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1972 Aermacci/AMF Harley-Davidson Rapido 125cc

While most of Southern California was in a drunken coke-infested nightclub haze in the 70's and 80's there was one family that took off on the weekends to hit the sand at Rosarita Beach two hours south on Hwy 5 and into Baja California. A small beach town lined with RV and Mobile Home Parks. It is an oasis along the Mexican Riviera. And, sitting across the back bumper of the Winnebago the 72 Rapido hitched along to ensure some great family fun.

Yellow and Black
1972 Aermacci AMF Harley Davidson Rapido 125cc
VDO Gauge with Tripometer
Passenger Pegs
Black-out Pipe with Chrome Guard
Chrome Luggage Rack with Lighted Tourpak
1155 miles on it's original tires.

The air was filled with a salty warm breeze that enhanced the smells of fire-roasted fresh lobster and margaritas. Fueled on Mezcal and Coronas the Rapido allowed a moment of exhilaration to each member of the family as they took turns runnin up and down the beach.

A decade of fun and the kids that were 7 and 9 are now old enough to use the Rapido to get in a bit of trouble. Out on a run the two boys found a small hut in the middle of the Coastal Desert. In the house was a huge hydroponic cultivation of Mexican Red-Hair Dirt Weed. Just as they realized what was in front of them they heard the RANG-RING-RING of a two-stroke motor coming in the distance. They grabbed armfuls of the buds piled on a table in the corner and ran out the door. Quickly they ripped open the tour pak on the back of the Rapido and dumped their armfulls of smelly, sticky buds. Slammed shut and with a short kick to the starter the Rapido fires up and in a cloud of dust as they leave the shack with the bandidos closing in fast behind.
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