TUTORO chain oiler
 

in my quest towards maximum laziness, I've ordered a Tutoro chain oiler last friday.

http://www.tutorochainoiler.com/

Not only it'll save my in chain maintenance but it's easy to install (why be lazy once when you can be twice)


I had a Loobman on my GSE500, which was good although a bit messy depending on weather condition/temperature

The Tutoro is also cheap (24pounds with dual feed nozzle)

http://www.tutorochainoiler.com/_wp_...wp6d8a7bbd.png


I'll fit it to the Tenere and if I'm happy enough I'll buy another one for the VFR....

the flow is adjustable by turning the knob

http://www.tutorochainoiler.com/aboututoro.html


The picture above is the one with the single feed delivery

that's the dual feed:
http://www.tutorochainoiler.com/_wp_...wp7cdf298b.png

Oh and they sell separately a nice clip to hold it instead of the cable ties provided...
http://www.tutorochainoiler.com/_wp_...wp0ee94cc5.png

I think it should have been part of the base kit , although I didn't use the one I bought :D :D

I kbnow it's "only" 5h worth of lubing...

but if you're going to ride all day:

- either you're going to be home at the end of the day and you can top it up
- you're on a bike trip and you will carry a can of chain lube (as you have to lube your chain every 500km), so you can carry a (very) small bottle of oil instead http://www.irishbikerforum.com/forum...fault/wink.gif

also, depending on the material used for the cap of the reservoir, there may be a possibility of having a remote oil tank, linked to this reservoir by a tube (and drilling a hole in the reservoir cap), or a (quite) large rubber hose would provide an adequate extension too http://www.irishbikerforum.com/forum...ault/smile.gif

at the end of the day, it's only 20ish euros, the price of 2 can of chain lube...

I've fitted the kit today (yep delivery was fast: posted friday, delivered monday in ireland)

The "tank" is tiny, the inside diameter would barely take my little finger.
It's about the size of a lighter.

it can hold 8ml of oil.

As you can see in the 1st post anyway, it's slightly smaller than a 10ml syringe.

Fitting is pretty straightforward, the longest part is "priming" the system aka: opening the valve fully and waiting for the delivery tube to be filled which can be long depending on oil viscosity and temperature....

At first I intended to use the 2 stroke oil I had, but then i remembered I had some scottoiler oil http://www.irishbikerforum.com/forum...ault/smile.gif

it takes 5 turns to open the valve fully, so there's a good margin for proper tuning/setup.

Pictures of my setup (on a dirty bike), clic for bigger view:

Full setup: tank on top, twin feeder inside the swingarm

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1415.jpg

Close up on the feeder:
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg


the tank and the delivery tube:

3 cable ties on the chain cover, plus 2 cable tie holders on the swingarm to keep the cable tie in place as the swingarm narrows towards the end.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg

Close up on the tank and it's 2 rubber blocks (provided), the delivery tube goes inside the rear peg mount point.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg


Questions ?

They're good Zou, I had them make me a longer tube when I ordered mine a year ago. I found with blue scottoil I needed just over 2 turns from closed on the knob.

I'm still trying to get the delivery tube more or less filled :P

it has been a few hours now, but it's cold outside.

So I'm leaving the engine on idle a moment to warm up the oil as the Tutoro is sitting beside the exhaust.

Where did you mount yours ?

I cut the tube as it was too long for me.

Same place as you pretty much-

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/IMG_3122.jpg

Wind it fully open to fill the delivery tube, it'll go.

I left it a 5 turn then 6, but it's pretty cold outside :)

Ah well, it's dark now, I'll check on saturday when i'll be back :)

Looks alike a good alternative to a scottoiler, but i take it you have to turn the knob each time you want to ride you bike + have it oil your chain?

Too much effect for me think i will stick with my scott oiler

yes you have to turn the knob :)

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but it's much cheaper and easier to fit than a scottoiler ;)

there is other cheap alternative:
loobman : same principle except that you press the tank to send oil in the delivery tube

cameleon oiler: electric and pre-set, so turns itself on when you turn on the bike (I was quite tempted by this one...but it's way too expensive)

lubetronic, pro oiler, and probably others ....


Quite a few others (see the middle of http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-oil/ )

i have an OscoOiler, looks the same but a little bigger.
every few miles i pull a plunger wich will push some oil onto the chain.

will post some pics when the weather gets better.

Thanks for the info. I've been thinking about getting an oiler (or building one) for sometime now, so this comes in handy.
A few general questions:

1) How does an oiler copes with offroad conditions (desert sand and dust in the summer, mud and water in the winter)?
2) What about the outside of the chain? When I was too lazy to clean and oil my chain (which I usually am) after a riding in water, the outside of my chain developed a bit of rust. This was clean by oiling the chain. Will an oiler do the same thing, or will I still have to clean my chain the old fashion way?

heh! i thought of the daddy of them all!. you know the small liquid soap bottles, push the top and smelly stuff oozes out, well my tengai had one fitted onto the frame lh side as you rode along give it a pump now and then, the oil flowed down the tube onto the sprocket. simples

you decided how much oil to the conditions, how could it get easier

went up market, bought a new tenere,soap bottles not good enough for my precious, went and fitted a scott oiler. progress

i use the tutoro and just turn the oiler on every so often during a ride and works a treat. find 1 1/2 turns out is just fine for a slow drip thats all req'd.
ie 1 every 60 seconds.
i stiffened the delivery tube using a coat hanger as out dear RTW rider scott did. but he used i think the loobman system.

keep the replies coming, plenty of good stuff :)

I used to have a Chaintec system years ago (gravity fed-movement activated).
Must look into getting another system as my Ten needs a new chain again after only 22,000 miles!!

22000 miles is very good in my book, I'm happy when C&s last more than 10k/13k km.

Tutoro has been voted Ride Best buy last month too :)

yeah a lot of green laners use the soap bottle technique. I have a loobman fitted but it is a bit messy and the tutoro ? looks a lot neater the only problem is that since it was featured in Ride magazine it is nearly always sold out.

I emailed the guy and he says if you want one he normally re stocks the site at night so either later night or early and you should be able to get one.

Is there much of an advantage to fitting the double sider. Obviously the oil drips onto the chain and lubricates the chain to sproket interface - prolonging chain and sproket. so i take it the single sider will work fine and that the doubler is just a little more efficient ?

It keeps the O-rings on both sides of the chain wet.

Thanks for the heads up re Tutoro guys - will check later tonight. Maybe I could stretch my next chain to 30k miles??!!!!

Hope you get one yeah I guess the double sider is worth the extra then

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...00201-1414.jpg where did you get these "cable tie holders on the swingarm to keep the cable tie in place as the swingarm narrows towards the end."

they were leftovers from the kit provided with the loobman I bought for another bike some years ago (it pays to keep crap).

you can find them in any motor factor or probably some DIY/electrical stuff shops ?

Oiler....
 

On the strength of this thread I just bought a TUTORO oiler to see what's what.

At the end of the day if it turns out to be no good there was never any big expense incurred.

I'll fit it tomorrow and see what way it turns out. I'll put chain saw oil in the reservoir and see how that works.

:)

if travelling i fill the bike mounted bottle up with the small travel hand pump bottles you can get to carry stuff on the plane......ask the Mrs she'll know what i mean.
http://www.soapandthings.com/images/...edium/2050.jpg

I think you'll might find it'll gum up everything and stop working pretty quick?

nooooo........ditch the hair shampoo......i tend to use gear oil.
this was recommended for my SP2 Honda in the original owners handbook.

so sure a 660 cc single be fine.
setup at 1 drip every 60 seconds the handbook says...i think.

other advantage is that you get no suds.

It works quite well actually. I've been using it for over 2 years now.

what you really want is the chainwax that yamaha use in the factory... amazing stuff.
I use the rockoil chain lube aerosol and it works well for me, not too messy and seems to last well...
here however is some food for thought i came across while having the same thoughts about the quest toward ultimate laziness ;)

linky :

http://www.wristtwisters.com/forums/...9-a-20655.html

I stand corrected!:notworthy:

lol... short concise and to the point :P ;)