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Mar 5, 2008 | 08:43 AM

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js124

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RE: 6speed evo

If you have a 4 speend case you can't run a 5 speed case (frame is diffrent). You can get a gear set from baker and use your cases . That is the best thing to do

Mar 5, 2008 | 10:27 AM

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DirtyDave

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RE: 6speed evo

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I put an Ultima 6 speed in my softail, love it.

Does it change the first 5 gear ratios or does it just add an over drive?

Just curious and I have been thinking about putting one in mine.

The first gear is taller, the rest are the same (5th is 1:1) and 6th is Overdrive, to be used at speeds over 65mph. In AZ the Interstates are 75mph, itmakes 80mph feel more like 60mph on the evo. (I have a 100" Evo, so the taller first didn't bother me.)

Mar 6, 2008 | 06:38 AM

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grbrown

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RE: 6speed evo

I have my doubts about a six-speed box. They seem to add an overdrive, not provide a set of closer ratios.

Most Harleys are already over-geared and even Don Branch reckons the first tuning mod to a TwinCam is to lower the gearing! We have fitted a Screaming Eagle kit to my wife's Dyna, reducing the crankshaft sprocket from 25T to 21T. It really gets up and goes now! Top gear is around 19mph/1,000rpm.

So if the TwinCams are leaving you behind, don't tell them that! You either need to change down a gear to keep up with them or a lot more power. Raising your top gear with a six-speed box is not likely to help!

Feb 19, 2018 | 04:45 AM

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fxhawg85

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u must cut transmission case to swap a 6speed to a 4 speed frame that has a swing arm

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Feb 19, 2018 | 05:35 AM

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Holy thread revival, Batman!

Feb 19, 2018 | 05:52 PM

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He probably rode it for two years and sold it like eight years ago !!!

Feb 19, 2018 | 07:30 PM

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98hotrodfatboy

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Originally Posted by rizzo

Maybe its me or something that you need to adjust to over time but I wasn't knocked out when I drove the kids Street Bob 6speed. It seemed to be a dog in 6th on the 4 lane highway when I moved to the left laneto pass a car. I didn't expect it to be a speed demon, I just wasn't that impressed.

What am I missing about the 6 speed ?

Your missing the power to push it down the road......

I Know..... I know..... old as hell thread but i couldn't resist....