Proper final-drive maintenance is key to ensuring your motorcycle operates smoothly and safely. Many of us keep a watchful eye on chain lubrication and tension but overlook rear wheel/sprocket ...

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 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, ...

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 ...