bolt in 7 speed tp replace the 6 speed in the 07/08 HD's they had the prototype at the V-Twin Expo, lower first gear, 7th is still one to one.................

 

WOW..Granny gear for the heavy baggers...

 

Someoneplease help me. I truly don't understand why anyone would need or want 7 speeds on a high torque, low revving cycle. In fact, it seems stretching the point to have 6 speeds, witha lotof you saying you don't use sixth gear very much.

My other activity is bicycles, and I've watched the same phenomenon there. Over the last 20 years the traditional 10 speed (2 front chain rings times 5 cogs on the rear) has mutated in stages to a 20 speed (10 cogs on the rear). All I can figure is it is all about marketing, rather than usefulness--sell people something that sets them apart.

When seven speed tranny becomes common, watch for Baker to come out with an 8 speed!

 

My first Harley was a 4 speed. I knew it needed a 5th. but WTF- 7 ???

 

i agree, first it was five speeds for four speed bikes, then it was six speed bikes for five speed bikes, and now that they all come with six speeds, a seven speed will be the next big deal, riders with too much money will have to have the next big thing. it was funny that they coulldnt give me the final drive ratio with the new lower first, they had just finished the proto type weds to get it to the show in time to get it set up in the display................

 

Wonder what the final ratio and first gear ratio will be. I agree, that 7 is streching the fact , but still am wondering??

 

final is still the same as the six speed, 2.79 to 1,its first thats lower and a more even ratio spread gear to gear, and i'm sure being a baker unit, only the rich will have one..................

 

Great. Now I just need a motor that will do 170mph+ to accomodate a 7 speed gearbox.

 

With first gear being lower, that would be a real boon for the big cruisers. Imagine this: Roadglide fully packed for that 3 week trip, wife on the back, trailer connected. Need to get a quick start into traffic. Uphill. In Estes Park. That granny gear will save you.

Or, parade duty. Or, you just like a quick take off that only a lower gear can provide.

Although it's a limited market, I bet these sell like hot cakes.

 

I surely don't need a lower first gear... and to make a 6 or
7 speed (or 8,9, or 10) and not have the top gear an overdrive seems to me a waste of engineering and money....the only reason I would want a sixth gear would be to have a true overdrive....that's why I bought an HD screaming eagle six speed..... a great .885 overdrive...