Did Harley Davidson Ever Make A Dirt Bike

The 2 stroke engine we used is not a normal engine its out of the legendary Ho.

Did harley davidson ever make a dirt bike. The 70s was an odd time for the world let alone Harley Davidson. Harley-Davidson tried to enter the dirt bike market twice after that once in 1976 with the rear-forked 250 and again in 1978 with the ill-fated MX250. 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.

In the late 1960s Harley-Davidson was perfectly positioned to compete. Bill Werners Retirement Bike This factory assembled XR750 Dirt Tracker was given to Bill Werner upon his retirement from the Harley-Davidson Factory. This was the era when we saw H-D diving in to dirt bike and motocross racing with the Baja model.

In all only about 1000 of these bikes were ever made. The XR-750 was designed in response to a 1969 change in AMA Grand National Championship rules that leveled the playing field for makes other than Harley-Davidson allowing Japanese and British motorcycles to outperform the previously dominant Harley-Davidson. From early in the companys conception a few have tricked through but the most prolific attempts to break into the dirt bike and racing markets were made in the late 1960s through the entire decade of the 1970s.

1974 Harley 250 motocross bike with unique rear fork suspension. Dual Sport and Military Bikes. We just built the craziest Harley-Davidson with a 2 stroke dirt bike engine.

For more than a century now the motorcycle industry has been dominated by Harley-Davidson. Youve seen this bike before made in England as the BSA Bantam in the USSR as the Minsk others were produced in Poland. The Dyna motorcycle is sold at any Harley Davidson dealership.

As one of the fastest Harley-Davidson motorcycles ever made the V-Rod is the motorcycle that opened doors for drag racing and always reminds us of Harleys drag racing past. When the lightweight offroad bike craze hit the US. The rare 1978 Harley Davidson MX250 competition bike.