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dcstrng · 10-02-2006, 08:05 AM

Low reductions are called "taller gearing”

I think you have it right – nonetheless the Harley ratio is lower... the writer of that piece is probably a keyboard jockey who doesn’t know a gear from a geranium...

From my dirt track days if we said a “higher-gear” (as in quick-change rear-ends) we meant a lower numerical ratio... for whatever reason “higher-gear” and “higher-ratio” meant the opposite in our country boy lexicon... this writer said “higher-ratio,” but it clear his math doesn’t support that and neither does the HD website...

In any case 6th gear is overdriven...

10-02-2006, 08:05 AM	#23 (permalink)
dcstrng Ditch Magnet Joined: Jun 2006 Bike: `99 Nomad`96 FLHT Location: Colonial Beach, VA Posts: 182	Low reductions are called "taller gearing” I think you have it right – nonetheless the Harley ratio is lower... the writer of that piece is probably a keyboard jockey who doesn’t know a gear from a geranium... From my dirt track days if we said a “higher-gear” (as in quick-change rear-ends) we meant a lower numerical ratio... for whatever reason “higher-gear” and “higher-ratio” meant the opposite in our country boy lexicon... this writer said “higher-ratio,” but it clear his math doesn’t support that and neither does the HD website... In any case 6th gear is overdriven... __________________ Larry VROC -- IBA Milwaukee & Metric