how fast?

stock gearing 6000 rpm 02 sportster how fast would it be going..60mph = 3 grand on tach. i am thinking about putting a baker 6 speed in and am wondering if it's worth the cost..thanks

[Totenkopf]

http://www.bakerdrivetrain.com/gearratios/index.htm

[LittleBear]

http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/calc_speed_rpm.htm

this does not take into effect wind resitance, so i took about 10mph off. next dumb question, for riding down the freeway what is the highest rpm that is safe for the motor? thanks
MPH Calculator
RPM 1 2 3 4 5
1000 5.2 7.1 9.7 11.8 22.3
1200 6.2 8.5 11.7 14.2 26.7
1400 7.2 9.9 13.6 16.6 31.2
1600 8.3 11.3 15.6 18.9 35.6
1800 9.3 12.7 17.5 21.3 40.1
2000 10.4 14.1 19.4 23.7 44.5
2200 11.4 15.5 21.4 26.0 49.0
2400 12.4 17.0 23.3 28.4 53.4
2600 13.5 18.4 25.3 30.8 57.9
2800 14.5 19.8 27.2 33.2 62.3
3000 15.5 21.2 29.2 35.5 66.8
3200 16.6 22.6 31.1 37.9 71.2
3400 17.6 24.0 33.0 40.3 75.7
3600 18.6 25.4 35.0 42.6 80.1
3800 19.7 26.9 36.9 45.0 84.6
4000 20.7 28.3 38.9 47.4 89.0
4200 21.7 29.7 40.8 49.7 93.5
4400 22.8 31.1 42.8 52.1 97.9
4600 23.8 32.5 44.7 54.5 102.4
4800 24.8 33.9 46.7 56.8 106.8
5000 25.9 35.3 48.6 59.2 111.3
5200 26.9 36.7 50.5 61.6 115.7
5400 28.0 38.2 52.5 63.9 120.2
5600 29.0 39.6 54.4 66.3 124.6
5800 30.0 41.0 56.4 68.7 129.1
6000 31.1 42.4 58.3 71.0 133.5
6200 32.1 43.8 60.3 73.4 138.0
6400 33.1 45.2 62.2 75.8 142.5
6600 34.2 46.6 64.1 78.1 146.9
6800 35.2 48.0 66.1 80.5 151.4
7000 36.2 49.5 68.0 82.9 155.8
at 4 grand it looks like 10 more mph that is pretty good

[LittleBear]

Took 10mph off. HUH, makes no sense to me, or did I just bite on a Doof being Dooffy.
Wind has no affect on RPM per MPH. Greatly affects throttle position and MPG.

Can run the motor at 3500 all day with out an issue, but since you have a rigid mount motor on a Sportster, going back to pick up parts may be an issue for running over 3k RPM.

[Geezer-Glide]

Bwahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no , you are right, thanks for all the help. i was wondering why i kept dropping parts across america

[Totenkopf]

hehehe....!! good one LB!