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.

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.

If you’ve been considering buying your first ebike — or perhaps your second or third — chances are you’ve come across some models equipped with a belt drive instead of a traditional chain. But what ...

Shift Drive instead utilizes a rear cog that incorporates several separate sprocket-toothed elements arranged side-by-side to form a ring. Each element can independently swivel 180 degrees relative to ...

Gates Industrial Corporation, a pioneer in belt-drive technology commonly seen in motorcycle, electric motorcycle, and e-bike applications, has released massive updates to its Carbon Drive product ...

If you think belt drives have too much slop for yourprecision linear motion applications, think again. Bell-Everman Inc., a specialist inhigh-accuracy motion systems, has come up with a new kind of ...

As electric bicycles continue to advance in technology, we’re seeing more and more manufacturers veer away from the traditional way of building bikes. Ever since the first bicycles hit the road nearly ...