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Well, if anyone followed the photo contest for the Scottoiler, I was the lucky winner...

So now I have a Scottoiler and no bike to put it on. It's the Original V-System oiler, and without a chain on my bike, it's pretty mush useless to me.
So instead of selling it, I'm going to put it back into play.

So what I'm thinking is this;

That the person that can write the best reason why his/her bike should be the new home of this wonderful piece of equipment, I'll ship it to that person.
Some of the things I'll like to know are;

• [1] What make and model your bike is.
  [2] How you use it, road/offroad.
  [3] Anything else you may want to let us know about you and your bike.

I'm going to ask for a bit of help from the boss in judging these replies.

For those of you that aren't sure what a Scottoiler is, it's an automatic chain oiler for a motorcycle.
You can see if it fits your bike by checking out the fitment on the following link...

http://www.scottoiler.com/us/Kits.html


Only rules to this are;

• [1] This must be for your bike and not for resale.
  [2] We all get to see pics of the install.
  [3] Totalmotorcycle (Mike) gets a big thank you for getting this prize into the loop...
  [4] Contest closes April 15th 2011.

So post away and may the best woman/man win...

1.) I have a 2006 Suzuki DL 650 V-Strom.
2.) In 2006 I lost the use of my right arm from extensive nerve damage received from a car accident. It put a damper on my life as I lagged at work, couldn't indulge in any of my hobbies or pass times and could barely function due to the intense pain. and as time went on I got more and more depressed. In January 2006 my doctors told me I'd never use my right arm/hand again and recommended a therapist to help me make that mental transition. I'm not a touchy feeling guy so I went another way.

After seeing so many signatures stating how motorcycles make the best therapy, I decided to go against convention. So in mid January 2007 I walked my one armed self into a Motorcycle Dealership and bought a left over V-strom. I trucked it home, and built custom controls so I could ride it one handed i.e. thumb throttle and relocating the front brake system to the left side. A year later, I regained the use of my right arm and the bike went back to normal.

Since buying it the V-strom and I have plenty of miles both on and off road. Some of the more memorable trips.
-Riding from Washington DC to Jackson Mississippi spending 95% of the time in national parks.
-Riding the TransAmerican Trail
-Come back from California to DC doing the Iron butt 50 hour coast to coast ride
-Numerous Iron Butt rides
-Teaching the BRC, ERC, MSRC, ARC, and various track days from the Strom
-Trail riding to avoid traffic... maybe semi illegally
-Patriot Guard Rides
-Rolling Thunder 3x
-Riding in as Santa Clause as part of a Parade in Fairfax.

In other words, my chain goes through a lot of oil. I've actually had to bury 3 of them and I want number 4 to last as long as possible. It's gold plated and pretty.

3.) My V-strom and I have been through over 100,000 safe street miles. In that time she's been on her side very few times.
-First few days riding one hand I couldn't hold her up when my neighbor slipped on the ice and fell into me. Broken turn signal, but otherwise I took the brunt of the damage.
-The TransAmerican trail had two low speed tumbles when I tried to build jumps over obstacles that farmers put in my way. The V-strom came through without a scratch.
-Got blown over at a Total Control class.... I know, the irony is not lost.
-Recently she was backed over after my neighbor's contractor managed to crush the Vulcan 500 that served as a blocker. After doing 3200 of damage to the V-strom, she was luckily not totalled and my best friend will be back to me on February 24th with some new shiny pieces.

I love my bike. It loves me. It loves Scottoilers more. I also have a HD digital camera I can use to document the install.

Awesome idea Dr_Bar, and very noble of you indeed!

Unfortunately I am out of the running since I think you all would question if I was the lucky winner...

Storysunfolding - great story!!! Anyone else?

My two current bikes are belt and shaft driven, I'm out of it.

I guess stories is the only one who'd like it. My bike came with an oiler as standard equipment...

The forum is typically slow in the Winter. While my posting is obviously amazing, I'm sure someone else will try in a few weeks or so.


Of course here's hoping they don't

I hope someone else will rise to the challenge. Not that the current entry isn't worthy, I'd just like the hardship of making it a tough choice...

Doug

Thought I'd bump and maybe get another entry...

Hmmm, this contest is rapidly turning into a non-contest...

I should have let others join in before I threw out my amazing story