balancer chain adjustment

[ktamcm@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/23/03 4:44:51 PM Atlantic Standard Time, kenglena@... writes: Have anyone tried the LOOBMAN chainoiler? Found the website while searching for chainoiler and wondered if its a good buy. Since its in UK price, anyone know the price in US? I have one and love it, I got mine VIA Aerostich. It got here a lot faster than VIA UK. If you want pictures of mine I can send digital PICS. Kurt Thomas US Navy VA beach, VA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[kenglena]

Thanks for the info. Where did you buy it from?

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Saltzer" wrote: > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kenglena" wrote: > > Have anyone tried the LOOBMAN chainoiler? Found the website while > > searching for chainoiler and wondered if its a good buy. Since its > in > > UK price, anyone know the price in US? > > Yes! As a matter of fact, I just installed mine 2 weeks ago, and was > waiting till I had some time to use it, and get used to it, to give > you all a report. It cost's $28.00 shipped to my door. I bought it > using paypal, and it took about 3 weeks to get here. > > My thoughts on this nifty little cheap oiler are: > > THE GOOD STUFF > 1. The little sucker actually works! > 2. It is a very simple design. > 3. Very simple to use. > 4. Makes oiling your chain a breeze. > 5. The whole thing stays put very well. I tested off road for 3 > hours. > 6. You can use ANY oil that you like. (cheap) > 7. Oils both sides of your chain. > > THE BAD STUFF > 1. Mounting the head, is a bit of a pain. You have to bend a piece > of wire a bunch of times so that it is molded to your swingarm. > 2. The wire is then mounted to your swingarm with a wire tie or > two. Looks really cheesy. How ever, I already have a good idea how > to mount it differently, so that all of the ugly is gone. > > I mounted mine up using the "ugly" wire and zip ties, just to ride it > around for a while to see if I was even gonna like it, or if it even > worked. I must say that I can't beleive that such a simple, light, > and cheap little oiler works so well. It gets lots of raves with the > V-Strom list, my friend tells me. I'm very happy that I got it. No > more jacking up the rear wheel, or leaning the bike over, while > holding the clutch, and spraying with the other hand. Now I just > give the bottle a little squeeze, and ride off. I squeeze it again > about every 100 miles. Very cool. I use Castrol 90 gear oil. It's > cheap, nice and thick so it sticks well, and doesn't fling off very > much. > > If you do get one, DO NOT FORGET to put the little hole in the line > like the instructions tell you too. If you don't, the pressure in > the bottle, from you going up in altitude, will put ALOT of oil down > the tube, and then you will have a very oily chain, and possibly a > very oily rear tire too. > > MrMoose > A8 (Barbie and Ken special)

[Keith Saltzer]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kenglena" wrote:

> Thanks for the info. Where did you buy it from?

Well, I bought mine from the Loobman home page. I used Paypal and they shipped it to me from the UK. I took about 3 weeks to get it. I see from the other posts that you can order it from Aerostitch, and get it rather quickly. I would have done that had I known about it. Either way, it's a great little oiler. MrMoose A8 (Barbie and Ken special)

[Dan Paulsen]

Different strokes for diff bikes I guess. In at least one case the shop manual says to do it at idle with engine cold (thats another trick to get a cold engine to idle.. ok relatively cool) Anyways that is the procedure for adjusting the balance shaft on the Kaw Concours. Dan P Graham WA

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "wannabsmooth1" wrote: > Don, > > After looking into many motors, It's my opinion that Elden's method > is WAY better than the factory method. The most important thing is > for the bike to be vertical, or leaning to the right. Only loosen > the adjustment bolt about 1 turn. The motor should NOT be running - > sounds silly, but I know of a couple of factory /dealer mechanics > that think the motor should be running during the adjustment process. >