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What Would Bert Write:
One of everyone’s favorite parts of the annual BAKER catalog, is the What Would Bert Write section at the beginning. Perhaps it’s popularity is based on waiting to see what wild thing Bert might say next… or maybe it’s because tucked in each writing is that spark of genius…that gem of truth that we all need to hear…
So we decided to dig back through our archives and unbury these manuscripts for your enjoyment and a little peek inside Bert’s mind.
Click a year for a downloadable pdf of that year’s writings
Various Mags
Bikernet
Hot Bike
American Iron
Ironworks
The Horse
V-Twin
Ironworks Magazine
- Design Basis
- The Baker DD7: When is Enough, Enough?
- Burnouts Are Like Sex
- Pomp and Circumstance Ritual
- Axle Ratio and Six Speeds
- Quantitative Drivetrain
- Origin and Evolution of the Drivetrain
- Gear Types
- Gear Design and Manufacture
- Trade Secrets Exposed
- Helical Vs. Straight Gears
- Stupid People and the Quest for Knowledge
- Deviant and Shameful Behavior
- New Products Not From Lemmings
- Cemetary Symbolism
- Picking on the Poor Transmission
- Overdriven: Making Informed Decisions
- Simple Things Are Often Complicated
- Winter, Women and Motorcycles
- Australians are Good Americans
- Oil and Spiders
- Gear Ratios
- Home Invasion and the Second Amendment
- Harleys and Sex
- Baker in Gear, Be Different
- Baker in Gear, Drag Racing is Cool
- Baker in Gear, Shrines, Weirdoes…
- We’re All Pink on the Inside
- Bert Baker, Politics, Religion & Gear Oil
- Baker in Gear, Organ Donor-part one – Introduction
- Baker in Gear, Organ Donor-part two- Engine and Drivetrain details
- Baker in Gear, Organ Donor-part three – Final Assembly and Build Wrap Up