New gadget BPA-Racing Slack Setter

[Sochi]

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It looks like they running media campaign on social right now - popped on my IG..

Anybody used it? Opinions?
My opinion: yeah, I know "it always better to do it in old fashion way with your bare hands, etc. etc." but I like gadgets and price is not that bad to get it and play with it

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[GreyGhost]

It looks like they running media campaign on social right now - popped on my IG..

Anybody used it? Opinions?
My opinion: yeah, I know "it always better to do it in old fashion way with your bare hands, etc. etc." but I like gadgets and price is not that bad to get it and play with it

Discover The Revolutionary Chain Slack Adjuster Tool

BPA Racing: Best Powersports Accessories. The Top Equipment Any Adventurous Driver Needs For Safe & Memorable Rides. No matter if you prefer cars or if you swear by motorcycles, in BPA Racing you can find all those unique accessories that will help you get the most out of your vehicle; on or off...

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Interesting. The fail for me is that it requires you to manually calibrate the tool for your bike by measuring chain slack. If you can measure it once, you can measure it the next time and it's easy. You could get around this by having a competent friend calibrate the tool and then you can use it. I'm still not convinced though. If you can't tell whether chain slack is reasonable without a special tool, I'm not convinced you should be adjusting the chain. It impedes some best practices like checking at multiple spots. Sure you could put it on and off multiple times but I bet most people won't.

 

[Sochi]

Interesting. The fail for me is that it requires you to manually calibrate the tool for your bike by measuring chain slack. If you can measure it once, you can measure it the next time and it's easy. You could get around this by having a competent friend calibrate the tool and then you can use it. I'm still not convinced though. If you can't tell whether chain slack is reasonable without a special tool, I'm not convinced you should be adjusting the chain. It impedes some best practices like checking at multiple spots. Sure you could put it on and off multiple times but I bet most people won't.

Good point. My thinking is - if I have it now and just note my NEW bike chain slack position on the device (assuming Yamaha factory set it right) - so later I can just monitor change and tighten when necessary in relation to the initial device setting. If I had an old bike I'd probably try to calibrate it right when/after my mechanic check/adjust my chain to rely on prof opinion ... I generally hate measuring things myself - doubt myself and every time I have a slightly diff value haha

 

[Ash]

Kind of interesting. For comparison, I've got one of these: https://fortnine.ca/en/motion-pro-slack-setter-tool-08-0674

It's moderately more convenient than a tape measure, but it's nothing spectacular. The main advantage is that the tool holds its measurement even after you remove it from the chain, so you don't have to cram your head down near the ground to deal with parallax when you're just eyeballing it using a tape measure. So it's easier to get reliable, repeatable measurements down to about 1mm.

 

[Wingboy]

Another fix for something that ain't broke.

 

[KenC]

More of a "cool tool", happy if someone bought it for me, but I ain't running out to get it.

 

[Sochi]

More of a "cool tool", happy if someone bought it for me, but I ain't running out to get it.

I'll let you (and anyone I meet) to use it. It made of metal so should last for a long time

 

[GreyGhost]

I'll let you (and anyone I meet) to use it. It made of metal so should last for a long time

Except it's calibrated for your bike. If they did it with a scale like Ash's and used rollers to allow you to easily advance the chain with it on, I would like it better. Obviously deflection over the tool would be less than total required deflection but ratio of tool length to chain length should be close enough that you can do something like 4:1 (and the tool could even be calibrated in mm's of slack for a 24" free chain).

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