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[porthole]

Sprint 350 was the Bronson bike for all the stunts the main eye bike wasn't up to.

[djkak]

Sprint 250cc I have 2 .. Saved up when I was 13 yrs. old for over 6 months for the first one, the guy explained that Harley bought the rights to the bike and converted some parts but some were still metric, I was the coolest 13yr. old in my town though my Dad had a body shop and I painted it pearl white and found a small solo seat at a swap meet,second was a 350cc with a blue tank with the notorious AMF sticker on the tank, actually got rid of that one but still have the 250cc was also told it was a 1966..Can't see it but it's got a large Harley-Davidson on the crank case 1-1/2" x 8"

1966 was the only year that the Sprint ran the once chrome, canister style air cleaner, just below the seat on the right side. The style of Top End pictured on your machine wasn’t produced after 1966, until the first electric start Sprints were rolled out for 1973. It’s a safe bet that the crispy critter pictured is a 1966 Sprint H. 

[djkak]

Sprint 350 was the Bronson bike for all the stunts the main eye bike wasn't up to.

Although the Sprint pictured looks like a conglomeration of several years, is most likely a ’67 or ’68. ’67 was the first year for the Top End pictured and the engine side covers, carb and other goodies changed in ’69.

Another fairly useless piece of trivia is that the Sprint didn’t come with any kind of ignition timing mark until around ’72. FWIW, a Sprint set a World Land Speed Record in 1965 in the 250cc class. I had a ’66 and a ’69 Sprint. I shortened the wheelbase on the ’69 350 when I stuffed it into the front end of an Oldsmobile in 1971. Are those Bitubo shocks on the back of that old roach?  Sweeeet.

Michael Parks was the original McGiver. He could R&R a crankpin or countershaft with little more than a pocket knife and a paper clip. One episode had him straightening the fork tubes over a campfire; great stuff!