NOS Harley

[Maico31]

No i wasn't at CD3 Bill, must have been the other Victorian bike.

[paul]

thats a good looking bike john  whats  it worth  

[Maico31]

I don't really know what it's worth Paul, don't see that many for sale.

[paul]

have you ridden it

[TM BILL]

Very cool bikes 

[Maico31]

I rode it up and down the street but not on a motocross track. Didn't want to risk denting or scratching the tank with my knee braces. I bought a 2nd hand spare tank for it so i can take it to a track one day.

[firko]

You were quiet about the Harley John! What other little gems do you have tucked away up there?

[Maico31]

Yeah i have been pretty quiet about the Harley Firko, mainly because it spends it's life locked in a storage shed cos i've run out of room at home. The only other not so common bikes i have are a pair of RH250's, a '74 and a '75, and a pretty tidy original 'barn find' square barrel Maico 250 and the '81 250 Beta i got on ebay a couple of years ago.

[DJRacing]

Myself and TM Bill along with a couple of other forum members got to talking about their favourite/coolest bike at CD 5 and I have to say I didnt hesitate in puting my vote forward on your Harley. I always thought they looked cool in the magazines but had never seen one in real life until I saw yours John. My opinion, The coolest bike there, just ask the other guys we were with.

[Maico31]

Thanks DJ. I was a fan of the Harleys when Rex Staten and Marty Tripes raced them in the factory team in the 70's and thought it would be so cool to own one and eventually i got one.

[Wombat]

Same bloke has an even older Harley MXer listed on US eBay.
Item number: 220258605647.

[Maico31]

And he recently sold another Harley MX250, not as good as this one, for $9,488. 

[firko]

How cool is that little Harley 100? Wouldn't it be great if someone imported one for our proposed 100 class?
I had a great opportunity to buy a Harley 250MX not so different to Johns gem about five years ago. I bought a basketcase Triumph Metisse instead and regret that decision every time I look at a photo of one of those orange beauties. I copped shitloads from the Kevlar mates when we saw Johns beauty at CD5. I'll be much more diligent next time an opportunity like that comes along. I've currently got my US based contacts searching out for a Harley 250 for me.

[Maico31]

C'mon Firko, we don't need any more in the country.. It'll detract from mine.

[Wombat]

Just don't park them all together - and certainly not alongside the Can-Ams. Too much orange will do things to your head!