Classic Motorcycle Harley Davidson

1902 Was A Very Good Year, a young William Harley designed a one cylinder motor cycle. One year later he met up with Arthur Davidson and together they created Harley Davidson. Their first factory was a small wooden shack, but importantly it had Harley Davidson signage on the front.

William and Arthur had no idea they were birthing of one of the greatest motor cycle companies in the world.

In 1935 when all things American, H.D turned Asian. Harley Davidson licensed everything to Sankyo, this in turn initiated the Japanese to set up a new motor cycle manufacturing industry, after all they now had every thing they needed.. The modern day Harley Davidson has a great distinctive exhaust sound and are regarded by most as muscle bikes. Usually over 750 cc, but mostly 1100cc plus capacity, are designed for highway touring. Harley riders clubs are popular all over the world, some times attracting that "easy Rider" style, and "gang" element, that gave birth to the iconic "chopper" kind of bike.

The Last Crusade.

Hunting around for some worthy items on Classic Motorcycles, I started looking at Harley Davidson. The all time American Classic Motorcycle Harley Davidson features in some great movies. The old black & white sequences of cops chasing the criminals on dusty windy roads and then where Sean Connery and Harrison Ford team up to produce a classic bit of movie history, well, what a motorcycle chase that was, as screen icons Sean Connery and Harrison ford riding a sidecar, was chased by the Germans, on bikes that looked like disguised trail bikes (they could have done better)with big mud tyres and all. However, the bemused expression on Connery's characters face through out the chase sequence, certainly does rate as one of the most all time, Classic looks.

I love Classic Motorcycles but my interest also predates classic. I have included some items along the way about famous people that have ridden a classic motorcycle and information on records different models have set. Anything of interest is welcome and should not be excluded. So lets swing a leg and go for a ride.

Author: Evert Harder
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