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.

A motorcycle’s final drive, or the part that makes the bike move, can be a shaft, a belt, or most commonly, a riveted master link chain. You know, like the one on your 10-speed bicycle. And just as ...

For many of its contemporary motorcycles, Harley-Davidson has mostly turned to belt drive systems — a design choice that often begs questions among riders accustomed to the conventional clatter of ...

Gates belt drives are engineered with high-stiffness, long-lasting synthetic compounds layered with carbon fiber cords for superior strength and durability. New nylon tooth fabric improves the Moto X5 ...

Gates’ newest belt drive system is known as the Carbon Drive Moto X9. The new belt and sprocket design uses a novel setup that combines the Gates ultra-high tensile carbon fiber cord construction with ...

Over-tensioning shortens not only the life of V-belts but also that of the sheaves, electric motor, and driven equipment bearings. In extreme cases, it can even bend or break a motor shaft.

Electric motorcycle options just grew a bit more with the launch of Trevor Motorcycles’ DTRe Vince, an all-out street-legal scrambler that comes straight from Belgium. From the looks of things, it ...