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    A Harley by any other name is still a Harley

    Feb 15, 2019 2 minutes
    —Dain Gingerelli

    hat’s this, a Harley-Davidson with — gasp! — expansion chambers, not extended fishtail pipes? And no ape hangers or chromed everything to be seen anywhere? Well, yes, and this particular Harley-Davidson, the RR250, happened to win four Grand Prix World Championships, all with famed Italian racer Walter Villa on board

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