Misfiring / clanking, possible cam timing problems...

[lloydie]

I'm male but I have a bad temper and mood swings around the same time each month .
The misses thinks I'm getting in touch with my femieme side but she knows fack all !
What do you think I should do Carl of the cyber ?

[Kev L]

Get a decent coloured, blue, bike you sad sad midlander!!!!

[lloydie]

I could but I'm staying in the closet :-)

[VTRDark]

I'm male but I have a bad temper and mood swings around the same time each month .
The misses thinks I'm getting in touch with my femieme side but she knows fack all !
What do you think I should do Carl of the cyber ?

Hormone treatment.

(:-})

[tony.mon]

And thank you too Tony, if I do refit the oiler I'll do that

Running sweet as now, thanks everyone so much for all the advice!

I definitely recommend refitting the scot oiler; it makes chains and sprockets last up to 3 times longer.
I have one on mine, it came with it, and I wouldn't be without it now.

The huge number plate reservoir is a bit overkill, the small cylindrical one is fine for 400 miles.

[snakebitey]

It's the smaller cylindrical one. It's missing the T-connector for that vacuum hose, and has no oil in it so really it's just lack of being arsed!

Should I really use the official oil for it, or are there cheapy alternatives?

[tony.mon]

Apparently old engine oil and chainsaw oil are alternatives, but TBH for the amount you use and how long it lasts I just use genuine.

[sirch345]

I definitely recommend refitting the scot oiler; it makes chains and sprockets last up to 3 times longer.
I have one on mine, it came with it, and I wouldn't be without it now.

+ 1 from me on that, I wouldn't be without mine now either. My final drive chain had a tight link in it when I got the bike (it had done approx 5,000 miles from new). It was only after fitting a Scott Oiler that the tight link freed up. I had up until then been lubing it with different chain lubes, none of them freed up that tight link.

As for chain lube I stick with the correct oil for the job Scott Oil. I can't really see you'd be saving yourself much by using a substitute oil, unless of course you doing loads of miles each year. Even then you may find your chain not lasting as long as it would have if you used the recommended oil. It's your choice

Chris.

[VTRDark]

I shall be getting a chain oiler when I eventually get around to new chain and sprockets. They pay for themselves with the increase in longevity of the chain. And I'm a bit slack with oiling my chain. It's not as if I can just whack on the mainstand for a quick lube.

(:-})

[Xenocide]

When you set the tension on the CCTs, did you set it to 7mm deflection or slack? EG from its middle position, was it 7mm or 3mm to it's maximum stretch?

[snakebitey]

Ok I'll get the Scottoiler sorted then

When you set the tension on the CCTs, did you set it to 7mm deflection or slack? EG from its middle position, was it 7mm or 3mm to it's maximum stretch?

7mm from one max to the other, or from middle to max about 3mm. Did around 90 miles today and purring like a kitten!

[Xenocide]

Ok I'll get the Scottoiler sorted then

When you set the tension on the CCTs, did you set it to 7mm deflection or slack? EG from its middle position, was it 7mm or 3mm to it's maximum stretch?

7mm from one max to the other, or from middle to max about 3mm. Did around 90 miles today and purring like a kitten!

GOOOOOOOOOOD. I rode mine into work today and got there in half the time.

It's fecking wet though.