TwistGear Online Library
Johnson
Engineering
100 Blake Road
Denver, IA 50622
(319)984-9298
(319)984-9299 fax
info@twistgear.net
January 28, 2006
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Retail Price List
Short list of most commonly requested items (1/06)
Product Installation instructions
Installing TwistGear, WideGear, and SportGear, plus instructions on installing our exclusive triple-lip oil seal. Also see our online photo sequence for four and five-speed seal installation.
Technical spreadsheet with ratios, input/output figures for TwistGear modification (3/03)
Easy to read TwistGear performance data comparing different pulley ratios showing before and after against OEM (11/02)BRAND NEW! oh yeah, baby, we kick that Buell in the afterburner and take the training wheels off 883s! (12/02)
Also check out the SportGear worksheet, a spreadsheet PDF that's all tech
need ratios?
pick up a SportGear tech sheet
get more details including shifting charts on our SportGear page
TwistGear System's Helical Technology Explained
The newest and most complete addition to our PDF library, with all the details you need to understand why helical is superior to old fashioned spur technology (10/02)set your bike free; tech stuff, what fits what, dimensions, pixthis is how it all got started — for big twins, and now their baby brother Sportsters™ and Buells!
want fat? get WideGear! kit contents, handling and performance infoit's the surest, safest, smoothest way yet to go wide!
WideGear postcard
illustrated TwistGear and WideGear instruction sheet.
what's the real story behind overdrive? the hidden weakness in two-piece countershafts? the secret to acceleration and low rpm at cruising speed?
charts, graphs, tech details and the street story on exactly why helical beats obsolete spur technology hands down. you'll also get a look at our growing line of performance transmission equipment for five speeds and more
here's the info everyone's been looking for...
we stack four different pulley ratios against OEM gearing for a clear picture of TwistGear Big Twin acceleration and cruising rpm performance
you know, those little round things you never think twice about...until you hear them being ground into nasty little filings
think you know bearings? not 'til you've seen ours! read why ours just can't wind up as little grey bits of sharp, jagged metallic chips circulating throughout your tranny
the hows and whys of making oil stay-where-it-belongswe've put an end to drooling, sloppy, and embarassing tranny slobber, with our exclusive triple lip seal and space age chamfered spacer
join the crowd...the one that doesn't spend two hours every other week cleaning slime off the rear wheel and everything else aft of the seat and below the fender
SportGear™ and TwistGear® are trademarks of Johnson Engineering, Inc. Buell™, Dyna™, and Sportster™ are trademarks of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. No affiliation with the Harley-Davidson Motor Company is implied or inferred.
