H,D 250 two stroke

[mongrel]

can any one tell me where i can get spares for a 250 two stroke harley. specificaly a regulator. a friend has one but no one at harley will admit that they exist.

[Tee]

You could try Matts Machine shop or talk to the guys down at Chopper Haven (I think it's called that) down in Exeter. When I was there last year one of them told me that one of his mates/colleagues was very 'into' the old 2 stroke bikes. I have the same problem as I have an old SST250 in the garage that I'm trying to get sorted for when my Son passes his test - good luck and let me know how you get on.
It's a real shame that the MoCo don't acknowledge the 2 stroke bikes because they are what got me into riding Harleys in the first place and I'm sure there are a few more of us about than people think

[Urrell]

Is This it?

The 1975 Harley-Davidson SS-250 was a mid-size motorcycles based on a Yamaha design and featured a two-stroke single engine.


The Harley-Davidson SS-250 was the largest
two-stroke single-cylinder street bike Harley offered.

Harley-Davidson had formed a partnership with Aermacchi of Italy in the early1960s to sell mid-size four-stroke singles under the H-D badge. These were soon joined by a host of two-stroke models as small as 65 cc, and even some minibikes.

But while the larger singles were fairly successful, the times prompted something a bit more modern.

One of a quartet of new mid-size two-stroke singles based on a Yamaha design and introduced by Harley-Davidson in the mid-1970s, the SS-250 appeared in 1975 and was the largest street version offered.

On/off-road models carried the SX prefix, and both bikes were eventually available in 175- and 250-cc sizes.

However, the Environmental Protection Agency was beginning to frown on all two-stroke bikes as a major source of pollution.

As a result, the switch to two-strokes was -- in retrospect -- perhaps not the best choice, and Harley-Davidson quit offering singles of any type after 1978.

[Tee]

That's the jobby. I called it an SST250 but that's because I was also thinking about one i used to ride in '74-'75 and that was an SST125. I definitely can't find any info on that one. It had two sprockets on the back wheel and you got 4 extra links in the toolkit for adding to the chain to enable you to go off road. It was a great little bike. Only 50 on the big sprocket, but 80 on the small one

[Urrell]

HARLEY-DAVIDSON SST 125

[bart]

thats interesting, did you build it ? honda 125 ? there was a 350 two stroke, the HD Cagiva sst 350, and of course Walter Villas bike, I think he may have been a club member !!

[Batman]

Originally Posted by bart

thats interesting, did you build it ? honda 125 ? there was a 350 two stroke, the HD Cagiva sst 350, and of course Walter Villas bike, I think he may have been a club member !!

Back in those days, it was a pleasure to talk to mates about Walter. As now, Harleys took some stick, but it was easy to mention that Walter was double world champ on 250 and 350 Harleys.
Oh happy days!!

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Urrell

HARLEY-DAVIDSON SST 125

Nah - not like that at all matey. The SX 125 (My mistake on the model prefix) looked similar to the photo of the SST 250 you posted. same tank and frame I guess but with a smaller engine, higher front guard/bars, and knobbly tyres on it - oh I just remembered that it had a high level exhaust as well, in fact it looked just like this:


If you look closely you can just make out the big sprocket behind the smaller one

I'd love to find one of these it'd be great for nipping into town or down the pub

Love them 250's always wanted one as a kid but never even seen one on the road round my way, never mind seeing one for sale!

[chopper]

i used a company in sweden for parts for my ss350 cant remember the name of it, will have a dig about and see if i can find any info