Author Topic: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL  (Read 1623 times)

Online chuck peterson

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1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« on: May 19, 2020, 08:17:46 AM »
How bout a big a$$ looking German thumper to get our mind off things..

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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2020, 08:38:40 AM »
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2020, 08:41:13 AM »
How bout a big a$$ looking German thumper to get our mind off things..


"Thumper"? It's a 2-stroke, not 4-stroke.
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2020, 08:57:44 AM »
Oops!

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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2020, 10:05:36 AM »
 Wow just up the road from me.Cool bike.
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2020, 10:50:44 AM »
This should be able to be registered for street use. It has lights.

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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #6 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?
« Last Edit: May 19, 2020, 02:27:10 PM by mobiker »
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2020, 04:42:56 PM »
Sachs bought Hercules in 1963, so the engine is a Sachs unit.
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #8 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...

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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: 1976 Hercules (!) 250 7 speed, CL
« Reply #10 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.
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