Harley-davidson Dirt Bike Made In Italy
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Harley-davidson dirt bike made in italy. Harely-Davidson purchased controlling interest in the motorcycle division of Italian Aircraft manufacturer Aermacchi in 1960 in an effort to get into the lightweight market. In the 80s the range Cagiva cars were 0p impressive. And they wanted in on that market.
These bikes were made by Aermacchi in Italy and were brought to the US by Harley-Davidson to try to take a little bite out of the market that was controlled by the Japanese bikes entering the market in the late-1960s and early-1970s. Old school Harley-Davidson was getting pinched by the influx of small Japanese bikes coming into the US. A few of the highlights of Moto Italias collection are a 1964 250cc CRTT Sprint a 250cc Chimera a Dales Harley Shop.
Bill Werners Retirement Bike This factory assembled XR750 Dirt Tracker was given to Bill Werner upon his retirement from the Harley-Davidson Factory. Aug 15 2017 - Explore WILLIAM HENDRICKSs board HARLEY DIRT BIKES on Pinterest. Harley wanted to fill that gap in their lineup and the fastest way to do that was to buy a smaller company that already had small bikes.
This bike was made in Italy and has the kicker on the left side along with the re. Only 65 were ever produced. In this factory the small Aermacchis and later the Aermacchi Harley-Davidsons were built.
This is a rare opportunity to own a unique piece of Harley-Davidson Racing History. Owning controlling interest in the established Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aermacchi gave Harley-Davidson a wide range of small and middleweight entry level machines for their line-up including 50cc and 125cc two-strokes. That relationship continued until about 1978 when they sold off Aermacchi to Cagiva.
250cc offroad rivals to Harleys SX250. 1972 Harley Davidson Sprint SS 350 - 2795 Moline 1972 Harley Davidson Sprint SS 350. While harley isnt very forthcoming with details about the military bike project its believed that fewer than 500 examples left the company.