Speaking of chainlube....... over the years I have tried most types of lube and they all fling, they all collect grit & dirt (which turns to a grinding paste) and they all make a mess of your bike.
I'm fairly good with maintenance on bikes but lubing chains is one of those jobs that always got 'overlooked' and then 'overdone' when I got round to doing it, so my chain was either dry & dirty or swimming in lube - not good for chain life.
So a few years back when I was at a bike show they had the 'Scottoiler'
http://www.scottoiler.com on sale and I bought one. I was a bit dubious at first with fitting it to a sportbike, particularly about where to fit it etc but now that I've got it I think it's great - the rear wheel still gets lube on it (the oil is thin though and wipes off easily) but, I don't need to manually lube the chain and hardly ever clean it as the oil both lubes and cleans constantly.
Scottoil claim much extended chain/sprocket life and that is definitely true, I fitted the oiler at around 10,000 miles to an already 'tired' chain and when I swapped the chain at around 12-13,000 miles it was finished (I had to run it really loose to overcome the big tightspot).
My present chain, which has been oiled by the oiler all it's life has around 9 -10,000 miles on it and is still in fairly good condition with no noticable tightspot.
The only maintenance the oiler requires is topping up with oil and occasional checking & adjustment of the 'injector' (needs adjusting when tightening chain due to the close proximity of the chain).
Fitting is fairly easy, the only issue was getting the injector into the correct position - ie close enough to work but not to get 'eaten' by the rear sprocket and I did have to make brackets and work on this a little, otherwise it's just fit the oil bottle and connect it to one of the throttle bodies to give it the required vacuum (it works on intake vacuum - more intake = more oil) if you do get one make sure you use the dual-sided injector as the single one only lubes one side of the chain so you need more flow to lube and the inside still gets underlubed (I tried this first).
The only issue in operation is that the flow of oil varies with temperature, so on a cold day it may be lubed less than a hot day, this has been reported as a problem by some riders - however as I fitted the bottle under the seat, where the temperature is always HOT, I find that the outside temperature has little effect on it but I do need to use the high temperature oil, which is thicker and then set the flow quite low to get just the right amount - I like it so that the chain is always just 'moist' with oil - anymore and it's all over my wheel & exhaust, any less and the chain dries out.
Anyway if, like me, you're 'Lube-lazy' then this is a good solution, I believe that there are other automatic oilers available that do the same job but I'm happy with the Scottoiler.
The obligatory pics;
'Injector' fitted to rear sprocket - note it is dual sided and therefore drips oil on to the sprocket/chain on both sides;
Another view showing the 'Injector' and the oil line routing alongside brakeline;
Oil bottle under seat (next to injetion relays), easy to top-up and kept at a fairly constant temperature by the ever-present exhaust heat;
BTW my next job is to clean the bike.....
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