View Poll Results: Reverse Kit
Installed it already.
3
4.69%
Thinking about installing one.
61
95.31%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll
Reverse Gear?
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 6,500
Likes: 332
From: Blue Grass (KY)
All the bad *** bikers need not reply....
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 621
Likes: 3
From: N CA
All the bad *** bikers need not reply....
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 121
Likes: 0
From: Fredericksburg VA
Just purchased an 07 Ultra. Like others have said these bikes are heavy and pain to push backward and my legs aren't as strong as they used to be. I just had a Baker reverse installed. NOTE Baker kit is NOT cheap. I think it is the most expensive of the kits on the market. Plus installation is MUCH MORE involved that other kits. You have to take the transmission gears out of the case and use a 20ton press to change one of the gears on the idler shaft. the other nice thing about Baker is the engagement is controled via an electrical solenoid verse having to reach down over or around the rear exhaust pipe. My cost to install was $2,500 for the Baker Kit and $1,500 for the installation.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,383
Likes: 3
From: Texas City, TX
All the bad *** bikers need not reply....
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
I'd take one in a NY minute..been in several places wher reverse would be sweet!
I've owned 4 Wings with reverse, that is an accessory that I used a lot. Sand, gravel, pulling a trailer....came in real handy.
Sure, I can back up the SG most of the time, but every once and a while you can get into a place or situation that the reverse would be needed....
If Harley starts adding them to the touring bikes I'll have to consider a trade...
Also owned a 2010 Tri Glide and reverse was nice to have!
I hope HD makes this an option for us...
Isn't the reverse on the Tri Glide an option, or is it standard equipment? I seem to remember reading it was an option somewhere but can't remember exactly. On a trike, I'd think reverse would be pretty much mandatory but either way, if Harley can offer it on the trike, there's no reason they can't offer it on the two wheelers too.
Just wondering!
Ride Safe,
Steve R.
Cruiser
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 178
Likes: 0
From: NE Florida
Broke down and called "The Trike Shop" in Daytona Beach, FL. Took about a week to research and get all the parts needed.
Bike's going down there this week to have reverse and a hydraulic clutch setup installed. She's going to run me less than $3,000 for everything!
Bike's going down there this week to have reverse and a hydraulic clutch setup installed. She's going to run me less than $3,000 for everything!
I am getting the Baker FR6 reverse put in my 06 Dyna later this week. Should make parking with the sidecar much easier. Getting in and out of spots is tough sometimes on three wheels.
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,867
Likes: 268
From: People's Republic of Boulder Colorado
Personally, I'm waiting for the '13 Harleys to come out. If there's no reverse gear option, I'm gettin' a Goldwing. At 63, I'm too old to be bustin' my *** to get a 900+ lb. bike backed up. Screw that!
IMO, the MOCO should have offered a reverse gear option long ago.
That's just me though. to each his own.
IMO, the MOCO should have offered a reverse gear option long ago.
That's just me though. to each his own.