Gear Levers

Gear lever is a mechanical device used for engaging and disengaging gears. Gear lever, along with the clutch lever under the left hand and a twist grip throttle on the right handle bar controls the transmission.

How a Gear Lever works
A gear lever shifts gears when it it is pressed or lifted. A normal two wheeler is put in first gear by pressing the gear lever, and it has to be lifted to put into second or further gears. But for racing motorcycle, pressing the gear lever always shifts up and lifting it shifts down because all the gears are put below the first gear.

Normally, two-wheelers have five or six forward gears. Only a very few specific ones have a reverse gear.

Materials used for making Gear Levers
Some of the materials most commonly used for making Gear Levers are:

• Carbonic steel
• Alloy steel
• Aluminum

Maintenance of Gear Levers

• Gear levers should be lubricated from time to time.
• They should be checked for wear and tear from time to time.