Learning to ride a motorcycle can be a challenging endeavor. You have to learn how to start, steer, and handle your bike safely. But without a doubt, the most difficult aspect is learning how to shift ...

Ignored by many, proper gear shifting is just as important as braking. Working on the same principle as with cars, shifting gears on a motorcycle has three basic controls that need to be operated ...

A "suicide shifter," or "suicide clutch," is a slang term for a foot-operated clutch pedal with a hand-operated gear shifter on a motorcycle. It operates similarly to a manual transmission on a ...

It's Japanese bike maker Yamaha we have to thank for this, as it revealed this week something it describes as the next generation shift technology: the Y-AMT, or Yamaha Automated Manual Transmission.