Every rider wants to be faster. Even being 5-10%  faster would be sufficient for most. And not everyone can keep upgrading the bike. And in most of the cases, you don’t need to be upgrading. It is time to see if you are actually utilising the full power of your existing bike. Read on.

We will be discussing following points in this article:

1. What is Power and Torque?
2. What is power band?
3. Optimal Gear shift points
4. Should you up-shift if your target destination is o

Every rider wants to go faster and if you can find some more power or top speed in your existing bike; that too without spending much money, who wouldn’t want it? The solution to more power or more top speed is chain/sprocket kit. You can get exact percentage gain that you can calculate before modification.

So let’s see how this magic upgrade works.

If you are looking for the relation between sprocket and acceleration/speed and don’t want to dive into the details here it is for you:

• A bigger rear sprocket/ smaller front sprocket will give you an increase in acceleration but decrease your top speed.
• A smaller rear sprocket/bigger front sprocket will reduce you acceleration but increase the top speed.

It is as simple as that. No guesswork. Now let’s look at the Sprockets in detail:

We have all been exposed mostly to one type of bike engine i.e. Single cylinder engine found in most of the motorcycles. But there is lots of variety in type of engines that are used in motorcycles. Know what they are? Read on.

Commonly found motorcycle engine types are:

1. Single cylinder engines
2. Two cylinder engines
3. Triple cylinder engines
4. Four cylinder engines
5. Six cylinder engines

1. Single cylinder

While everyone enjoys riding their motorcycle, do we ever give a thought to the drive type we are using and why? We guess not. That is why this article to explain benefits and disadvantages of each drive type.

There are 3 drive types for motorcycles:

1. Chain Drive
2. Belt Drive
3. Shaft Drive

Now let’s look at each drive type in details.

1. Chain Drive:

Chain drives are the most commonly found drive type for motorcycles. Chain drive comprises of a simple chain of linkages c

You must have heard stories of altitude sickness that xyz suffered at Khardung La or at Chang La and are worried whether you can actually ride at high altitude. Fear not. We explain you what

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