Category: Sven’s SS-175 (1977)

I rode the SS-175 for many years with a SST-250 seat. Now it gets a totally restored SS-175 seat with the correct pattern for a “SS” model.

Little ride out with a friend. We took our “Macchis” to a small vintage motorcycle get togehter in Bechhofen.

Well, on April 29th I got the official papers to make my bike street legal. It took me some time, money and work because I have no old papers or anything for my bike.

All parts were airbrushed in original 1975 colors and design by Rene Andress.

I started collecting necessary parts for the restoration. I think the bike was the first SS-175 built in 1977, because of the vin “4F60000H7”.

Everything started with the frame of an Aermacchi Harley-Davidson SS-175, which I bought in 2001. They guy who owned the bike before, had used it as a lamp for his room. He changed the original 12V bulbs against household 220V bulbs, that’s why you can see the plugs in this picture. Odometer showed 3881 miles at this time.