Harley Davidson Mx 250 Dirt Bike
TO BE ON BILL OF SALE.
Harley davidson mx 250 dirt bike. It was the first and only HD MX bike and it only lasted for one year. 1974-1976 Honda MT250 Elsinore Claimed power. Auction Lot S125 Las Vegas NV 2017.
But when the snazzy bright orange MX250 two-stroke motocross bike came into Harleys line-up in 1978 tuners like Bill Werner saw an engine with greater possibilities as a dirt track racer power-plant. Harley Davidson is probably the most well-known name in motorcycles. It didnt go well.
In the 70s Harley-Davidson wanted to enter the fast-growing motocross market. Nov 12 2014 - 1978 MX-250 AMF HARLEY-DAVIDSON COMPETITION MODEL MOTORCYCLE Because of the lack of understanding and confusion between all of Harleys motocross motorcycles and non official history and records by Aermacchi Harley-Davidson and Cagiva many enthusiasts an. Unraced unabused nearly unused.
The H-D factory team of Rex Staten Don Kudalski and Marty Tripes had several podium finishes. The MX 250 had some really good features. The MX1000 a 1000cc Harley-Davidson dirt bike.
The Motor Cos last shot at dirt dominance was its most serious. At the 1974 Omaha 250 National Sonny DeFeo debuted the first Harley-Davidson MX-250. They worked with their Italian branch Aermacchi to build the MX250 a 233-lb Harley-Davidson motocrosser with a 32-horsepower 2-stroke motor and chromoly frame Only 65 were ever produced.
In the 1970s Harley-Davidson decided to break into the booming motocross scene with the MX250 based on their small Aermacchi bikes. If you blinked in the late 1970s you probably missed it but Harley-Davidson once made an all-out last-stand attempt at. In the late 70s Harley was in a phase of small-displacement bikes while under the control of AMF.