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This blog is regurgitated news from the BAKER Gearhead Newsletter. This newsletter goes out first to Gearhead email subscribers then the newsletter is posted here later on. Subscribe now to be one of the first to know the latest news and deals from BAKER Drivetrain.

February 06, 2018 News Archive

Release #10

Hot Product of the Month: N1 Shift System

Featured Dealer of the Month: Plymouth Cycle & Speed

News: Taking New Product Requests!

News: See Us at the Chicago IMS



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January 08, 2018 News Archive

Release #9

Transmission Rebuild Kit

Featured Dealer of the Month: Atomic Custom

Baker Gearhead School: Aligning Primary



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December 04, 2017 News Archive

Release #8

Factory 6-Speed Tapered Roller Bearing Kit is now available!

BAKER B-Notes Rewards Program

Featured Dealer of the Month: South Side Motorcycle Co.

BAKER Gearhead School: Adjusting your clutch properly

Holiday Schedule



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June 21, 2017 News Archive

Run what you brung! Free Drag Racing In Sturgis!

BAKER Drivetrain is enabling the public to go all-out on their motorcycle by bringing back the FREE drag races. Run what you brung!

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June 06, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: Bert Baker’s Organ Donor: Final Assembly and build wrap-up

If you’ve been following the saga of Bert Baker’s Organ Donor, the payoff you’ve been waiting for is finally here. Get your popcorn, fill up that double-size Big Gulp, rip open that bag of Twizzlers, and keep your waxy Milk Duds close at hand because we’ve got a beast of a blockbuster for you. Weighing in at the size of a Mama Grizzly, the Organ Donor finally hits the pavement in Daytona with a roar.

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May 30, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: Baker Jive Train: Ridin’ Dirty

Back in ’95, Bert Effin Baker’s 1994 FLSTN bike was stolen in Daytona by some no-good, thieving little crapstain. Even though Bert loved that bike, the theft was the best thing to ever happen. Why? Bert, under the wise guidance of his better half Lisa, took the insurance money and built a new custom bike from the ground up. In building that bike, he was nagged by substandard transmission engineering decisions that traded less vibration for worse performance. Never one to compromise, Bert was motivated to design an elegant 6-speed transmission on his own, and he knew right away he had created something special. A simple idea turned into an American business success when Bert partnered with his wife to launch BAKER Drivetrain.


To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of BAKER, subscribing the help of company friends, the crew decided to build a new bike as a replacement for that bike stolen all those years ago. In this edition of From the Vault, we walk down memory lane to see how the BAKER Jive Train came to be.



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May 15, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: Scratch-Built mean green speed machine

From the Vault: Scratch-Built mean green speed machineIn our most recent From the Vault feature, we got a sneak peek at Bert Effin’ Baker’s plans to build a ¼ mile speed demon from scratch with his brain trust of component experts. The Organ Donor is custom designed down to the last details to be a blood-pumping, adrenaline-coursing, thrill-inducing pure drag race motorcycle that delivers the goods.

In today’s edition, Bert and his wonder team get to work on the engine and drivetrain for the Organ Donor murdersickle. If 139” Kendall Johnson engines and S&S 675 camshafts don’t get your motor running, hand in your motorcycle endorsement and get a bus pass. Let’s get cracking:



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May 10, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: Baker in Gear: Organ Donor

In this latest edition of From the Vault, Bert Effin’ Baker decides it’s time to get back to his roots and build a powerful, giggawumping bike that’s whole lotta fun, even if ain’t too pretty. This balls-to-the-wall, street legal ¼ mile machine is all about speed, power, and primal thrills. Here is the part one of the Organ Donor story.



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April 03, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: The Mechanical Beauty of Purposeful Machines

The only reason you’re not reading this article in German is because of old-school hardasses like Bert Effin Baker’s Uncle Bud. They just don’t make em like they used to – not people, and certainly not machines. Just as there is beauty in the character of these all-American warriors, there is mechanical beauty in the war machines heroes like Uncle Bud used to fulfill noble missions.

In the newest edition of our From the Vault feature, we dip back a few years to check out Bert’s article about the mechanical beauty of single-purpose machines with no compromises and minimal comforts. If a scratch-built 139-inch rigid with a TorqueBox tranny, KK clutch, and FFP primary doesn’t get your motor running…



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March 19, 2017 News Archive

From the Vault: What Would Bert Write?

You drive an American motorcycle. You’ve got it equipped with American-made aftermarket parts. After all, they’re named after lakes in California and deserts in Arizona, so they’ve got to be from this great country of ours, right? You can’t always be so sure.

In this edition of From the Vault, we zoom back to 2009. In this article, Bert Baker is inspired by a latrine-mouthed trucker and launches a new concept called Born-to-Fuck truth in marketing. Call it like you see it, call it what it is, and call em out if they’re trying to co-opt American identity to make a quick yuan.



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