Baker's New King Kong Klutch - First Look

4. The Baker clutch basket uses a one-piece hardened steel unit-not cast and cut-and the same goes with the inner hub for less wear resistance.

5. The King Kong Klutch comes with 20 one-sided 7-inch diameter friction plates to balance temperature and heat dissipation. Heat is the main enemy of clutches, so each plate has a proprietary high-energy friction material for friction efficiency and longer life.

6. Stock H-D clutches consist of eight steel plates staggered between nine friction plates.

7&8. Here you can see how much larger the 7-inch Baker King Kong Klutch plate is over stock. Then here's a closer look at the two: the difference between the stock H-D clutch on and the Baker plate. You can see that the Baker King Kong Klutch plates have the friction material covering the whole surface, whereas the stock plates have material spaced about 1/4-inch apart.

9. The starter ring gear is a 66-tooth design and 23-percent thicker than stock. As you can see, the starter ring is part of the outer basket, making for a one-piece design, unlike stock, in which the ring gear is riveted onto the clutch basket. With this clutch assembly you need to replace the factory 10-tooth starter pinion gear on '93-'07 bikes with the Baker 9-tooth starter pinion gear (Part No SP1000). Stock H-D on the right, and the Baker 9-tooth on the left.

10. Last, when combined with the Baker Function Formed Primary, we may have found an unstoppable set-up.