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 ...

Motorcycle ownership means belonging to a taxonomy of tribe and sub-culture that parallels those found in nature. Remember Biology 101? If I recall correctly, it goes something like: Phylum, Class, ...

There are O-rings, X-rings, Z-rings, hard-anodised sprockets, lightweight rear cogs… the list goes on. What’s more, the chain and sprockets will eventually need replacing as the chain stretches and ...

Sometimes, mechanical parts can be supremely expensive, or totally unavailable. In those cases, there’s just one option — make it yourself. It was this very situation in which I found myself. My ...

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.

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 ...

How to use a chain splitter and riveter This is probably the bit that puts most people off changing their own chain and sprockets because it involves a specialist tool. But a chain splitter and ...

As a child, Sagar was often found sitting on his dad’s motorcycle, pleading for just one last ride, and till today, he always goes for one. Well, pulling an early morning appearance at the DL office ...

Harley-Davidsons are special. Aside from their unique "potato-potato" exhaust note, they stand apart from most motorcycles mainly due to their single-pin crankshaft design and their belt final drives.