REVIEW

WORDS AND PHOTOS : Doug Cooper

SCOTTOILER E-SYSTEM REVIEW HERE new , vegetable oil-based , biodegradable and has the widest temperature range equalling the blue and red in their ranges - 0-40 ° C . I bought a bottle at my local dealer and wanted to share my findings . I ’ ve used the blue oil that came with the kit extensively . I had around 15,000km out of the blue oil that came with the Scottoiler before a rock damaged the chain forcing a replacement . I ’ ve done 12,000km since , using the green oil on the new chain and sprockets and there ’ s no visible wear to them yet . I ’ d say I ’ ve used around three-quarters of the 250ml bottle , so

I ’ m expecting over well over 16,000km from the green , a decent amount more than the blue [ Doug is getting the high end of mileage out of his oil , so , literally , your mileage may vary ... Ed ]. When I was using the blue oil , I had the dashmounted control set to nine bars out of 13 . I ’ m now running it on just six . If I run the same oil

’ ve been running a Scottoiler system on my 2016 Africa Twin for a couple of years now - you can read my 15,000km review in the link above . In that time I ’ ve become a fan of the Scottoiler for its ease of use and how well it

makes my chain and sprockets last . There are several different oils available for use in the oiler system , red , blue and , now , green . Blue is the original all-temp oil , with a usage range of 0-30 ° C . Red is the hi-temp oil for ambient temps of 20-40 ° C . The green oil is

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