Adding a Pro-Oiler

ROMANY said:

Has anyone added a Pro-Oiler to your F800GS or F650GS. I do a lot of riding in the rain and was thinking of adding one to ease the wear and tear on my chain, my knees and my back.

This oiler is electric but I wonder about tieing it into the Canbus system.

If anyone has one installed I'd like to hear from you.

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bmwroadsterca said:

On the F800GS/F650GS a LED tailight is used. The same LEDs are used for the running and tail light. The brightness is varied by changing from a pulsed mode (too fast for the eye to see the flashing but visible due to the strobe effect if you take a video) for running to constant on for braking. As such it is not a great choice to drive anything else.

mike

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bmwroadsterca said:

I have used the "CAN-BUS (sic) electrical connector" on two F650GS (twin) bikes to activate a relay for auxiliary lights and it does work well.

mike

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AKBeemer said:

you may want to consider the fuse block....the point where it oils the chain is fragile and subject to getting hit by debrie and clogging.....QUOTE]

I like the idea of the fuse box which would support some additional electrical options. Looks like the Twisted Throttle fuse box would be ideal as, if I understand this correctly, items can be connected so that they are either switch through the ignition or on all the time. I`d only go with them switched through the ignition. Hate walking away from vehicles whose lights or whatever stay on even though you`ve turned the ignition off.


In regards to the drip device affected by debrie and clogging - was that related to how much on or off road riding you did. I`m almost exclusively riding pavement.

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ROMANY said:

AKBeemer said:

you may want to consider the fuse block....the point where it oils the chain is fragile and subject to getting hit by debrie and clogging.....QUOTE]

I like the idea of the fuse box which would support some additional electrical options. Looks like the Twisted Throttle fuse box would be ideal as, if I understand this correctly, items can be connected so that they are either switch through the ignition or on all the time. I`d only go with them switched through the ignition. Hate walking away from vehicles whose lights or whatever stay on even though you`ve turned the ignition off.


In regards to the drip device affected by debrie and clogging - was that related to how much on or off road riding you did. I`m almost exclusively riding pavement.

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Fuse block: There are models out there that allow you to have both switched and unswitched circuits. That is a handy attribute. You will probably want to have a GPS circuit unswitched so you don't have to worry about it at a fuel stop. Aux lights you will want switched. Search for fuse blocks in gear or other places and you'll get pleanty of info.

Annie had the Scott Oiler on her 650GS twin which has seen only road duty. The road includes the ALCAN and Cassiar, but roads none the less. In 3500 miles the distribution head clogged twice and one of the two drip points became misaligned once. On her 650GS single she had a simpler version in which she had to squeeze a small bottle to cause the oiler to work (just as effective as the $200 version at 20% the cost, Aerostitch sells them). She had that mounted for 2 years of Alaska riding including the haul road and multiple trips on other dirt roads. It was a bit better but it still clogged and became misaligned. If you look at the oilers they all depend on some sort of Rube Goldberg arrangement to disperse the oil on the chain IMHO. Great while they are working but a pain when they are not. Trying to work on the dispersal system is similar to cleaning up a superfund site, no fun on the side of the road.

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PGlaves said:

This one is great!

http://www.fuzeblocks.com/

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