Bought one from a friend in ~1970 for $120. It was disassembled with the engine and small parts in a cardboard box. All the parts were there. Ran well enough to get around town. The Sprint has a knob for adjusting the steering bearing pre-load...a tapered bearing is my best memory. Wish I had that feature on my current bike.
So very cool that was the first harley i put togather from a basket my grandpa said i could keep it i was 12 he figured i could never make it run took a solid week to put it togather and ride it my cousin rit raced 1 on the ice in michigan that was prolly 1970 lol
i hav a 1973 350cc i bought a engine off one of the harley mechanics when the factory quit putting these out , i have only 3 mins run time on my engine but, from sitting the valves have stuck open, who works on these ,
Mine was good for 85 mph at 5500 rpm. Nice cruise at 65-70 mph, I-4 east Tampa to Orlando St. Pete beaches... Honeymoon Island. Lakeland AirShow.. Sebring day trips... Road races at Dade City Fairgrounds. US-41 to Riverview, back via Boyette Road. Our IOM TT Best handling bike I ever rode... Even over our Ducati Diana 250 road racer... S bends were just a thought.. Flick- Flick! GONE! Just not fast.. We tuned the Ducati to go 117 on SR-571... our 8 mile dead end... Found at Nick's Indian Sales and John Lovengreens... Bit by bit.... The Sprint was from a truck driver who bought it new... Got to be too heavy for the bike... Bought a CB750... H-D dealer was at US-92 and US-301 Sold me parts at cost... a piston for $50 ( I forgot to put in the the light, winter oil... Burned the pin and piston... Running Harley 105 V-Twin oil! WRONG!!) As he had for my $50 H-D Hummer 165 in 1966. $10 for a new piston w/rings.. $10 for the muffler Other odd bits ere GRATIS! I could ride there by pedal bike for parts. The new VW dealer was next door.. NOW the Florida State Fairgrounds... Equally as helpful for my '56 36HP small window Bug. Even gave me TOOLS! Rural Folk are like that! I had traded the 165 for the VW....1969... Rolled it, blown RR tire.. that fall... No one got a scratch... Wrecker guy gave me what I had in it... Became the basis for a Meyers Manx Corvair knockoff.. Similar to Steves Thomas Crown car... Beach car! Honeymoon Island.... LIFE! J.C.
Have the same bike. Mine was locked up when I got it, but was able to get a new old stock piston and rings .004 over so now its running. The machine shop that cleaned the cylinder also did the valves and seats. The problem I'm trying to fix mow is it has no power, runs and revs no problem on the stand, but when I sit on it it just bogs down. Any suggestions?
I believe It has the push rods crossed intake is on the Exhaust is on the intake it is 180 out of time lifters set at 3.000 's clearance with the lifter all the way down with the engine cold
check the carb out,the carbs on those were junk even when new and a bit too small to begin with.carb probs will cause it to bog so will bad or misadjusted points.
mine was locked up too and i just filled the cylinder up with penitratting oil (marvel mystery oil) and let it sit for a few months going back and gently wiggling the crank back and forth it eventually broke free then I let it sit a little longer going back and spinning it over every few days.it smoked like hell when I first started it and was really loud inside but now runs great and i never pulled it apart. done this to many cars,trucks and bikes and it almost always worked unless the reason it stopped running was because they locked it up mechanically in the first place.
Not AMF in 1967 Pirelli Universals were standard. As on mine 1970 -1975 $400 to original owner neighbor Truck driver.. 6,000 miles on the clock Sold for camera repair school money. J.C.
Bought one from a friend in ~1970 for $120. It was disassembled with the engine and small parts in a cardboard box. All the parts were there. Ran well enough to get around town. The Sprint has a knob for adjusting the steering bearing pre-load...a tapered bearing is my best memory. Wish I had that feature on my current bike.
This was my first” real” motorcycle
a remarkably tidy design, should result in extra lightness. wish they had made a 500 model.
Nice gastank paintjob
Tail light is off a 66-70 Yamaha. I have a 66 Yamaha 50, has the exact same tail light. Tail light should be round.
So very cool that was the first harley i put togather from a basket my grandpa said i could keep it i was 12 he figured i could never make it run took a solid week to put it togather and ride it my cousin rit raced 1 on the ice in michigan that was prolly 1970 lol
A quintessential Italian motorcycle with Harley Davidson on the tank....is nothing sacred
I have two sprints plus a fat boy and a 48 pan. Sprints were cool little bikes.
i hav a 1973 350cc i bought a engine off one of the harley mechanics when the factory quit putting these out , i have only 3 mins run time on my engine but, from sitting the valves have stuck open, who works on these ,
I got mine for $400
Spring of 1970
3800 miles
Metallic blue custom paint.
Sold in 1975.
6000 miles
School money.
Not AMF!
Mine was good for 85 mph at 5500 rpm.
Nice cruise at 65-70 mph, I-4 east Tampa to Orlando
St. Pete beaches... Honeymoon Island.
Lakeland AirShow..
Sebring day trips...
Road races at Dade City Fairgrounds.
US-41 to Riverview, back via Boyette Road.
Our IOM TT
Best handling bike I ever rode...
Even over our Ducati Diana 250 road racer...
S bends were just a thought..
Flick- Flick!
GONE!
Just not fast..
We tuned the Ducati to go 117 on SR-571... our 8 mile dead end...
Found at Nick's Indian Sales and John Lovengreens...
Bit by bit....
The Sprint was from a truck driver who bought it new...
Got to be too heavy for the bike...
Bought a CB750...
H-D dealer was at US-92 and US-301
Sold me parts at cost... a piston for $50
( I forgot to put in the the light, winter oil...
Burned the pin and piston...
Running Harley 105 V-Twin oil!
WRONG!!)
As he had for my $50 H-D Hummer 165 in 1966.
$10 for a new piston w/rings..
$10 for the muffler
Other odd bits ere GRATIS!
I could ride there by pedal bike for parts.
The new VW dealer was next door..
NOW the Florida State Fairgrounds...
Equally as helpful for my '56 36HP small window Bug.
Even gave me TOOLS!
Rural Folk are like that!
I had traded the 165 for the VW....1969...
Rolled it, blown RR tire.. that fall...
No one got a scratch...
Wrecker guy gave me what I had in it...
Became the basis for a Meyers Manx Corvair knockoff..
Similar to Steves Thomas Crown car...
Beach car! Honeymoon Island....
LIFE!
J.C.
got mine for 70.00 in a basket
Push start is a beautiful thing im old and fat kickstarting shit sucks
Loved it how much
Loved it , had one all
Through high school
How much ??
sir, sorry to ask but would you ever sell it?
How much is something like that worth
Have the same bike. Mine was locked up when I got it, but was able to get a new old stock piston and rings .004 over so now its running. The machine shop that cleaned the cylinder also did the valves and seats. The problem I'm trying to fix mow is it has no power, runs and revs no problem on the stand, but when I sit on it it just bogs down. Any suggestions?
Check compression
Valve clearance ( IF ANY )
Head gasket (IF ANY)
I believe It has the push rods crossed intake is on the Exhaust is on the intake it is 180 out of time lifters set at 3.000 's clearance with the lifter all the way down with the engine cold
check the carb out,the carbs on those were junk even when new and a bit too small to begin with.carb probs will cause it to bog so will bad or misadjusted points.
mine was locked up too and i just filled the cylinder up with penitratting oil (marvel mystery oil) and let it sit for a few months going back and gently wiggling the crank back and forth it eventually broke free then I let it sit a little longer going back and spinning it over every few days.it smoked like hell when I first started it and was really loud inside but now runs great and i never pulled it apart. done this to many cars,trucks and bikes and it almost always worked unless the reason it stopped running was because they locked it up mechanically in the first place.
Yeah clean the jets in the carburetor sounds like high speed jet is clogged up,there's a low speed and high speed jet get a torch cleaner set
news flash dude amf didn't buy harley davison until 1969! yours would not have said amf on it.
o wow you know enough to repeat some body else's comment AMAZING /
Sounds like it needs oil with all that noise
That isn't an AMF bike, AMF took over in 1970!
ok mr know it all / know so much but have no content or sub's
Not AMF in 1967
Pirelli Universals were standard.
As on mine
1970 -1975
$400 to original owner neighbor
Truck driver..
6,000 miles on the clock
Sold for camera repair school money.
J.C.