Saw this on Facebook and thought I would pass it on in case anyone on the site has one and it's true.
RSD-6 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS MAY BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
The Baker RSD 6-Speed Transmission in my custom with only 4200 miles on it could have KILLED ME when my Baker 6-Speed locked up on Saturday March 5th, 2016. I was rolling down the freeway I shifted from 6th Gear to 5th gear going approximately 65 miles per hour, and without warning, the gear teeth broke and shattered, suddenly put me in a 75 yard skid. Luckily I was able to keep the bike upright throughout the gear failure, and extremely fortunate I wasn’t run-over by freeway traffic following me. I could have been seriously injured or killed because of Baker’s manufacturing defect on their RSD 6 Speed transmissions.
I have reports of at least 4 other (additionally 3 more in the last 24 hours because of this original post) Baker RSD Transmissions that I know of that have failed the same way.
Now it’s Personal to me.
After taking time to contact Lisa Baker, President of Baker Transmissions, Baker refused to take responsibility for their dangerous Manufacturing defects in their RSD 6-Speed Transmission. Mrs. Baker let me know over several phone and email conversations this month that they “updated” their transmissions but REFUSE to do a manufacturer’s RECALL on existing units on the road, potentially putting ALL MOTORCYCLISTS with a BAKER RSD 6-Speed at enormous risk!
If you own a Baker RSD 6-Speed Transmission, and this type of critical failure hasn’t happened to you yet, you’ve been warned.
If you have had a similar failure, or are aware of someone riding a Baker RSD 6-Speed with a Baker that has experienced a catastrophic gear failure, please contact me.
THIS IS CRITICALLY DANGEROUS and a POTENTIALLY FATAL MANUFACTURING DEFECT.
I am considering starting a class action suit against Baker for the safety of all motorcyclists that have a Baker RSD 6 Speed Transmission installed in their machine. Their lack of appropriate response to my failure this month, and my awareness of several other similar failures leaves me no option but to follow through with legal remedies.
Please email me, john@Musclebikes.com with any information of catastrophic failures of Baker RSD 6-Speed Transmission that you or your loved ones may have EVER experienced.