Motorcycles aren’t the wondrously complex machines many people make them out to be. Although outside observers might see a bike as a delicate ballet of rider inputs and bare suspension scaffolding, it ...

Motorcycle sprockets go through constant rotation, and yet you might not think of them as part of your maintenance checklist. It's one of the most common mistakes people make with their motorcycles.

The vast majority of modern bikes, whether mountain bikes, road bikes or gravel bikes, come with derailleur gears. The rear derailleur moves your chain up or down a set of sprockets attached to your ...

Sprockets and chains are some of the many parts that make your motorcycle function. Your front sprocket will rotate with the transmission output shaft, pulling on the drive chain, which in turn ...

What are sprockets and where are they used? What should I look for when specifying a sprocket? How do I get the right material for my sprocket? Is one method of manufacturing sprockets better than ...

This article was updated May 12, 2023. It was originally published Feb. 1, 2000. Chain drives traditionally handled heavy loads in harsh conditions, and many still do. But although they started out as ...