1976 Harley Davidson 250, good fun?

"Justin" <no.DeleteThis@spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've seen one of these for sale, under 11K original miles and runs. Does
> the group think it would be a fun third bike to buy and play with?
> Something to fix up some more, I'm thinking.
>
> Justin
> '07 Suzuki SV650
> '02 Honda Shadow VT750DC


AMF Harley? Uhhhh..


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On 9 Feb, 14:12, "Justin" <n... DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote:
> I've seen one of these for sale, under 11K original miles and runs.  Does
> the group think it would be a fun third bike to buy and play with?  
> Something to fix up some more, I'm thinking.
>
It's a really crude Cagiva two-stroke single. Petroil mix, even.
Dreadful cosmetics, lousy electrics, primitive engine, excellent
chassis, nice looks. I wouldn't touch it with yours.

That said, if it's dirt cheap (like under 300 bucks) it's worth a try.
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:52:20 -0500, Steve T <rm2.RemoveThis@no48panspam.com>
wrote:

>"Justin" <no.RemoveThis@spam.com> wrote:
>
>:I've seen one of these for sale, under 11K original miles and runs. Does
>:the group think it would be a fun third bike to buy and play with?
>:Something to fix up some more, I'm thinking.
>
>If you are into tinkering with antiques and finding parts on Ebay,
>you will be fine. If you expect to ride it and have somebody else
>maintain it, don't buy it.
>
>Antique bikes are a hobby. You will be hard pressed to find a
>mechanic who has ever even seen one, much less worked on one.

True dat, but if you are enough of scavenger hunter to track down
parts and enough of a wrench to keep it running it would probably be a
blast to fool around on, not to mention that there' s a whole
generation of people who would be astounded to learn that H-D actually
used to sell dirt bikes and that you have one!
I guess a big parts question would be how many of these made/sold
worldwide (they were actually Italian Aeromacchis, IIRC) and are the
parts from all of them interchangeable? That well might be deeper than
it appears on the surface.
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"TOG@Toil" <totallydeadmailbox DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 9 Feb, 14:12, "Justin" <n... DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote:
> I've seen one of these for sale, under 11K original miles and runs. Does
> the group think it would be a fun third bike to buy and play with?
> Something to fix up some more, I'm thinking.
>
It's a really crude Cagiva two-stroke single. Petroil mix, even.
Dreadful cosmetics, lousy electrics, primitive engine, excellent
chassis, nice looks. I wouldn't touch it with yours.

That said, if it's dirt cheap (like under 300 bucks) it's worth a try.

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Here's the closest that silly Harley ever came to a dirt bike:

http://home.tiscali.nl/~jahstof/aermacchi1/Baja.htm
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"Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> http://home.tiscali.nl/~jahstof/aermacchi1/Baja.htm
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I owned one of those in high school. It was marginally better than my
friends rotarty valve Bridgestone 90.

The Baja made this list:

http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=265930
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"Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "TOG@Toil" <totallydeadmailbox DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ef66c1f-fed5-4cb3-8b16-536ae75de225@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On 9 Feb, 14:12, "Justin" <n... DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote:
>> I've seen one of these for sale, under 11K original miles and runs. Does
>> the group think it would be a fun third bike to buy and play with?
>> Something to fix up some more, I'm thinking.
>>
> It's a really crude Cagiva two-stroke single. Petroil mix, even.
> Dreadful cosmetics, lousy electrics, primitive engine, excellent
> chassis, nice looks. I wouldn't touch it with yours.
>
> That said, if it's dirt cheap (like under 300 bucks) it's worth a try.
>
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>
> http://www.vft.org/Sprint/SprintCRPage.html
>
>
> Here's the closest that silly Harley ever came to a dirt bike:
>
> http://home.tiscali.nl/~jahstof/aermacchi1/Baja.htm
>
>

More Aermacchi/Harley trash:

http://home.tiscali.nl/~jahstof/aermacchi1/menu.htm
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"BryanUT" <nestle12 DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Seth Hammond" <lesliesethhammond DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> http://home.tiscali.nl/~jahstof/aermacchi1/Baja.htm
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> I owned one of those in high school. It was marginally better than my
> friends rotarty valve Bridgestone 90.
>
> The Baja made this list:
>
> http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=265930
>

The Rokon mentioned there was the fastest dirt bike I ever rode. The
Salisbury drive meant perfect hook-up at all speeds. I don't remember if I
rode it through water, so belt slippage was never an issue. The front wheel
disc brakes were the first seen on any dirt bike, and only took time getting
used to. They worked perfectly for me.

My owner friend sold it to another friend, who took it out for his first
time hill-climbing. He won the Michigan Class B championship after only
installing a longer set of swing arms.
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Russell Watson <russell-watson.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:

> they were actually Italian Aeromacchis, IIRC

Cagivas. Aermacchi made the four-stroke flat singles. I think the two
brands might have been owned by the same company, though.



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