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Harley Davidson 1903 to 2020

History and photos of Harley Davidson MCs

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Harley Davidson 1903 to 2020

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  1. Anders Dernback

  2. Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson, Inc., H-D, or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression, along with Indian. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/Fil:Police_Harley_96_CID.jpg

  3. Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson (HD) är ett amerikanskt motorcykelfabrikat grundat 1903 av William Harley och bröderna Walter, William och Arthur Davidson i Milwaukee i Wisconsin. En unik och typisk detalj i Harley-Davidsons motorer är "the V-twin" med kort vevaxel. Cylindervinkeln är ofta 45 grader och vevaxeln har bara en vevtapp. Båda vevstakarna drivs därmed från samma punkt på vevaxeln. Resultatet blir en ojämn eller haltande tändföljd. Jämfört med en 0 graders radmotor som får en naturligt jämn tändföljd så får Harley-Davidson motorn på detta sätt sin karaktär vad beträffar ljud och vibrationer. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/Fil:Police_Harley_96_CID.jpg

  4. Harley - Davidson The company has survived numerous ownership arrangements, subsidiary arrangements, periods of poor economic health and product quality, and intense global competition[4] to become one of the world's largest motorcycle manufacturers and an iconic brand widely known for its loyal following. There are owner clubs and events worldwide, as well as a company-sponsored, brand-focused museum. Harley-Davidson is noted for a style of customization that gave rise to the chopper motorcycle style.[5] The company traditionally marketed heavyweight, air-cooled cruiser motorcycles with engine displacements greater than 700 cc, but it has broadened its offerings to include more contemporary VRSC (2002) and middle- weight Street (2015) platforms.

  5. 1901 In 1901, 20 year-old William S. Harley drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches (116 cc) and four-inch (102 mm) flywheels[7][8] designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame. Over the next two years, he and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson worked on their motor-bicycle using the northside Milwaukee machine shop at the home of their friend Henry Melk. It was finished in 1903 with the help of Arthur's brother Walter Davidson. Upon testing their power- cycle, Harley and the Davidson brothers found it unable to climb the hills around Milwaukee without pedal assistance, and they wrote off their first motor-bicycle as a valuable learning experiment. The prototype of the new loop-frame Harley-Davidson was assembled in a 10 ft × 15 ft (3.0 m × 4.6 m) shed in the Davidson family backyard.

  6. In Germany Hamburg Police Electra Glide

  7. Prototype

  8. From left: William A. Davidson, Walter Davidson, Sr., Arthur Davidson and William S. Harley

  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/File:Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/File:Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/File:Vintage_harley_davidson_photo_in_madrid_spain_2011.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Harley- Davidson#/media/File:Harley- Davidson_6.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson#/media/File:Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1923.jpg

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