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Friend of mine worked this old racer, trying to buy his stuff, for years. When he died last year,
the Estate sold the whole ball of wax in one fell swoop. Freakin kids. Anyway, there were
4 whole bikes, ready to race, frames, motors and a ton of parts. Everything stamped R.
Sadly, all is for sale. That's one of the reasons I put them up, I might never get the chance to get this close to History again.
Took a few days just to unload and see what was really there........................
From what I hear, those ARR-MACH-EES were the stuff in the mid 60s.
It was the bike that put an end to the BSA Gold Star's rule on the short tracks.
The Sprint came as a 250 at first, only 35 a year were imported till about '67.
Those first ones, which the blue one is, were the CR's. They were 250's, and they came as a kit.
You got a frame, motor, tank and wheels. You picked a dry or wet clutch, 4 or 5 speed, and
a long or short stroke motor. The early ones were the stuff, putting out about 9 more hp
than the 350 CRS which followed. The 350's, the CRS's, were made in batches of 200
to meet the AMA homo rule, '67 to maybe '70. The rules were changed again and opend the doors
for the Ossa's, Pursangs and Cappras to rule the 70's.
To this day, on a short, tight loamy track, the 250 long stroke with it's low end is still a contender
with it's torque and hook up ability. In 1966 you could buy the kit for about $1,500. Today,
that bike will go for somewhere around 15 thousand
imagine, a time and way to have a roadracer, dirttracker and mxer all in one.........
My bud is still alive, I think the racers name was Russ Paradise. That bike was sold to
the dealer in Florida. Mr. Paradise wanted to sponsor someone on it before he died, but a hard way of living caught up to him. The other bikes, one could see how they changed
frame geometry, suspension, wheels, height and wheelbase at the track. A torch
and welding rods were standard fare in their toolboxes.
ah................when men were...well.........you guys know.........................
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No Sprints competed against the Goldstars in national ST racing.On anything bigger than a short track, the Sprint would be lucky to see the Goldie's dust trail.Lack of parts to keep the Goldie's running is what led to their demise more than the introduction of the Sprint. The last year for Goldstar production was 1963, before the Sprints ever really started to run good and turn in any good results.
Having owned a couple of Goldstars myself, no 250 or 350 sprint ran like the Goldie.When the 250 Bultaco's became popular in ST starting in '66, the sprint's were on the way out. By 1970, you hardly saw a Sprint or a Goldie at any AMA dirt track races. They were mothballed until the popularity of vintage racing started in the late '80's.
In 1960's Harley Davidson bougt 50% of Aermacchi from Italy that in the beginning was an airplane factory and in1974 Harley buyed the hole company and owned it til 1978 when they sold it to Cagiva in Italy and in 1986 Cagiva bougt Husqvarna mc company wish now owns by BMW so a little bit of Harley's MX bike still lives in the Huskys today becouse of Cagivas development in the Harley's MX bike wish they take over and the redesign of the husky's in the 90's wish was moore Cagiva than Husky and therefor are
todays Husqvarna moore like Aermacchi,Harley,Cagiva,Husky's.
Yo project racer..........you talking about this pos?
just kiddin' pracer, both are beautiful bikes.
I used to live in Atlantic Beach. Never made it to Action Park. Moved to Tampa in '74. I'd say North Florida was done by '78-'79. You remember a place called Durham's Cycle park, right off Atlantic Blvd., by the St.Johns river / Intercoastal water way?
I guess the reason I never made it to Action Park was the fact that it was a lot further of a drive for my folks than North Florida. They would take me there or Durham's in the morning, drop me off with a five gallon can of gas, my bike, and a cooler, and I would not see them until dark. Suited a 10 year old kid just fine.
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