.

You can't buy all this for a tenner, so if I didn't already have it set up, I'd buy.


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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2011, 06:54:41 PM »
I bought the instructions for the home made version but it never worked right. Capillary action seemed to drain all the oil out to form a puddle under the bike.

If your ordering the new version with the buttony bit count me in ;D
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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2011, 07:24:57 PM »
Yep, count me in... PM me the Paypal name when you're ready to take the money

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2011, 10:17:59 PM »
lubemans work extremly well for the money,i have one fitted to the bmw650 but if you have a bike with the chain on the right hand side like the bm or pegasso, if there is some oil left in the tube and you park it on the side stand it will run all over the rear tyre. i made a copy of the lubeman and fitted it to my superdream with the chain on the left hand side and have no problem at all. in my opinion they are great value for money even if you have to pay full price for it.

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Re: chain oilers
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2011, 12:26:42 AM »
Aye johnr,

2 x Push button model please.

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