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WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 15 Issue 1 | 11 Michl showcased the finished bike for the first me at the 2022 European Bike Week custom bike show, riding the bike onto the awards stage while clad in original and ultra-rare 1978 Harley- Davidson motocross gear. The bike took first place in the Adventure and Off-road category and the award was presented by Bill Davidson – who in a strange twist of fate revealed that the Davidson family owns the MX250 ridden by the highest place factory team rider, 'Rocket' Rex Staten. Small but mighty Harley-Davidson is now associated with large capacity V-twin four stroke engines, but the Motor Company has an illustrious history of two-stroke power as well. Produc on of small capacity bikes ran from 1948 to 1966 to meet the post-war demand for inexpensive two-wheeled transport; the Hummer was introduced in 1955, followed in 1960 by the Topper scooter. Con nued demand for two-stroke power led to the Motor Company purchasing a 50 per cent stake in Italy's Aeronau ca- Macchi to form the Harley-Davidson Aermacchi motorcycle division. A series of Aermacchi-powered two-stroke models then followed through the 1960s and 70s, including the SS and SX250 and 350, the MX250, the Rapido and the Baja. Harley-Davidson purchased full control of Aermacchi in 1974 and con nued the run of Italian-built two-strokes un l the Aermacchi facility was sold to Cagiva in 1978, when Harley-Davidson two-stroke produc on came to an end. BRINGING THE LOST TO THE CROSS! www.watchman-mc.com Watchman MC is a traditional Motorcycle Club that is Christian. We are a group of Christian Men who love to ride motorcycles hard and live life like there is no tomorrow, for Christ Jesus! We try to Minister like Jesus Did, We go to the People most in Need. We Go to the People that Traditional Church does not. We minister to those the church is afraid of. We are an MC that reaches out to bikers, and those who have "fallen through the cracks" of normal ministries. WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 15 Issue 1 | 11