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Don
      I had a 95 RK pumping out in the high 90's on both TQ and HP with a Rev-Tech 6-speed. Now you know I'm not the smallest guy on the block and also that I like to twist the throttle a bit. Never had the slightest issue with the trans. As I recall, 6th is rather tall, but no complaints


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For what it's worth, here's my thoughts.

My buddy has a nicely built custom bike with a RevTech 110 and their 6 spd trans.  It has a 3" belt drive to connect the two.





I've ridden this beast and it very much chits and gets.

The trans shifts very smoothly and I didn't see any issues with neutral or getting into gear.  I would think that RevTech would use the same design for theirs as adder kits.  I may be wrong, but I've heard this from several local people that have ridden RevTech equipped bikes.

Now as far as the squareness of the gears.  Keep in mind that what we have are constant mess gears in our transmissions.  All that changes are the "dogs" in between the gears, so the edges should have no affect on shifting.

I've not personally seen other 6 speed gears sets, so have you been able to compare the RevTech gear set with say a HD 6 spd gear set?  Putting a 6 spd in a 5 spd case will require some compromises to the gear widths.   You cannot compare the RevTech 6 spd to a new HD 6 spd gear set for a 6 spd trans, I'm sure there will be a big difference in gear widths.  Just a thought.

I bought a 6 spd Ulitma and was told that it would be good for up to or slightly exceeding 120 rwhp.  I have their 113" motor and 2" old school belt drive.  I'm sure that the Ultima trans and RevTech transmissions are pretty close to the same in strength.  I'm not going to baby this and neither does my buddy with the bike above.

I know it's your choice on buying or not and it could be a safety issue, especially if it locks up on you going down the road, but I've not heard of any failures with the RevTech transmission either locally or in reading forums around the web.  We have several local guys with them and they all do their share of banging gears from time to time.

I guess I've not helped much, have I...

If the $350 is all one can afford at the time, it may be a good alternative until another unit can be found.

Good luck on your decision.

Thanks for the excellent write up Dan! I'm using the RevTech 110 Evo and 6-speed in my FXWG rebuild as well. Vern thinks highly of it and said it can't be beat for the price. He said they hold up well. I'm sure there's better stuff out there, but for what you pay, if it holds up as Vern said, I think it'll be just fine!

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