Do you reckon...?

[mikesaa309]

I know it'll be virtually impossible right now, but do you reckon they'd ever come up with a way to have derailleurs on a motorcycle?

Using the push bike system wouldn't work chain would probably come off and they're also prone to having the chain getting jammed in-between the sprockets. Would be good though to be able to have the option to set the sprockets up for acceleration or top speed if someone could come up with a way to move the chain to a different sprocket without the risk of it getting jammed or something.

[Ste]

Nothing impossible about it but it'd be pretty pointless.

[mikesaa309]

Surely it'll be the same as buying different sprocket sizes to change the acceleration and top speed, but with the ability to change them when ever you want?

[J4mes]

Surely rider switchable engine maps does the same thing only electronically rather than mechanically?

[Monkeypony]

[LaurenceR46]

Like this?

https://dualratiosprockets.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VesK9AOlsno
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[Wonko The Sane]

Never in the past 20 years have I had a chain jam between sprockets, I've had it nearly jam in the spokes but I was setting it up and doing it wrong.

Not sure why it's needed on a motorbike, the deraliur system came about to give more gears than hub gears could, the motorbike has a gearbox
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[goto10]

[lihp]

[pits]

[lihp]

But you could change what gear you use without having to remove sprockets.

You can't do that with the gearbox!!!!

[pits]

[iooi]

[Teflon-Mike]

Ah! Now if you combined a scooters expanding pulley variable ratio transmission as the 'primary drive' into the gear-box; you could have an infinitely variable 'step-less' ratio 'gear-box'.
Infinity, that beats a 5, 10, 12, 18, or 24 speed box by, well, gazzillions and gazzilions, doesn't it?
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[Northern Monkey]

I frequently ride along and think to myself, 'If only I could change the gear ratio of my bike as I'm moving' Then I remember that I just have to move my left foot, and I can effect such a change with minimal effort.

[drbaig]

Sorry but this is a stupid idea. Rear mech on a motorbike is pointless when you can use your left foot to tap down and accelerate harder.
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[angryjonny]

You could buy a 1000cc bike and just go everywhere in 2nd.

[Fisty]

OP, my windows need cleaning. Come lick them clean for me please.
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[Clutchy]

Annnnnnd that's how you got the nickname sprocket




OP is so much diabeeetus
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[Jestered1]

Derailleur's will be a thing of the past in cycling long before they make an appearance on motorcycles. Gearbox set ups are getting more and more common in cycling.

Having a derailleur going into my wheel on a push bike is bad enough, let alone dropping a motorcycle and snapping it off. The AA would be thrilled though!

[Vincent]