Gearin from 08 to 2011 FLht

Know the gearing on the 2011 FL bikes is a lot better. Here's the differences.



08 Gearing

Primary Engine 34 teeth
Clutch 46
final Trans 32
Rear wheel 66


1st gear 9.312
2nd 6.421
3rd 4.774
4th 3.926
5th 3.279
6th 2.790




2011 Gearing

Primary Engine 34 teeth
Clutch 46
final Trans 32
Rear wheel 68


1st gear 9.593
2nd 6.650
3rd 4.938
4th 4.00
5th 3.407
6th 2.875

On the 07 and 08 you couldn't git the bike in 6th gear before 65mph or it would act like it was gonna lug the motor.

With the 2011 and the new gearing, you don't have this problem.
The bike pulls better and you can git 6th gear to pull sooner.
Seems to make the bike run smoother.

Had somebody say they changed their transmission pulley out to a 30 tooth on their 08 and it made a big difference in the way it pulled.

Yea different but not that much difference....

Here is what somebody else posted on the gearing.

The newer bike's final ratio is 6.25% lower. That's significant. So if the new bike had the old bike's speedo put in it it'd be off by 6 1/4% or 6 mph at 100 mph or about 4.4 mph at 70 mph.

I think that the gearing on all of those HD's suck. Especially the 6th one!!!:rant:

Are you talking about the 011's?

I do a lot of riding at 70 and above

Give me a 6 speed anyday. I've had 4 bikes with a 6 speed.
Really like them
Its just on the new bikes , HD really got the gearing right,

Looks like they have been listening to the customers

I was going to sayyyy..... I was really disappointed in the gearing of the 010. I am sure that the 6th is nice, but one of the things that I did not like about is that I thought it was just too much shifting.

It's in yer head, you never know the difference. Its about engine rpm and how smooth the engine runs. The 6 speed in the 10's was the 1st year for the 1 and 5th gears to be the same cut as the rest.
If you rode a 6 speed very long you would understand what I'm talkin about.
6 speeds rocks.
6th gear is for the higher speeds and the hiway. It drops the Rpms.

Wife went to Walley World.
Ricky came over and we had to take the Condor Pitstop trailer wheel chock out of my trailer and he has to use it to go down by Hobby airport to git her Spyder out of the shop for warranty work.

Its rainin. He didn't want to ride that far comin back in the rain.
I don't want to ride in the rain with the chill and catch a cold.
Been coughin a lot.:gah:

Yer 33 miles south of me.
No sun here. The rain storm hit from Huntsville area at Hiway 190 over this direction.