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Honda CBR1100XX - Instructions for Fitting a Scottoiler™
– Supplemental
Reservoir Locations - Issue 1.0
1.0
Introduction
Instructions (issue 3.0) were compiled
from the fitting of a standard capacity Scottoiler™
automatic chain lubricator, Mark 7 Kit, to a ’99 Honda CBR1100 XX FI Super
Blackbird (UK specification) that presented a specific location for mounting
the oil reservoir. Since making
these instructions publically available, a consistent feature of feedback has
been alternative locations for the reservoir.
After
reviewing this feedback, and in light of the problem of breather pipe oil
contamination progressively experienced with the original reservoir location
and orientation, this supplemental document has been produced to illustrate
other and, the author believes, better alternative mounting locations.
Thanks go to those correspondents featured who have kindly given their
permission for their photographs to be reproduced here.
2.0
Alternative Mounting Locations
Fitting instructions are only presented
for the location given in section 2.1, as this is the one chosen by the
author, and hence for which first hand knowledge exists.
Subsequent sections present alternatives with only observations as
inferred by the author from submitted photographs, comments and
correspondence.
2.1
Author’s Location
The
advantages of this location are that the reservoir is mounted the ‘right way
up’, with the breather pipe at the upper end (note the oil level), so that
oil contamination of this pipe does not occur.
The flow rate adjuster knob is accessible through the seat cowl
aperture by the lifting handle, so there is no need to remove the seat when
making adjustments. This latter feature is considered the most useful aspect of
this location. It also keeps the
under seat and cowl storage areas free.
Mounting uses
the reservoir body clamp to locate the reservoir in the crook of the upper and
lower seat frame rails, and to ensure that the reservoir body is held far
enough away from the frame, and clear of it, to allow the flow rate adjuster
knob to operate fully. The
reservoir body clamp is held securely against the frame using cable ties
threaded so as to form a cradle around the outer faces of the reservoir body,
at either end of the clamp, and around both the upper and lower frame rails.
This arrangement means that the reservoir is not in direct contact with
the frame, and hence will not suffer abrasion.
The oil feed pipe is fed behind the
rectifier mounting back plate so that any heat from the rectifier itself does
not affect it. In some countries
the rectifier is mounted on the other side of the frame, so this consideration
may be redundant in those cases.
The reservoir
can be filled, albeit that this is a little fiddly, by removing the seat where
the filler cap can be accessed between seat cowl and upper frame rail.
Due to the restricted space, it is essential that the oil top-up bottle
used has a suitable dispensing pipe and nozzle, such as that supplied with the
proprietary ScottOiler™ product.
2.2
Nev’s Location
This was the location that prompted the
author to relocate the reservoir of his own installation, and again, it is the
ease with which the flow rate adjuster knob can be accessed without recourse
to removing the seat that prompted this update.
Nev mounted
his reservoir against the lower frame rail, and at the same angle, using the
tube-mounting block from the ScottOiler™
installation kit. Although the
mounting block is designed for round profile frames, it can be successfully
used against the square section rail of the Blackbird.
The frame-mounting block lifts the reservoir body clear of the frame,
thus allowing the flow rate adjuster knob to be operated without fouling
against the frame.
The oil feed
pipe can only be taken past the outer face of the rectifier mounting plate,
and hence close to the rectifier itself.
This is because the reservoir body is held parallel to the frame making
the crank necessary to route the pipe behind too severe.
Nev does not have this problem as his model is for the Australian
market where the rectifier is mounted elsewhere.
If the reservoir is moved backwards, to allow enough pipe-cranking
room, then the adjuster is harder to access as it is moved beyond the trailing
edge of the seat cowl aperture.
As in the
position presented in section 2.1, re-filling can be achieved by removing the
seat. Access is possible between
the seat cowl and the upper frame.
2.3
Geoff’s Location
Geoff’s
location necessitates drilling a mounting hole in the rear lip of the seat
latching plate. This is where he
has mounted the fixing screw for the right-angle bracket that he has used in
conjunction with the body clamp. This
arrangement is successful in avoiding oil contamination of the breather pipe
due to the reservoir’s lateral orientation.
However, some of the tail storage space is compromised with the
reservoir in this location.
2.4
Harcan’s Location
Harcan’s
reservoir location is only applicable to those machines that have the
rectifier located other than forward of the lifting handle, as is the case
with his Swedish specification Blackbird.
The distinct
advantage with this location is that the reservoir is mounted almost
vertically, thus ensuring that oil cannot get into the breather pipe.
The flow rate adjuster knob is accessible through the cowl aperture
making adjustment possible without removing the seat.
Only a single
mounting hole needs to be drilled in the frame plate just below the cowl
securing point. The right-angle
bracket is used in conjunction with the reservoir body clamp making the
fitting very secure.
Re-filling is
a little trickier than with the other locations considered as the filler hole
in the reservoir faces the frame. The
filler bottle dispensing tube needs to be carefully cranked into position to
gain access.
Filling
procedure
2.5
ScottOiler™’s Location
ScottOiler™ provided the above two photographs of recommended locations.
These illustrate the ability to be able to mount the reservoir in
either horizontal or vertical orientations.
However, both these positions do use up scarce storage space, and
necessitate seat removal for both re-filling and flow rate adjustment.
3.0
Contacting ScottOiler
Scottoiler’s web site can be found at
http://www.scottoiler.com/, where
there is further help, assistance and various related articles.
If you contact them by email, they are
helpfully inclined to send you photographs of installations applicable to your
make and model of machine to illustrate their advice.
4.0
Caveats
These
instructions have been provided in good faith, must be used in conjunction
with the Scottoiler™ instructions supplied with the kit, and offer no
warrantee, guarantee or any other assurance of the accuracy, or implied
accuracy, or otherwise, of these guidelines as to mechanical soundness,
applicability or appropriateness for purpose.
These instructions are purely a record of specific installations, on
specific motorcycles and assume onus on the user to verify the correctness of
their content and suggested procedures. The
author in the application of this material will accept no liability; in
whatever manner it may be applied.
The author
has no legal connection with Scottoiler™
and does not represent them in any way other than as personal and private
endorsement of their product, purely as an end-user.
Any technical queries on the Scottoiler™ product must be directed to the
manufacturer, with whom ultimate and sole responsibility for authorised
technical advice must reside.
