With so many sprockets to get through, there's a noticeable urgency to how the new levers fire the chain on to the next one. The 12-speed shifters feature improved ergonomics, indexing and lever ...

Your front sprocket will rotate with the transmission output shaft, pulling on the drive chain, which in turn rotates the back sprocket, helping the back tire move. The teeth on the sprockets connect ...

This article was updated May 12, 2023. It was originally published ... to put up with the Herculean demands, today, many chain-drive sprockets are made of plastic. In fact, there are now a host ...

A gearing change would do the trick, but alas, the chain sprocket I needed simply did not exist from the usual online classifieds. Thus, I grabbed the only tools I had, busied myself with my task.

I’m not forgetting belt drive either, which is really a variant of chain and sprockets when you think about it. Harley Davidson has pretty much perfected belt drive, but I wonder if that’s why the ...

Although most cars use a driveshaft to transmit engine power through the transmission to the driven wheels, most motorcycles use two sprockets and a chain, just like your average bicycle.

Well-maintained motorcycle chains and sprockets will last thousands of miles, but like all service parts they will eventually wear out. The majority of motorcycles on the road use a chain and ...