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    1979 Harley Davidson RR250 Daytona Road Race Bike

    Didn't know HD was racing water cooled 2 cycles ever Looks like Lockheed brakes and stickers from the era.

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    Steve

    1979 GS1000E (45 Yrs), 1981 GPz550 (11 Yrs)
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    Harley-Davidson purchased Italian manufacturer Aermacchi as a way to be competitive when the Japanese two strokes began winning road races and badged them as Harleys. They were pretty successful and won a few World Championship titles. The Harley four stroke 250's of the same era were also Aermacchi bikes. Here's a decent article.....

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      #3
      harley had owned Aermacchi sense the 60's i believe.
      i owned a 250 sprint and a SX350.
      seems like a 69 and a 73...been way to long to know for sure..

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        #4
        That RR250 is well overpriced IMO - 15 - 17 G would be about right.

        Ginger Molloy had two works ones here in NZ which i think sold a couple of years back and they didn't reach that level of price - even with European GP history.

        I've been making race replica frames for the HD sprint motors to turn them into Aermacchi replicas for around 12 years now...hasn't made me rich unfortunately.

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          #5
          Very cool bike! It would be fun to see it run, or better yet to ride it!
          Ed

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            #6
            Walter Villa won more than world championship on HD. two strokes. CAGIVA continued to sell those after the Castiglioni Brothers bought Aeromacci from HD.

            The amazing thing is that CAGIVA continued to buy manufacturers and names, including Ducati, and MV. Harley bought MV from CAGIVA for a lot, and then resold it to the Castiglioni brothers for much less.

            Walter Villa - Wikipedia
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Villa


            Aermacchi
            http://books.google.com/books?id=YF9pIMYfC8YC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=CAGIVA+MV+Aermacchi&source=bl&ots=VhpQtVVZ0y&sig=z9qz90pp7D2KyrAJQgbLTcrLvvI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OGK3U6KyEte78gXO1oGgDQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=CAGIVA%20MV%20Aermacchi&f=false
            This book is the third in the Redline books Enthusiasts Series. It tells the story of one of Italy's premiere post-war marques. With a history steeped in aviation, including the MC72 World Speed Record holder and World War II fighters, Aermacchi began building motorcycles in 1950. At the 1956 Milan Show, the futuristic Chimera, an ohv horizontal single with enclosed bodywork was launched. Later in the decade the Chimera was 'undressed' to create some of Italy's best sports and racing machines, including the Ala Verde and the Ala d'Oro. In 1960 Harley Davidson bought 50% of Aermacchi, and then in 1978 the Varese factory was sold to Cagiva. A number of Aermacchi personalities have contributed to this book, giving it additional authority.
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