AMF Harley-Davidson in my Garage
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AMF Harley-Davidson in my Garage
Just picked this up today. It's a 1973 AMF Harley-Davidson Z90. Wasn't planing on ever getting something like this, but I just couldn't resist. Does anyone know anything about these bikes? Like are they popular, what it is worth, and where I can get parts. I plan on completely restoring it. I don't know about you, but I think it is pretty damn cool. Kinda piece of American history. What do you think?
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Looks like it is in pretty good shape. They aren't worth all that much, but it is (and always will) be worth more in nice original condition than if you restore it.
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Thanks for the comments guys....... It is all original and runs good. I think the carb needs to be gone through cause it doesn't like to idle. Didn't pay much at all for it...just a couple hundred bucks.
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Lots of parts for those things on ebay. That would be a good place to get a ballpark value as well.
If you like it just restore it and don't worry about whether or not you are spending more then it's worth. If you want to sell it then that's totally different.
If you like it just restore it and don't worry about whether or not you are spending more then it's worth. If you want to sell it then that's totally different.
not going to bash your new ride but i did a search and found this form dirt bike magazine. i like it. but here is the story. just don't shoot the messenger 6. HARLEY-DAVIDSON BAJA 100. H-D brought this little stinker out to capture the small-bore trail bike market that was dominated by Hodaka at the time-the early '70s. They contracted with the Italian Aermacchi factory, which responded with a hopelessly tall, short-wheelbased, underpowered, ill-handling package that nearly defied belief.
Still, H-D put together a desert racing team that started to dominate the trail bike class, so people went out and bought the Bajas in droves, only to find out they weren't buying what was being raced.
The race bikes had everything changed! The stock bikes came with rigid footpegs, no horsepower to speak of, a huge overlay sprocket on the rear wheel that constantly came loose, a tank shaped like a mailbox, a saddle that felt like plywood and a strange metal hook strategically placed to rip your crotch off if you crashed. It also had stupid bars, dumb fat grips from a street bike and a suspension that had more side-to-side travel than up-and-down stroke. I called it "a re-hashed Italian street bike with no redeeming traits." Yes, we promptly lost the H-D ads at the magazine.
Still, H-D put together a desert racing team that started to dominate the trail bike class, so people went out and bought the Bajas in droves, only to find out they weren't buying what was being raced.
The race bikes had everything changed! The stock bikes came with rigid footpegs, no horsepower to speak of, a huge overlay sprocket on the rear wheel that constantly came loose, a tank shaped like a mailbox, a saddle that felt like plywood and a strange metal hook strategically placed to rip your crotch off if you crashed. It also had stupid bars, dumb fat grips from a street bike and a suspension that had more side-to-side travel than up-and-down stroke. I called it "a re-hashed Italian street bike with no redeeming traits." Yes, we promptly lost the H-D ads at the magazine.