If you've ever had to walk your 600-pound motorcycle backward up an incline to navigate out of a tricky parking spot, you'll appreciate a reverse gear. Manually backing up can be a challenge in a ...

A bemused driver asked the question on a motoring website and wondered why they seem to be the wrong way around ...

Go-karts are a huge amount of fun, but often lack the most basic of mechanical conveniences such as a reverse gear. You can’t start a small four-stroke engine in reverse, so their simple chain ...

Go-karts are a huge amount of fun, but often lack the most basic of mechanical conveniences such as a reverse gear. You can’t start a small four-stroke engine in reverse, so their simple chain ...

Almost every vehicle with an automatic transmission sold today uses letter codes to represent the different gear modes. Each mode is usually self-explanatory, such as “D” for Drive or “R” for Reverse.