Harley-Davidson history is long and proud, and began at the beginning of the 20th century. The beginnings of this American icon were very humble. In 1903, Davidson brothers Arthur and Walter along with William S. Harley built a unique in a wood shed built by William C. Davidson of joinery cylinder motorcycle. Aunt brother of Davidson Janet had painted the first pin stripes also few.
In 1905 the first Harley to present in a significant number was the Member Silent gray named for its color quite operation and gris.Se was 450cc using a slowdown in style of the bike and stop that the pilot had to Kaya backward frame.To single cylinder bikes.
Of the official formation of the company in 1907, Arthur signed up more than 800 dealers in ten years.These distributors were throughout America then 48 Estados.Tan only five years after the first were also made and sold to the Detroit police purchased a fleet of motorcycles. In 1925, drives more than 2,500 United States police traveled to Harley-Davidsons.
In 1909, occurred the first Harley V-Twin.Es engine of belt entry-over-exhaust-driven. This first V-Twin was the model 5-D. This was the engine that would go on to make famous Harley.
A large part of the history of Harley-Davidson is also a contribution to the military efforts of United States. In 1918, Harley supplied thousands of motorcycles to the military to be used for the I world war almost half of all the Harley-Davidsons produced that year were sold to the military. The first American GI to enter Germany was Roy Holtz, riding a Harley-Davidson.
Harley was involved in racing to test the reliability of their bikes. Harley first and notable success was in 1908.Walter Davidson won the Endurance Jack Pine run. Not only did the bike prove their reliability, bicycle won the economy with 188 miles per gallon. in 1921, Harley becomes the first machine to win a race with an average speed of 100PMH California on a plaque in Fresno, track. Another success story was the record of Joe Petrali, who set a record for 136.183 MPH in Daytona Beach in 1937. Harley first racing teams adopted as his pet pig and took victory laps.This could have been the beginning of the term HOG.Carreras wasn't always a priority for Harley, but its pilots have had great success over the years.
In 1941, America joined World War II. Harley produces Model WLA which features blackout lights, high fenders and coats metal leg clearence. Almost all Harley Davidsons output dedicated to military between 1941 and 1945.At the end of the war, Harley produced 88,000 WLA models for United States Army and around 20,000 to Canadians.
When you look at the history of Harley-Davidson, do not forget the symbolic World War many returned to the small city of America.While civil production of Harley-Davidson all but had ceased during the war, there were many motorcycles of army surplus to be bought.Many of these former started a trend by buying and customize these bikes.Removes or shorten the fenders to reduce weight.These bikes was renamed bobbers.estos changes lead ultimately to the evolution of the chopper.
After a post-war boom, the company's sales were damaged by the influx of cheaper imports Japan and United Kingdom.Ironically, this competition caused a resurgence of interest in motorcycles, the company which benefited de.Harley was purchased by American Machine and Foundry (AMF) on Harley-Davidson 1969.Historia is full of altibajos.Algunos we are it sufficiently higher as remembering Harley went through some difficult times during the years of the 1981 AMF.En Director bought the company AMF.
Harley slowly back in the 1980s and now Harley-Davidson is one of the most recognized names in the world 1983 the Harley Owners Group (HOG) was formed with 30,000 members in the first year now there are approximately one million members of around 105 years Motorcycles Harley-Davidson, more popular than ever mundo.Tras HOG is.
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