Has your peaceful bike ride ever been interrupted by the squeak of your chain? If so, your bike has been telling you that it's time to clean and lube your chain! Cleaning and lubricating your chain is ...

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 ...

Despite looking a lot simpler than cars, motorcycles are very complex pieces of machinery. Around for so many years that no one is left alive to remember how they got going, bikes have constantly ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

With motorcycle maintenance jobs such as lubricating the chain, knowing how to perform the task itself is only half the battle. It's perhaps even more difficult to determine how often you should lube ...

Q What's the best way to remove sand from a bike chain? If I got a bike with a belt drive, would sand be a problem? A This is a common problem this time of year, especially if you rode your bike ...

I'm a freelance journalist who writes about the outdoors & adventure. Taking care of your bike is key to ensuring it’s always ready for the next ride. But cleaning a bike isn't as simple as washing a ...

Cleaning your bike is an easy thing to put off — it’s mostly superficial and it’s just going to get dirty again anyway, right? False. Leaving your bike dirty has all sorts of bad consequences aside ...