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[porthole]

Some of you know I put a Baker DD6 in the bike last year.
The DD6 gives an approximate RPM drop of 400 compared to stock in high gear.

Like the factory gear set I always found myself "hunting" for a gear change, mostly on the back roads, in town and in areas like the Dragon.

The Baker comes with a 28T comp sprocket. Optionally available is a 27 tooth.
This one tooth reduction changes the RPM drop to about 200.

But, it lowers the overall effective gear ratio.

I like it!

28T sprocket with the HD auto adjuster.
Baker recommends against using the auto adjuster but could give me no valid reason as to why.

So I left it in there. Wear on the shoe looks to be about the same as the original adjuster I took out 2 years ago - it looks good.

[porthole]

The Baker sprockets are larger in diameter then stock will allow the sprocket to be removed without removing the clutch drum  

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27T on top of the 28T

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The Baker DD6 gear set has an externally adjustable "shift center".

There is a set procedure for this which involves removing the inner primary.

I needed to make a minor adjustment to mine (had trouble downshifting).
I was able to get an 11/16" wrench and the Allen wrench down between the primary and trans case, even with the "stealth" chrome cover.

Made my adjustment in 10 minutes.

[porthole]

Looking down

The red arrow points to the Allen wrench, the yellow line is the 11/16" wrench

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Just to add a little drama - when filling the primary the funnel was brittle and snapped off inside the cover.

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Of course the pieces were easy to grab with some skinny needle nose pliers


the first 2 pieces anyway - the other 2 required pulling the cover back off.....................

[Twolanerider]

Of course the pieces were easy to grab with some skinny needle nose pliers


the first 2 pieces anyway - the other 2 required pulling the cover back off.....................

Duane, there is drama and then there is DRAMA.  Funnel has to be a whole lot better to break than a tranny case.  Glad you like the gearing change.  It's nice to get them really dialed in and feeling right.

[porthole]

Duane, there is drama and then there is DRAMA.  Funnel has to be a whole lot better to break than a tranny case.  Glad you like the gearing change.  It's nice to get them really dialed in and feeling right.

I forgot about that until you brought it up......................

Yep your right - I'll take a broken funnel any day.

As for the gearing - now I really like it - more oomph off the line and a bit more fun going through the gears. I'm guessing the overall ratio is now similar to what these bikes had before the change.
And I dont think I will miss the 200 rpm top end change. Really don't ride fast enough around here. Besides, 200 RPM drop is still good