Wished mine had one of these...

[deltarider]

Yesterday I spotted a Honda 125, first licensed in 1977. To give you an idea which model, here's a very nice vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPGItfHpdss That vid actually helped me realise the chaincase on the bike in my pics was not some aftermarket product, but must have been genuine Honda. Now the looks of such a case is not very nice, yet I'd wished I had one on mine. Adjusting the drive chain is far less frequent and your chain will easily do a ton. Back then there was a Becker Fettkasten available. MZ bikes have a chain case and it is quite elegant. Why haven't we made Honda decide to offer such a case, at least as an option?

[Nurse Julie]

John Wembley has a similar enclosed chain case on his 500 K1, a Peter Furlong chain case if I remember correctly.

[SteveD CB500K0]

That’s a CG125. My sister had one in the 70s

RY125-7 is presumably one of the Brazil/China copies.


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[deltarider]

That’s a CG125. My sister had one in the 70s

RY125-7 is presumably one of the Brazil/China copies.

And right you are, Steve. The design of the gauges (square) I have seen on other models made in Brasil. The sidepanel also says CDI. Smart little bike, probably assembled in 1976 0r 1977.

[Murf]

I think the Rockers of the late 50s and early 60s plus my generation of similar era school kids are responsible for the death of the full chaincase.  They pulled the chaincases off the motorbikes to build their cafe racers and we followed the fashion and pulled the chaincases off our push bikes.  From then on no manufacturer of motorbikes or pushbikes dare put ugly chaincases on their products.  Yes they keep your chain good and the back wheel clean but having to look at their ugliness ever day is too high a cost to pay.🫣🫣🫣😳😳😢😢😂.

[florence]

a Scottoiler makes a good compromise.  Keeps chain in good order without hassle and ugliness of chain case.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

An enclosed chain case has always struck me as a combination of common sense with several benefits.  As is often the way style often  over trumps common sense in the move to modernity.

[Rozabikes Tim]

An enclosed chain case has always struck me as a combination of common sense with several benefits.  As is often the way style often  over trumps common sense in the move to modernity.

Image is good😜😜

[andy120t]

It used to be a design- feature / sales point... the Rudge Oil-Bath, if I recall correctly.

For some reason, that makes me think of Les Dawson.

[deltarider]

a Scottoiler makes a good compromise.  Keeps chain in good order without hassle and ugliness of chain case.

I am always amazed when the Scottoiler is praised. I once read a test in the world's best motorcycle magazine, the German Das Motorrad and their testers judged it as not good. Maybe they've tested a first version, I don't know, but looking at the design myself, I fail to understand how it can work well.

[Bryanj]

A Scottoiler is like quite a few old school things, you have to read the instructions ans set it up right for you conditions something journalists NEVER do, there was a firm long before suzuki who builtrotary engine bikes, one had oil injection the other premix oil, guess what the press fucked up both

[Murf]

I have a Scottoiler I took off a bike in my garage, free to anyone who wants it, I think it is mostly all there.