Harley-davidson Dirt Bike Made In Italy
And they wanted in on that market.
Harley-davidson dirt bike made in italy. 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. Harley-Davidson in those days had a majority stock in Aermacchi a enginefactory in Varese Italy. 1970 Harley-Davidson Rapido ML-125S.
In this factory the small Aermacchis and later the Aermacchi Harley-Davidsons were built. The dirt biking craze of the early 1970s brought about Aermacchi-built Harley-Davidson badged off-road and onoff-road trail bikes which werent terribly successful against the big four Japanese machines. One of these models the MC.
It was assembled by Italian motorcycle maker Aermacchi which Harley-Davidson acquired in the 1960s as a way to add small-bore street bikes to its lineup. 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. Bill Werners Retirement Bike This factory assembled XR750 Dirt Tracker was given to Bill Werner upon his retirement from the Harley-Davidson Factory.
These bikes have a 2-stroke or a 4-stroke engine. This bike was made in Italy and has the kicker on the left side along with the re. Only 65 were ever produced.
This bike was raced by Scott Parker Rich King and others over the years. Detail harley davidson MT500 miltary motorcycle. Looks and runs great new tune up and touch up new choke lever this bike can be a daily driver and would not take much to be a show bike.
Harley MX1000 Ironhead by Bull Original-The MX1000 a 1000cc Harley-Davidson dirt bike. 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. Moto Italia has been in the Aermacchi Harley-Davidson parts business since 1985.