 YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Saw this on Web Bike World and thought you poor chain sufferers might be interested.  http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/chain-drain/
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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Adjunct
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It's a nice idea but won't work for our bikes. Our chains are on the other side which makes the contraption backwards for us.
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Tell me how wonderful that belt is when it breaks during a ride.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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I keep telling you guys - belts? Thats what should be coming off your girlfriends pants at night.
Chains? The reasons my hands are always black...<g>
Al
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Quote:
Thats what should be coming off your girlfriends pants at night.
Not sure my wife would agree with that 
Benny
Black & Silver '02
Too many mods to list
Not enough miles ridden
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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Same application, only more frequently, right?, <g> Quote:
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Thats what should be coming off your girlfriends pants at night.
Not sure my wife would agree with that
Al
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Loquacious
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Quote:
Same application, only more frequently, right?, <g>
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Thats what should be coming off your girlfriends pants at night.
Not sure my wife would agree with that
Ditto ... they put the chains on us?? 
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750
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too bad it only works on the left side... now that's not really smart is it?
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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Reply from the Chain Drain People re: Right side chain. Quote:
I believe that you have the nicely redone, modern version of the classic.
It has the same engine as the Speedmaster. They are nice bikes, but unfortunately the right hand drive represents a small fraction of the motorcycle population. We currently do not plan to serve this portion of the market. If, in the future, the demand appears great enough, then we may opt to invest the capital to create a right hand version of the Chain Drain.
We have tried the Chain Drain on the Speedmaster to see if there was any benefit to using it. It was a bit cumbersome, but it did help with the cleaning. It would probably work ok if the current sprocket cut out were covered with a thin sheet of plastic, or aluminum flashing. This could be riveted on. A new sprocket cut out could then be cut at the opposite end.
The only problem with this is that the wide portion of the drain channel floor, that defines your working area, will be near the sprocket and not under the lower portion of the chain.
If you are genuinely interested in this product and would consider putting the effort into making it work for you, we can send you an extra drain channel (from product developmental samples) That you can use to chop up, mod, and verify that it is to your liking.
Cheers,
Andy Kapuscinski
Applied Ingenuity LLC
Tony G
'03 America
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Re: YACCG (Yet Another Chain Cleaning Gizmo)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Jeez, how hard can it be to have a new drain tray mold made? Sounds like Leatherlyke about 5-6 years ago. "There just ain't enough of your bike around for us to bother."
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Old Hand
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Looks like they haven't bothered to look up production numbers for Triumphs and pre-belt Sportsters. There are lots of right side chains in actual number of bikes if not in number of brands.
Besides, if they were really clever, they could design up a uni-side version. At the worst, it would require adding a couple of knockout bits and mounting tabs that can be clipped off one side or the other.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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