Harley Heaven - Iconic Motorcycles

Being on a Harley-Davidson is a combination of exhilaration, relaxation and is both a physical and emotional pleasure.

I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw right in front of our shopping mall, parked a line of different Harley-Davidson models. My eyes were feasting upon the beauty of these motorcycles, wishing I was a few years younger and a load of dollars richer so I can get one of these babies for myself. Unfortunately, the photos are not very clear but I thought I will share these beauties with you anyway and give some history too.

Harley-Davidson is an America motorcycle manufacturer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 1903. The 20 year old William S. Harley and his friend Arthur Davidson started off in a small shed in the families backyard, with their first engine for a pedal-bicycle in 1901. The first documented appearance of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was in 1904 when they competed in a Milwaukee motorcycle race.

In 1906 the brothers built their first factory and produced 50 motorcycles in the first year. In 1907 William Harley graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and they also enlarged the factory to help increase their production to 150 motorcycles in that year.

In 1917 during World War 1, the motorcycles were adopted for military use and over 20 000 Harley-Davidsons were sold. In 1920 Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with dealers in 67 countries and sales of 28 189 machines.

During the Great Depression in 1933, Harley-Davidson sales dropped to 3 703. For survival, they manufactured power plants based on their motorcycle engines. In the same year, they also designed the three-wheeled delivery cycle “Servi-Car.”

Harley-Davidson supplied over 90 0000 military motorcycles during World War II in 1843. Today this iconic brand is one of the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer.

Since 1977, the Harley-Davidson brand became mostly famous for their heavy weights motorcycles and are the best motorcycle producer in the world today. They also produce boats, t-shirts, bags, leather Jackets, helmets and kind accessories, etc.