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CYCLE HISTORY

IN 1903 THE FIRST HARLEY WAS BUILT. THREE MEN HAD A VISION OF OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT A MOTORIZED BYCYCLE SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THESE THREE MEN WERE ARTHUR AND WALTER DAVIDSON (brothers), AND BILL HARLEY. THEY BORROWED TOOLS AND METAL AND THEY SET OUT TO MAKE ONE OF THE BEST MOTOR CYCLES IN HISTORY. THAT WAS 100 100 YEARS AGO AND TODAY THEY ARE STILL ONE OF THE TOP SELLING MOTOR CYCLES. WITH A THREE HORSEPOWER ENGINE, THESE THREE MEN DESIGNED A LOOP FRAME, THAT WOULD MAKE THIS CYCLE DIFFERENT FROM FROM ANY OTHER MADE IN ITS TIME. IN THEIR FIRST YEAR THE TRIO BUILT A TOTAL OF 3 BIKES. IN 1907, WILLIAM DAVIDSON JOINED THE OTHERS TO HELP OUT. WILLIAM DAVIDSON WAS THE OLDEST OF THE THREE DAVIDSON BROTHERS. IN THAT YEAR THE FOUR MEN BUILT 150 BIKES. THE THREE BROTHERS AND BILL FOLLOWED A UNIQUE VISION AND INCORPORATED THE HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY. HARLEY DAVIDSON'S WERE USED IN WORLD WAR 1, ABOUT 20,000 WERE USED FOR MILITARY DUTIES BY THE END OF THE WAR. OVER THE YEARS HARLEY'S HAVE PROVED TO BE THE BENCHMARK OF ALL OTHER MOTOR CYCLES.

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