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Title: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: chuck peterson on May 19, 2020, 08:17:46 AM

How bout a big a$$ looking German thumper to get our mind off things..

https://hartford.craigslist.org/mcy/d/east-windsor-1976-hercules-speed-enduro/7125887493.html


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I sure wish I had learned to ride in the dirt

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: TOMB on May 19, 2020, 08:38:40 AM

Chuck

Lonesome Stony Creek Road close enough?

TOMB

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 19, 2020, 08:41:13 AM

Quote from: chuck peterson on May 19, 2020, 08:17:46 AM

How bout a big a$$ looking German thumper to get our mind off things..

"Thumper"? It's a 2-stroke, not 4-stroke.

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: chuck peterson on May 19, 2020, 08:57:44 AM

Oops!

 :popcorn:

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: steven c on May 19, 2020, 10:05:36 AM

 Wow just up the road from me.Cool bike.

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: Deno on May 19, 2020, 10:50:44 AM

This should be able to be registered for street use. It has lights.

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: mobiker on May 19, 2020, 02:26:38 PM

That's a rare one. Did Hercules us their own engines or an engine supplier like Sachs?

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 19, 2020, 04:42:56 PM

Sachs bought Hercules in 1963, so the engine is a Sachs unit.

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: SLDMRossi on May 19, 2020, 05:38:37 PM

Having been down the Hercules Sachs route, I can confirm...they're really interesting! But...the market "interest" is wafer thin, so you might be down with it for a while. But, the experience is well worth it...

Steven Rossi

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: mobiker on May 19, 2020, 06:07:28 PM

That should help with parts availability. Sachs were used in several different makes back in the day. Pretty good motors IIRC.

Title: Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
Post by: acogoff on May 19, 2020, 06:33:38 PM

    I even had a 293R radial finned head Sachs engine that I put in a arctic cat snowmobile in about 1973. It was about 10 mph faster than the 292 kawasaki it replaced. I remember paying $85 US for it brand new at a surplus place. That is about the time when the many odd ball snowmobile manufacturers were going belly up.