Sachs 175 ??

[thrownchain]

Did Sachs ever make a 175 ? and if it did, which bike was it fit into

[LeeBuff]

Dan,
  Yes Sachs did make a 175 seven speed Hercules in the mid 70s. I don't think Penton had a production Sachs 175, except for a couple of one off R & D units and the Woodsman with the 152cc cast iron Cyl.

[SouthRider]

The Hercules 175 6 speeder was a fantastic bike for Southern tight woods riding. It was light, had a short wheelbase, quick steering, and excellent torque.

Mike Burgess sold quite a few of these when Doug Wilford was our Hercules rep. He also rode one in SERA enduro events for a year and won every Senior class that he entered (the next year he won an overall in Little Rock on a 7 spd from the Senior Class).

Great trailbike or ladies bike too.

Side story - In 1977 I raced that same 7 speed Herc 175 in SERA and earned my "A" card on it. Mid year I needed a piston & they were back ordered unobtanium. It was a flat top piston to go with the D shaped combustion chamber.

The only thng I could get my hands on was a leftover dome shape piston for the 6 speed 175 engine. To make it work I hand ground the D shaped cylinder head with a portgrinder into a hemispherical shape to match the domed piston and checked the deck height with some modeling clay.  

It worked, and I accidentally ended up with the fastest 175 in the South. More importantly - I got to finish the season.

When I moved up to a 250 Husky the following year I had people wanting to bid on the engine. It ended up with Dwight's friend Larry Arrington in Jackson MS - who bought the whole bike just to get the engine...

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