Thursday, October 14, 2010

History of Harley Davidson

It was William Harley after 21 and put plans to drive 116cc, which was built for the installation of the pedal cycle. That was in 1901. He was joined by his friend Arthur Davidson, and worked together on what was really a motorcycle engine. Abolished the help of Arthur's brother, Walter, they completed the project in 1903, however, were not satisfied even with the boys try for the first time on the bike, but not without getting valuable experience along the road.





Classified as the second device, with a 405cc engine, many the first real Harley. Means the design of the largest engine within the device and this was something other than a motorcycle, and was a pioneer of modern motorcycles. The prototype was built in ten of fifteen feet shed belonging to the Davidson family, although parts of said engine to be built in Milwaukee Railshops Bank, where older brother William Davidson Works Foreman. By 1905 this had made motorcycles to the public on the basis of very limited. The three sold in that year.





The Nasdaq has been the transfer of the factory at the end of the day to Juneau Street to serve as a reminder of the humble beginnings of the company, but, unfortunately, was accidentally demolished by contractors during the year 1970.
By 1907 production reached 150 motorcycles, and that in the year that started selling their computers to police departments. Also in that same year, 880cc model, has been developed dual-engine V and displayed in the Chicago Auto Show, and despite of the very few from the sale of V-Twin motorcycle before 1910. By 1909 the production of more than 1000 motorcycle, a tribute not only to the engineering skills and the boys, but also to the characteristics of the projects.

In 1917, when the United States entered the arena of World War 1, and placed new demands on the company, also said the army needed a powerful, reliable machine. Harley Davidson and rose to the challenge and produced 20,000 motorcycles for the war machine. This helped no doubt the company would take its place as the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, and by 1920 was producing more than 28,000 units sold in 67 countries.

Depression in the thirties hit the company hard and production fell to less than 4000 in 1933. Through necessity, because they produce a car with a three-wheeled delivery named '- Servi car, a design that has stood the test of time and stopped production in 1973 only.
As war came again, Harley Davidson copy the design BMWR71, and Xi production model, and again on the company to respond to the demands of the United States Army and the presence of large numbers of motorcycles. WLC also built the Canadian Army, and sent more than 30000 units of the Soviet Union.
After the war, flourished the company and the 'Super 10' and 'Topper (scooter produced. In 1960 they bought fifty percent of the Division for motorcycle Aeronautica Macchi and import of the 250cc horizontal single began. Wore this bike emblem of Harley Davidson and marketed as the' Sprint Harley Davidson 'and. and became the sole owner of the company Aermacchi in 1974.
Hollywood may also have played a role in the development of Harley Davidson, unfortunately tarnish the image of the company and the leading brand to be associated with the groups 'Hells Angels' like. Arab Monetary Fund in 1969 bought the company, and spent on the workforce and started to produce a device that was much lower than Japanese competitors. Sales of the company was on the brink of the abyss. Became the company's reputation is not recoverable almost.

1 comment:

  1. The Harley-Davidson brand is one of the best and well known brand due to its amazing style and performance. Those who own them should also keep the Harley Davidson Repairing and Servicing Manuals so that they can easily repair their bikes.

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