Did Harley Davidson Ever Make A Dirt Bike

So they drew up and proto-typed a shaft driven motorcycle not unlike the ones built and used all.

Did harley davidson ever make a dirt bike. The FXS Low Rider in 1977 Harley-Davidsons FXB Sturgis model was released in 1980. Harley made plenty of other bikes in the 1970s that had some dirt focus but these werent race bikes. The 65 cc M-65 the 100 cc Baja and the 125 cc Rapido models were all produced by Harley-Davidson until 1972.

Wed like to hope that this issue among others were fixed while in the recall but this is still a bad stain on the bikes legacy. Harley-Davidson Inc H-D or Harley is an American motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. This bike was raced by Scott Parker Rich King and others over the years.

Through the years since the first motorcycles were produced by Harley-Davidson in 1903 there have been a few dirt bikes designed and marketed. The M-65S was a M-65 with a larger tank that eliminated the step-through feature. The rare 1978 Harley Davidson MX250 competition bike.

The 2 stroke engine we used is not a normal engine its out of the legendary Ho. All this made sense to Harley-Davidson in 1971. Bill Werners Retirement Bike This factory assembled XR750 Dirt Tracker was given to Bill Werner upon his retirement from the Harley-Davidson Factory.

For more than a century now the motorcycle industry has been dominated by Harley-Davidson. Photo courtesy Hodaka. When the lightweight offroad bike craze hit the US.

This was the era when we saw H-D diving in to dirt bike and motocross racing with the Baja model. Jeff goldstein yes they did the aermacchi series they were awesome had one 250 ala verde used to get 100 mpg imperial on long rides have never came across another bike that could top that wahip. Their 350SS street bike was hopelessly outclassed by Japanese twins of the same capacity so to squeeze a few more years out of the ageing Aermacchi design they moved the 350 single into a bracket where standing quarter times and racetrack handling were less important.