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[110tHunDer]

 
Friend of mine ran across this at lunch yesterday and swears it says "Harley" on the primary (?) cover there, but I called BS!  Still want to try to figure out what the heck it is, though, and figured this would be the place to come to get answers.

[naitram]

i think this might be an

Aermacchi Harley-Davidson ( i read it on the internet so it must be true )

In 1960, Harley-Davidson purchased a half interest in Aeronatica-Macchi, forming Aermacchi Harley-Davidson, a European division that will produce small, single cylinder motorcycles.

1970 Aermacchi 250 Ala Verde.

[SBB]

Bingo!
Neal got it!
Was searching but couldn't get the right spelling.

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[GregKhougaz]

Amazing Neal!       You even beat Chip to the answer!      

[SBB]

Amazing Neal!       You even beat Chip to the answer!      

He spells better than me!
And types faster.
But I did ride today.----------------------> 

                

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[Chains]

Man I knew that but could not get to the answer fast enough. Way to go.

[Twolanerider]

That brings back some memories.  For at least a few months in the late 70s or 1980 I had an Aermacchi Harley Davidson bike.  Back fender had been mangled and cut off.  Had an old Ford pickup tail light housing hanging from it for rear lights.  Bike was a bit of basket case in other places too.  But it ran for a few months.  Than it didn't.  RiP.

[09S/E roadglide]

you guys are scary 

[110tHunDer]

 
Yep!  I told him you guys would be all over it!  And the best part is that he and I were BOTH right! LOL
 
Thanks!

[16HD117]

Wasn't it called a Sprint?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1966-harley-davidson-sprint.htm

[JoMo]

Neal is the man    

                         Jo Mo NYC 

[porthole]

My local dealer has one in the showroom

[djkak]

Friend of mine ran across this at lunch yesterday and swears it says "Harley" on the primary (?) cover there, but I called BS!  Still want to try to figure out what the heck it is, though, and figured this would be the place to come to get answers.

Soooooo…what year is it?

Speaking of Sprints, does anyone remember the way cool gas tank that Milwaukee stuck on the 1973 FX after they dropped the “Fat Bobs”…wonder where that bad boy came from.

[BMF-110]

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"

[wolfman]

Impressive

[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!