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This Web site is an easy guide to give you
information about
The Harley
Davidson story and it's history
The history of
Harley Davidson
 Introduction
Harley Davidson company is the largest U.S. motorcycle and the only
custom motorcycle company in the world and was established by William S.
Harley in 1901. In 1903 William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson produced the first
Harley Davidson (In the picture above). This motorcycle was a 3-1/8 bore and 3-1/2
stroke, single cylinder.
1909 saw the arrival of the first Harley Davidson V-Twin powered who became the
trademark of Harley Davidson and even today's Harley are all in this shape.
There are many Harley Davidson models that
have historical value such as the Knucklehead 1937 model, the Harley
Davison Fl Hydra Glide and not forgetting the very early Honda, Suzuki and
Kawasaki which were all very popular long before the v-rod which appeared
for the first time in 2002.
The panhead engine is Harley Davidson's
second overhead-valve engine. This engine was introduced in 1948.
It was quieter and clearn the the Knucklehead which has been used since
1936.
In this site you can
learn about the History of Harley Davidson and also the special Harley Davidson
parts and accessories for the bikers.
The Harley-Davidson Story
Arthur Davidson and William S. Harley were
school friends who shared a mechanical passion and a strong desire to join
the other motorcycle pioneers. They rekindled their relationship while
working at the same factory in Milwaukee. Together they began to study
mechanics focusing on motorcycle engines.
In 1901 they had four engines
designed and ready to be fitted to bicycle frames. In 1903 the first
Harley-Davidson motorcycles were built.
The brand name become very famous and appeared in ads and articles describing the motorcycle
that would become a legend. Three motorcycles were produced between 1903
and 1904 and were sold before they were even built. During this time
Walter C. Davidson Sr. and William A. Davidson joined Arthur Davidson and
William S. Harley and the Harley Davidson Motor Company was officialy
registered with the U.S. Trade and Company Register office on September
17th 1907. The management positions within the company were assigned at the registration with Walter
C. Davidson as President, William A. Davidson as Vice-President and Works
Manager, Arthur Davidson as Secretary and General Sales Manager, and
William S. Harley to serve as Chief Engineer and Treasurer. Even though
the titles were officialy assigned, each person could intervene in all sectors.
In 1904 Harley-Davidson began participated in motorcycle
racing and benefited from commercial implications of the numerous
victories won by their bikes and in 1913 the company
decided to establish an official racing team. Early racers such as Ralph
Hepburn and Eddie Brink put Harley on the track and won races with these
machines, later Joe Petreli and Red Parkhurst. Joe Petreli first raced on
an Indian motorcycle, and then made a name for himself by racing
Harley-Davidson's. From 1926 untill 1931 Harley interrupted their racing and
Petreli raced for the Excelsior Company, which was shut down in 1931. Petreli
again raced for Harley when the company started their race teams back in
1931. Red Parkhurst became a big winner and had a long career
of motorcycle racing for Harley. Participating in motorcycle racing gave
Harley an edge on research and development of their motorcycles.
Harley Davidson
motorcycle became the symbol
of American individualism and ended up "KING OF THE ROAD", all in 100
years.
The Harley Sound
The sound that A Harley-Davidson motorcycle
makes is very
unique and this sound is part of the mystique. The reason it has a special
sound is because of the way the engine is designed .
The engine on a Harley-Davidson has two pistons. The difference in the Harley engine
to other engines is that
the crankshaft has only one pin, and both of the piston rods connect to
it. This design, combined with the V arrangement of the cylinders, means
that the pistons cannot fire at even intervals. Instead of one piston
firing every 360 degrees, a Harley engine goes like this:
- A piston fires.
- The next piston
fires at 315 degrees.
- There is a
405-degree gap.
- A piston fires.
- The next piston
fires at 315 degrees.
- There is a
405-degree gap.
And the cycle continues.
The
 Hells
Angels
A group of soldiers returning from World War II formed the
Harley Davidson motorcycle club in 1948 . The first club was in Fontana, California and the name Hell Angels was taken
from taken from the name of the movie Hell's Angels based on the royal flying corps directed by
Howard Hughes.
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