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- 22:08, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 N File:Honda CB1300 Test German.pdf current
- 22:06, 23 August 2010 diff hist +31 Honda CA95/Videos current
- 22:06, 23 August 2010 diff hist +10 Honda CA95/Videos
- 22:06, 23 August 2010 diff hist −1 Honda CA95/Videos
- 22:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist +177 N Honda CA95/Videos Created page with "<youtube>GFKcb4-poAs</youtube> <youtube>7KuhU6bfMlI</youtube>v <youtube>9G6HJ_Uat0w</youtube> (ignore the sales pitch it has a good walkaround) <youtube>0tBfUSvh9zU&NR</youtube>"
- 22:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist −195 Honda CA95 →Other Info and Links
- 22:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +289 N Barry's Custom Cycles Created page with "Founded by Barry Matteson in Anchorage, Alaska in 1971. where he built and sold custom and tuned Harleys. He became a fully-fledged Harley-Davidson dealer in 1976, and despit..." current
- 22:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist −15 Honda CA95 →Other Info and Links
- 22:02, 23 August 2010 diff hist +50 Honda CA95
- 21:58, 23 August 2010 diff hist +253 N Rick Doss Created page with "Famed American East-Coast builder and designer of custom parts under the shop name of 'Rick's Custom Harlees' (sic). He is also a consultant to the multimillion-dollar customs pa..." current
- 21:58, 23 August 2010 diff hist +2 Impact of cheap cars on motorcycle sales current
- 21:55, 23 August 2010 diff hist +636 N Impact of cheap cars on motorcycle sales Created page with "The advent of cheap mass-produced automobiles spelt death to many motorcycle makers. By the early 1920s there were around 400 manufacturers of cars in America, and you could ..."
- 21:53, 23 August 2010 diff hist +157 N California Highway Patrol Created page with "CHIP has long been a high-profile user of Harley-Davidsons, and though the company lost the contract to Kawasaki in 1986, it has since been won back." current
- 21:53, 23 August 2010 diff hist +547 N Charles Cable Created page with "Charles Cable ran an import-export business from San Francisco in the 1920s, and part of his business was the export of Harleys to Mongolia. The factory was puzzled as to why..." current
- 21:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +507 N John Buschmann Created page with "Worked for Harley-Davidson for just three months from late 1965-66. He was behind a stolen parts scam in which new parts were smuggled out of the factory and sold to the uns..." current
- 21:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Eric Burkey current
- 21:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +705 N Eric Burkey Created page with "President of the IAM Lodge at the York factory. With others at Harley-Davidson, he went on a tour of the Honda factory at Marysville, Ohio to take a look at Japanese prod..."
- 21:45, 23 August 2010 diff hist +530 N British Motorcycle Dealers Association Created page with "Formed to represent those who sold British bikes in America after the Second World War. They had a legal battle with Harley-Davidson in 1951..." current
- 21:44, 23 August 2010 diff hist +792 N British Imports Created page with "America imported British motorcycles by the thousand in the 25 years after the Second World War. These were different from Harley-Davidsons,..." current
- 21:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +19 Harley-Davidson history
- 21:42, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Indian Warrior current
- 21:35, 23 August 2010 diff hist +351 N John R. Bond Created page with "Worked in Harley-Davidson's engineering department from 1946-47, and later edited Road & Track magazine. He noted the paradox that, although senior management encouraged new ..." current
- 21:35, 23 August 2010 diff hist +428 N Bendix Manufacturing Co Created page with "Harley-Davidson was forced to defend itself in a legal action instigated by Bendix in 1924 when Victor Bendix claimed that the Harley-Davidson clutch design infringed his..." current
- 21:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist +769 Belt drive
- 21:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist −11 Kawasaki EX305B
- 21:30, 23 August 2010 diff hist +31 Harley-Davidson/Nomenclature →Last letter current
- 21:28, 23 August 2010 diff hist +611 N Erwin Baker Created page with "Indian racer in the second decade of the 20th century, who also made a speciality of endurance record attempts, which he completed on Ace, Excelsior, Henderson an..."
- 21:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +209 N Dan Aykroyd Created page with "Actor Dan Aykroyd, who starred with John Belushi in the film The Blues Brothers, rode a Harley. After John Belushi died, Aykroyd led the funeral procession on his bike. [[Cat..." current
- 21:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 Harley-Davidson history
- 21:25, 23 August 2010 diff hist +836 N Atmospheric Inlet Valve Created page with "Some early engines, including those of Harley-Davidson, relied on piston suction to open the inlet valve when, as the piston descended, the valve opened, with a light spr..." current
- 21:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +32 Single overhead camshaft
- 21:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Dual overhead camshaft
- 21:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +36 Dual overhead camshaft
- 21:23, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Hap Scherer Redirected page to Julian Scherer current
- 21:22, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Roy Artley current
- 21:22, 23 August 2010 diff hist +6 Harley-Davidson MT500 current
- 21:21, 23 August 2010 diff hist +158 Harley-Davidson MT500
- 21:16, 23 August 2010 diff hist +290 N Erie Armstrong Created page with "'Red' Armstrong was a racer in the pioneer days, riding Indians. He notably won the first race at the new board track at Tacoma. Washington, in August 1915. Average speed was..." current
- 21:14, 23 August 2010 diff hist +50 N AMF Redirected page to American Machine and Foundry Company current
- 21:13, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,241 American Machine and Foundry Company current
- 21:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +913 N American Machine and Foundry Company Created page with "The original name of the American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF), which took over Harley-Davidson in 1969. It started off in the railway rolling stock. When rebadging ..."
- 21:09, 23 August 2010 diff hist +913 N American Car and Foundry Created page with "The original name of the American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF), which took over Harley-Davidson in 1969. It started off in the railway rolling stock. When rebadging ..." current
- 21:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +5 Leslie Parkhurst current
- 21:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +987 N Fred Zimmerman Created page with "A dealer in Rochester in the 1920s, Fred Zimmerman enjoyed the distinction of selling new Indians under the 'Rochester Harley-Davidson' name. Fred obtained a Harley-Dav..." current
- 21:01, 23 August 2010 diff hist +177 N Fred Warr Created page with "A famous Harley-Davidson dealer in London, who later became the official importer for Britain. He is still in business as F.H. Warr & Co. Category:Harley-Davidson people" current
- 21:00, 23 August 2010 diff hist +265 N Warbird Created page with "A special body kit designed by Mike Corbin of Hollister, California. Which can be fitted to big twins or sportsters giving them the appearance of fighter aircraft and ..." current
- 20:59, 23 August 2010 diff hist +431 N Eric Von Gumpert Created page with "A long-standing export manager from 1913, Eric von Gumpert negotiated the first export of Harley-Davidsons to Britain, and was involved in many of the early export markets, i..." current
- 20:58, 23 August 2010 diff hist +30 N Red Parkhurst Redirected page to Leslie Parkhurst current
- 20:57, 23 August 2010 diff hist +269 N Otto Walker Created page with "Captained the Harley-Davidson racing team in 1915, winning the 300-mile (483-km) race through Los Angeles' closed streets at 68.31mph (11(1km/h). Team mate Red Parkhurst ..." current
- 20:57, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew current
- 20:55, 23 August 2010 diff hist +764 N Ray Tritten Created page with "Brought in by AMF in 1973 to tackle Harley-Davidson's continuing problems. The moving of bike assembly to a factory in York, Pennsylvania had created its own problems, wh..." current
- 20:55, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Harley-Davidson history
- 20:53, 23 August 2010 diff hist +287 N Charley Thompson Created page with "One-time president of Harley-Davidson who once said that the most important job for dealers was to find things for customers to do with their bikes once they'd bought them. H..." current
- 20:52, 23 August 2010 diff hist +392 N Harley-Davidson SuperRide Created page with "A nationwide demonstration ride program in 1985 which took place over three weekends when 40,000 potential customers took 90,000 test rides, though not enough bought hikes to jus..." current
- 20:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +234 N Hank Syvertson Created page with "Long-time member of the Harley-Davidson racing department, who assisted Joe Petrali in the development of the Knucklehead and in building Joe's record-breaking versio..." current
- 20:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Joe Petrali current
- 20:47, 23 August 2010 diff hist +258 N Deathshead Created page with "A winged skull which appears on the Hell's Angels' backpatch and is often painted elaborately on their gas tanks. It is patented worldwide and woe betides anyone copying the ..." current
- 20:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +410 N Bud Ekins Created page with "Famous desert competition rider on Harley-Davidsons and friend of the late Steve McQueen. Ekins' collection of Harleys has often been seen in films, notably the bike rid..." current
- 20:44, 23 August 2010 diff hist +363 DKW
- 20:41, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Harley-Davidson history
- 20:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Malcolm Forbes current
- 20:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +489 N Malcolm Forbes Created page with "Millionaire Malcolm Forbes didn't start riding until late in life, but made up for it with a Harley stationed at each of his houses, not to mention one on his private plane a..."
- 20:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +483 N Al Hadfield Created page with "Set a new record for the 'Three Flags' run (Canada to Mexico non-stop), beating Cannonball Baker's run on an Indian. Hadfield, without factory support, covered the 1,689 mile..." current
- 20:36, 23 August 2010 diff hist +871 N Dick O'Brien Created page with "Harley's racing director from 1957 he succeeded Hank Syvertson, being only the third man to hold the post. He had worked for a Harley-Davidson dealer before the war and v..." current
- 20:34, 23 August 2010 diff hist +773 N Julian Scherer Created page with "''Hap'' Scherer was Harley's publicity manager in the early days, having joined the company in 1915. He was a particularly strong proponent of the Sport Twin, realizing that ..." current
- 20:32, 23 August 2010 diff hist +672 N Mickey Rourke Created page with "Yet another high-profile celebrity Harley rider of the 1980s. Screen actor Rourke spoke of his fascination with Harley-Davidson: 'It's a personal thing that can't be describe..." current
- 20:31, 23 August 2010 diff hist +615 N Rogers Company Created page with "Supplied Harley-Davidson with sidecars up to 1925, when founder B.F. Rogers died and the company was bought by Eros Manufacturing. Rogers always resisted Harley-Davidson'..." current
- 20:28, 23 August 2010 diff hist +526 N Elvis Presley Created page with "The King was a confirmed Harley rider, a fact which made it to the cover of The Enthusiast (Harley's own magazine) in May 1956. According to the text, he had started out ..." current
- 20:27, 23 August 2010 diff hist +150 N Dudley Perkins Created page with "An early Harley-Davidson dealer in San Francisco, who helped Tom Sifton obtain his sub-dealership in 1929. Category:Harley-Davidson people"
- 20:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +704 N Tom Sifton Created page with "An almost legendary tuner of Harleys. Tom Sifton started out as a sub-dealer in San Francisco in 1929 and became a full dealer in 1933: but he increasingly spent his time tun..."
- 19:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,837 N Joe Petrali Created page with "Almost single-handedly took on Harley-Davidson's minimal competition strategy from the late 1920s. He was a terrific rider on both tracks and hill climbs (Hill Climb Cham..."
- 19:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +43 Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew
- 19:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,295 N Leslie Parkhurst Created page with "'Red Parkhurst was a central member of the Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew, and a highly successful and popular racer on both side-valve and eight-valve Harleys. He started..."
- 19:41, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 19:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +218 N Eddie Brinck Created page with "A racer in the 1910s, Eddie Brinck was one of the original Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew, which dominated US competition from 1915-21. [[Category: Harley-Davidson Wrecking Cr..." current
- 19:39, 23 August 2010 diff hist +327 N Roy Artley Created page with "An early racer who was part of the famed Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew racing team in 1920. In partnership with pioneer rider William J. Ruhle, he later took over the San Die..."
- 19:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +29 N Bill Ottaway Redirected page to William Ottaway current
- 19:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist +148 N Sonny Barger Created page with "The leader of the Hell's Angels in California during the 1960s. He rode a Harley. He now rides a Victory Category:Motorcycle people" current
- 19:36, 23 August 2010 diff hist +404 N Austin Barnes Created page with "A commercial photographer who, in 1938, was ordered by Walter Davidson to take pictures of a dismantled Crocker V-twin. Harley-Davidson was suspicious that the C..." current
- 19:31, 23 August 2010 diff hist +185 Sturgis Bike Week current
- 19:30, 23 August 2010 diff hist +10 Sturgis Redirected page to Sturgis Bike Week current
- 19:29, 23 August 2010 diff hist +21 N Sturgis Redirected page to Sturgis
- 19:29, 23 August 2010 diff hist +31 N Black Hills Motor Classic moved Black Hills Motor Classic to Sturgis Bike Week current
- 19:29, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 m Sturgis Bike Week moved Black Hills Motor Classic to Sturgis Bike Week
- 19:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +158 N Louis Bauer Created page with "Boss of Indian in the 1920s, who in 1928 turned up with Arthur Davidson and Schwinn of Excelsior to rescue the AMA. Category:Indian people" current
- 19:23, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,340 N Vaughn Beals Created page with "A key figure in Harley-Davidson's turnaround in the 1980s, and manager in Milwaukee for AMF from 1975. Beals knew nothing about motorcycles (at least at first) but w..."
- 19:21, 23 August 2010 diff hist +241 N BEARS Racing Created page with "Acronym for the British, European and American Racing Series which allowed classic Triumphs, Ducatis and Harleys to battle it out on the track, without being constant..." current
- 19:20, 23 August 2010 diff hist +428 N Harley-Davidson Beer Created page with "There really was such a thing as Harley-Davidson branded beer and, given Milwaukee's importance in the American brewing industry, maybe it's not so surprising the Harley-Davi..." current
- 19:19, 23 August 2010 diff hist +39 N Evolution moved Evolution to Harley-Davidson Evolution current
- 19:19, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 m Harley-Davidson Evolution moved Evolution to Harley-Davidson Evolution
- 19:17, 23 August 2010 diff hist +778 N Jeff Bleustein Created page with "Harley-Davidson's head of engineering, an associate professor of engineering at Yale, who was recruited in the middle of the AMF era by Ray Tritten. He really professiona..." current
- 19:16, 23 August 2010 diff hist +525 N Harley-Davidson Bicycles Created page with "For a short time, Harley-Davidson sold bicycles bearing its own badge, intending to cash in on the booming market for cycles and the brand's own rapidly growing status. Accor..." current
- 19:15, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson engineers Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 19:14, 23 August 2010 diff hist +251 N Alfredo Bianchi Created page with "Designed the Aermacchi overhead-valve single-cylinder engine that later developed into the 15 and 2lci (250 and 350cc) singles sold by Harley-Davidson under its own name...." current
- 19:14, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 Ralph Berndt current
- 19:13, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 Carroll Resweber current
- 19:12, 23 August 2010 diff hist +211 N Ralph Berndt Created page with "Independent tuner who worked for Harley-Davidson but built his own race bikes. He was instrumental in the early career of talented racer Carroll Resweher in the 1950s. [[..."
- 19:11, 23 August 2010 diff hist +222 N Billet Created page with "Parts machined from solid aluminum blocks, usually by CNC machines, form a large part of the aftermarket bolt-on custom pans market. Too many of these and your bike will be label..." current
- 19:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +390 N Boozefighters Created page with "One of the biker groups that grew up in the American West in the late 1940s and 50s, which (together with the events at Hollister) pre-empted mass media coverage of 'motorcycle h..." current
- 19:09, 23 August 2010 diff hist +708 N Buddy Seat Created page with "Before the buddy seat, the only way to carry a passenger was on a separate seat on the rear mudguard (uncomfortable in those hardtail days) or in a sidecar (rapidly losin..."
- 19:08, 23 August 2010 diff hist +229 Daytona Bike Week current
- 19:07, 23 August 2010 diff hist +818 N California Bobber Created page with "Arguably the first real custom bike, or it at least heralded the birth of the modern custom movement. It first appeared in California in the late 1940s, and the look rapidly spre..." current
- 19:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist +745 Crocker current
- 19:02, 23 August 2010 diff hist +445 N Arthur Constantine Created page with "An assistant engineer at Harley-Davidson from 1923. He was a graduate engineer fresh from Buick. He resigned the following year, after Bill Harley and [[Arthur Davidson]..." current
- 19:01, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,337 N Della Crewe Created page with "Completed a 5,400-mile (8690-km) journey across the US on a Harley-Davidson sidecar outfit in 1915, with only her dog Trouble for company. Della Crewe had had only ten da..." current
- 19:00, 23 August 2010 diff hist −1 Electra Glide Redirected page to Harley-Davidson FLHT current
- 18:59, 23 August 2010 diff hist +354 N Electra Glide in Blue Created page with "Another world-famous film starring a Harley. In 1971, Robert Blake played a Harley-mounted motorcycle patrolman who dreams of his perfect bike, an Electra Glide in ..." current
- 18:58, 23 August 2010 diff hist +367 N Harley-Davidson FLHT Created page with "Harley-Davidson could not be accused of being late with electric start, which was only just appearing on Japanese machines at the time. It needed to be beefy to turn over the..."
- 18:55, 23 August 2010 diff hist +780 N Dresser Created page with "Dressers are Harley-Davidsons which have been literally 'dressed' for touring with screen, panniers, spotlamps, large comfortable seat and maybe a fairing. The origins lie in..." current
- 18:51, 23 August 2010 diff hist +258 N Royal Gerberick Created page with "With fellow ex-serviceman Roy Kerle, Gerberick rode a 1920 J-model sidecar outfit 19,000 miles (30,577km) through the Mid-West and Western USA, which wa..." current
- 18:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +668 N Hub gear Created page with "Hub gears, mounted in the rear-wheel hub were used before the gearbox and chain drive as we know them appeared. The earliest Harley-Davidsons had a single-speed direct-hell d..."
- 18:49, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Harley-Davidson history
- 18:49, 23 August 2010 diff hist +545 N Holiday Rambler Created page with "Maker of motorhomes, and bought by Harley-Davidson in December 1986. Harley-Davidson had just gone public, and now had the access to finance (not to mention managerial freedo..." current
- 18:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +2 Hell's Angels current
- 18:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,915 N Hell's Angels Created page with "Often associated with Harley-Davidson, especially in their early days. this was a fact that Harley-Davidson not always viewed with relish The first Hell's Angels club was for..."
- 18:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +778 N Hill Climbing Created page with "A popular sport in America from the very early years of motorcycling and particularly vibrant in the 1920s and '30s. Competitors had to ride up an extremely steep slope, and ..." current
- 18:45, 23 August 2010 diff hist +807 N Hollister riot Created page with "The now infamous events at Hollister, a small town in California, on 4 July 1947. have become part of biking folklore. The 'riot' by '4,000 members of a motorcycle club' (Life ma..." current
- 18:44, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1 Harley-Davidson history →1970s: Have We Got Trouble!
- 18:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +69,182 N Harley-Davidson history Created page with "Harley-Davidson History ==1900s: Early Days== In 1903, it must have seemed to Mr. and Mrs. Davidson that their three sons had gone their separate ways. None had followed their ..."
- 18:42, 23 August 2010 diff hist +33 Template:Harley
- 18:41, 23 August 2010 diff hist +394 N Jelly Bean System Created page with "Nothing to do with confectionary, rather a production method introduced in the 1980s which meant that every different model and color of Harley would come down the production lin..." current
- 18:41, 23 August 2010 diff hist +406 N Jack Pine Enduro Created page with "A gruelling cross-country competition of around 500 miles (805km), featuring rough tracks to be negotiated and fast-flowing streams to be forded. It seems to have been traditiona..." current
- 18:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +101 N Juneau Avenue Created page with "Address of the Harley-Davidson headquarters in Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 18:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +454 N B.F. Leopold Created page with "Leopold was instrumental in forcing Harley-Davidson to build its own sidecars. He bought up the Rogers sidecar company in late 1925, Rogers having been Harley's main sup..." current
- 18:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist +689 N Armando Magri Created page with "Described by author David Wright as 'the patriarch of Harley-Davidson dealers', he came from Chico, California where he grew up buying, selling and racing bikes when he h..."
- 18:36, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1 Harley-Davidson ownership current
- 18:35, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,614 N Harley-Davidson NOVA Created page with "A new engine program, launched in 1976, which aimed at producing a complete range of all-new water-cooled engines to power a new generation of modern Harleys. The plan was fo..." current
- 17:54, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 Honda VT1100C2
- 17:54, 23 August 2010 diff hist +207 Honda VT1100C3
- 17:54, 23 August 2010 diff hist +207 Honda VT1100C2
- 17:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,397 N Potato Patent Created page with "Harley-Davidson has been famously litigious over the use of its trademarks, most notably of all over the attempt to patent the 'potato-potato' ..." current
- 17:44, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,037 N Harley-Davidson and Indian Price Fixing Created page with "Price fixing was a feature of the relationship between Harley-Davidson and Indian between the World Wars. It seems astonishing now that these two firms, which were such ..." current
- 17:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +210 N Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club Created page with "A US national club whose members all served in the Vietnam conflict from 1964-73. They all sport patches commemorating their fallen brothers and others declared missing in action..." current
- 17:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +230 N Red River Run Created page with "On the annual memorial weekend, the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club gather in Red River, Mexico to ride, party and remember their fallen comrades at the Vietnam memorial cha..." current
- 17:39, 23 August 2010 diff hist +549 N The Wild One Created page with "Stanley Kubrick's 1954 film, starring Marlon Brando, was supposedly a dramatization of the events of 1947 in Hollister, California, which reinforced the bad boy biker image in th..." current
- 17:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +484 N Duncan Watson Created page with "Official Harley-Davidson importer for Britain from April 1914, though business only really got underway after the First World War, in 1919. He was also Lord Mayor of London a..." current
- 17:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist +238 N Mike Tucker Created page with "One of the first people to drag race a Harley, Tucker used a more or less standard FLH with a tuned engine and all the superfluous equipment removed. ..." current
- 17:36, 23 August 2010 diff hist −42 Harley-Davidson T-Shirts current
- 17:35, 23 August 2010 diff hist −1 Harley-Davidson T-Shirts
- 17:35, 23 August 2010 diff hist +2 Harley-Davidson T-Shirts
- 17:34, 23 August 2010 diff hist +478 N Harley-Davidson T-Shirts Created page with "T-shirt slogans featuring Harleys have become something of an art form. Here is a selection: {{cquote|God Rides a Harley}} {{cquote|Harley-Davidson: II' I had to explain, you wou..."
- 17:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist +439 N Harley-Davidson Wrecking Crew Created page with "The almost legendary Harley-Davidson racing team of the late 1910s and early '20s, which at that time swept the board in America. Under the direction of Bill Ottaway, a h..."
- 17:31, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,757 N William Ottaway Created page with "Next to the four Founders, Ottaway was a figure central to Harley-Davidson's racing and engineering policy. He joined in 1913 as assist..." current
- 17:29, 23 August 2010 diff hist +38 Aurora Automatic Machine current
- 17:28, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson founders Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 17:28, 23 August 2010 diff hist +38 William A. Davidson current
- 17:27, 23 August 2010 diff hist +65 Walter Davidson current
- 17:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +38 Arthur Davidson current
- 17:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +38 William S. Harley current
- 17:25, 23 August 2010 diff hist −5 Springer Redirected page to Leading link
- 17:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +31 N Springer Redirected page to Leading Link Fork
- 17:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Chopper →Description
- 17:23, 23 August 2010 diff hist +149 Leading Link Forks
- 17:22, 23 August 2010 diff hist +736 N William S. Harley Created page with "Bill Harley was sometimes described as the 'fourth Davidson', so close was his working relationship with the three brothers. He was a boyhood friend of [[Arth..."
- 17:21, 23 August 2010 diff hist +31 N Bill Harley Redirected page to William S. Harley current
- 17:20, 23 August 2010 diff hist +909 N William A. Harley Created page with "Son of the original Bill Harley who succeeded his father as chief engineer on his death in 1943. However, he started with a lowly job in the shipping department, at his fath..." current
- 17:19, 23 August 2010 diff hist +258 N Hardtail Created page with "The term for any motorcycle without rear suspension, though it is usually applied to custom Harleys, hence the current Harley-Davidson 'Softail' range, which conceals the..."
- 17:17, 23 August 2010 diff hist +899 N Fred Hamm Created page with "Held a number of endurance records for Harley-Davidson before the Second World War. Hamm was a motorcycle police officer from Pasadena who broke records in his spare time. He..." current
- 17:16, 23 August 2010 diff hist +8 Harley-Davidson WLA45
- 17:15, 23 August 2010 diff hist +331 N Goulding Created page with "Supplied sidecars, such as the Litecar to Harley-Davidson for the Forty-Five, which was offered from 1929. Although Harley-Davidson bought sidecars from several sour..." current
- 17:14, 23 August 2010 diff hist +494 Chopper
- 17:13, 23 August 2010 diff hist +10 Chopper
- 17:12, 23 August 2010 diff hist +274 N Gene Church Created page with "Dominated the Battle of the Twins series in the mid-1980s, winning in 1984, '85 and '86 on the Harley XR 1000-powered Lucifer's Hammer. A forme..." current
- 17:11, 23 August 2010 diff hist +151 N Battle of the Twins Created page with "Contemporary race series for twin-cylinder machines, dominated by Ducati in Europe and Harley-Davidson in North America. Category:Motorcycle racing" current
- 17:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +152 N Lucifer's Hammer Created page with "Famous Harley-powered race bike, which won the Battle of the Twins series three years running, 1984-86. Category:Harley-Davidson motorcycles" current
- 17:09, 23 August 2010 diff hist +584 N Harley-Davidson Liberty Editions Created page with "Special-edition Harley-Davidsons built in 1985 to honor the Statue of Liberty’s centenary. For each of the 1,750 Liberty Edition bikes sold (there were three versions). H..." current
- 17:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist +113 N William Bagnall Created page with "President of the AMA from 1965, also editor and publisher of Motorcyclist. Category:Motorcycle people" current
- 17:04, 23 August 2010 diff hist +278 N Aurora Automatic Machine Created page with "Builder of the Thor motorcycle, the company also supplied rear hubs and brakes to Harley-Davidson from 1910-13. William Ottaway was chief engineer with Aurora, but was so..."
- 17:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +602 N Frederick Barr Created page with "Joined Harley-Davidson's engineering department in 1908, under George Nordberg, and was a key figure there for over 20 years. Also helped Nordberg and [[William Davidson]..." current
- 17:02, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,327 N Dave Barr Created page with "Rode his 1972 Harley Super Glide 83,000 miles (1133572km) around the world in the early 133572km. Barr had served in the US Marines and had lost both his ..." current
- 16:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +136 N Blue Knights Created page with "A motorcycle club whose members all belong or have belonged to the police, fire or emergency services. Category:Motorcycle clubs" current
- 16:25, 23 August 2010 diff hist +465 N Richard Child Created page with "Alfred Child's son, he worked closely with his father importing Harley-Davidsons into Japan. His 400-mile (645-km) test ride of one of the first [[Harley-Davidson E|61 E ..."
- 16:24, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,447 N Alfred Child Created page with "Alfred Child was a super salesman who did much to spearhead Harley-Davidson's exports in the 1920s and '30s. Born in England, he worked his passage across the Atlantic at the..." current
- 16:20, 23 August 2010 diff hist −2 Freddy Dixon current
- 16:20, 23 August 2010 diff hist +264 N Freddy Dixon Created page with "English rider and tuner of Harley¬-Davidsons in the 1920s, he scored many race wins, both solo and sidecar-mounted, notably at Brooklands. He also modified an early eigh..."
- 16:18, 23 August 2010 diff hist +669 N Easy Rider Created page with "The film in which Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride choppers across America under big blue skies, 'looking for adventure' as the Steppenwolf soundtrack goes, also featured one o..." current
- 16:17, 23 August 2010 diff hist +101 Harley-Davidson Captain America
- 16:16, 23 August 2010 diff hist −139 Harley-Davidson Easy Rider Redirected page to Harley-Davidson Captain America current
- 16:14, 23 August 2010 diff hist +430 N Excelsior-Henderson Created page with "An American-made competitor to the Harley in the late 1990s. Harley-Davidson's turnaround in the 1980s and later success attracted some entrepreneurs into investing in a hom..." current
- 16:13, 23 August 2010 diff hist +172 Excelsior current
- 16:12, 23 August 2010 diff hist +299 N The Enthusiast Created page with "Harley's own magazine, launched in 1916 and sent out to all Harley-Davidson dealers and registered owners. Although not always a regular publication, and it could hardly be c..." current
- 16:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +519 N Skip Fordyce Created page with "A popular and successful pioneer Harley-Davidson dealer in Riverside. California. He caused a scandal after the Second World War by taking on Triumph machines as well, an..."
- 15:58, 23 August 2010 diff hist +688 N Harley Owners Group Created page with "A company-sponsored group of Harley-Davidson riders, it is the first such group in the motorcycle industry and probably the most successful. It was formed in 1983 as a means ..." current
- 15:54, 23 August 2010 diff hist +135 N Theodore Miller Created page with "Assistant sales manager to Arthur Davidson in the early 1920s, and in charge of domestic sales. Category:Harley-Davidson people" current
- 15:53, 23 August 2010 diff hist +3 George Nordberg current
- 15:52, 23 August 2010 diff hist +147 N George Nordberg Created page with "Production assistant in the early days under William Davidson, Nordberg joined Harley-Davidson in 1909. Category:Harley-Davidson people"
- 15:51, 23 August 2010 diff hist +317 N Scott Parker Created page with "An official Harley-Davidson racer in the 1980s/90s and the youngest rider ever to earn an AMA expert license. He was team¬mate to Jay Springsteen in the official racing ..."
- 15:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +674 N Pinehurst Meeting Created page with "This was a seminal week in Harley history. Vaughn Beals, the man brought in by AMF to turn Harley-Davidson around, decided in April 1976 to take all Harley-Davids..." current
- 15:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +304 N Remy Created page with "Remy electrical equipment was introduced on the 6lci (1000cc) J-model in 1916, in the form of battery and lights. In 1919, the factory dropped these in favo..." current
- 15:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +737 N Harry Ricardo Created page with "An English cylinder-head specialist, whose pioneering work on four-valve combustion chambers inspired generations of engineers. At Joe Petrali's suggestion, he was broug..."
- 15:42, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,204 N Carroll Resweber Created page with "An official factory rider in the late 1950s who won the US National Championship four times, in 1958, '59, '60 and '61. Incredibly, he did all this while working a full-time..."
- 15:40, 23 August 2010 diff hist +502 N Joe Leonard Created page with "An independent rider in the 1950s, he was not backed by the factory, but nevertheless won the US National Championship on a KRTT. In fact, while the ..." current
- 15:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1 Leading Link Forks
- 15:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist +67 Leading Link Forks
- 15:38, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 N File:Leadinglink2.gif current
- 15:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist +32 N Leading link moved Leading link to Leading Link Forks current
- 15:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 m Leading Link Forks moved Leading link to Leading Link Forks
- 15:37, 23 August 2010 diff hist +959 N Leading Link Forks Created page with "An important early innovation from Harley-Davidson, designed by Bill Harley in 1907. Until then, motorcycle pioneers had mainly used unsprung cycle-type forks, which..."
- 15:34, 23 August 2010 diff hist +229 N Laconia Bike Week Created page with "First started in 1923, the event traditionally takes place during the beginning of June. It was based on racing (like Daytona), which had actually been taki..." current
- 15:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Materials As Needed current
- 15:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist +210 N Materials As Needed Created page with "System by which only materials immediately needed for production were held in the factory. Harley-Davidson introduced this in the early 1980s in order to cut inventories and cos..."
- 15:33, 23 August 2010 diff hist +4 Motorcycles As Needed current
- 15:31, 23 August 2010 diff hist +301 N Motorcycles As Needed Created page with "Dealers protesting against the Bonus Bucks program in 1983 used this as a parody of Harley's 'Materials As Needed' scheme. They would only order b..."
- 15:30, 23 August 2010 diff hist +706 N Harley-Davidson Bonus Bucks Created page with "A dealer incentive scheme of the 1980s, except that the Harley-Davidson dealers didn't see it that way. Their profit margins on the big twins were cut by 5 per cent, but they..." current
- 15:28, 23 August 2010 diff hist +549 N Harley-Davidson Dealers Alliance Created page with "The national Harley-Davidson Dealers Alliance, formed in 1983 by 32 American Harley-Davidson dealers in protest to the new Bonus Bucks incenti..." current
- 15:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist +300 N Harley-Davidson Dealer Advisory Council Created page with "The Harley-Davidson-sponsored association for US dealers. Until the mid-1980s, its members were appointed by the company, but they were elected by the dealers after their rev..." current
- 15:25, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,087 N Willie G. Davidson Created page with "Son of William H., and the man behind many key bikes in Harley's recent history, Willie G. Davidson styled the original [[Harley-Davidson FXR|Super Glide ..." current
- 15:21, 23 August 2010 diff hist +267 N William H. Davidson Created page with "Son of William A. Davidson, he succeeded Walter Davidson as president in 1942. He was still in the job at the time of the AMF deal, and urged shareholders to accept t..." current
- 14:49, 23 August 2010 diff hist +654 N William A. Davidson Created page with "Eldest of the Davidson brothers and company works manager and vice-president, William was already foreman of a railway workshop when his younger brother and [..."
- 14:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +527 N Walter Davidson Created page with "Second of the Davidson brothers and president of the company, Walter had previously been a machinist in the rail shops of Milwaukee. It was he who built up t..."
- 14:47, 23 August 2010 diff hist +227 N Karen Davidson Created page with "Daughter of Willie G. Davidson, who trained in fashion design before joining the Harley-Davidson clothing department and becoming involved in Harley-Davidson's own MotorC..." current
- 14:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +285 N John A. Davidson Created page with "Son of William H. Davidson he was appointed president of the company in the late 1970s, after a succession of non-family presidents failed to solve the company's problems. He..." current
- 14:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +29 N Davidson Family moved Davidson Family to Davidson family current
- 14:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 m Davidson family moved Davidson Family to Davidson family current
- 14:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +248 N Janet Davidson Created page with "Aunt to the Davidson brothers, her connection with the Harley-Davidson story is that she painted the red pin-striping and Harley-Davidson logo onto the ta..." current
- 14:45, 23 August 2010 diff hist +628 N Gordon Davidson Created page with "The son of Walter Davidson, he joined the sales department in 1930 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. Seven years later he was a company director and was a..." current
- 14:44, 23 August 2010 diff hist +373 N Bill Davidson Created page with "Son of Willie G. Davidson and the fourth William Davidson to work for the company, he joined the `family firm' (which of course it no longer was) in 1984 to oversee the natio..." current
- 14:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +832 N Arthur Davidson Created page with "Co-founder of Harley-Davidson with Bill Harley, Arthur Davidson was a natural salesman who, in the words of author Herbert Wagner was 'an out-front brassy little guy, A h..."
- 14:43, 23 August 2010 diff hist +537 N Davidson family Created page with "Hailing from Aberdeen, Scotland, the Davidsons emigrated to America and settled in Milwaukee in 1871 or '72. William Davidson and his wife had two daughters and three sons, [[Art..."
- 14:26, 23 August 2010 diff hist 0 Sturgis Bike Week
- 14:25, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,075 N Daytona Bike Week Created page with "What started as beach races at Daytona, Florida progressed to the purpose-built Daytona Speedway track and the famous Daytona 200 race. But a major festival of [[motorcycling..."
- 14:22, 23 August 2010 diff hist +34 N Category:Motorcycle events Created page with "Events related to motorcycling" current
- 14:22, 23 August 2010 diff hist +318 N Sturgis Bike Week Created page with "The Black Hills rally began in 1938 but is better known as Sturgis, named after the small farming town in South Dakota which serves as a center for the week's Now as famous a..."
- 14:19, 23 August 2010 diff hist +195 N Leonard Andres Created page with "Father of Brad Andres. Leonard was a Harley-Davidson dealer and tuner who took the young Ray Calbom under his wing and encouraged his early career. [[Category:Harley-..."
- 14:19, 23 August 2010 diff hist +243 N Antique Motorcycle Club of America Created page with "The club caters for machines over 30 years old. And anyone interested in old motorcycles can join. Contact Dick Winger. Antique Motorcycle Club of America. 2008 Fitchburg Rd..." current
- 14:17, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson racers Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 14:16, 23 August 2010 diff hist +481 N Brad Andres Created page with "Brad Andres wasn't a factory-hacked racer, but achieved great things with the side-valve KR in the 1950s. He won the National Championship in 1955 and ..." current
- 14:15, 23 August 2010 diff hist +571 N Amtorg Company Created page with "Amtorg was established by the Soviet Union and based in Washington during the Second World War, and one of its tasks was to source motorcycles and send them back to Russia. ..." current
- 14:13, 23 August 2010 diff hist +868 N Harley-Davidson ownership Created page with "For a company approaching its 100th birthday, Harley-Davidson has had very little to do with stocks and shares. The reason is simple. For the first 60 years, it was owned by ..."
- 14:12, 23 August 2010 diff hist +453 N American Motorcycle Manufacturers Association Created page with "The first organization for US motorcycle makers, founded in 1914, with Arthur Davidson on the board of directors. It was instrumental in the setting up of the AMA wh..." current
- 14:11, 23 August 2010 diff hist +57 N Category:Motorcycle associations Created page with "Associations that support and or promote motorcycling" current
- 14:11, 23 August 2010 diff hist +657 N American Association of Motorcycle Road Racers Created page with "A group of ricers in the 1960s which, increasingly dissatisfied with the AMA's restriction of non-approved events, formed its own organization. When big names, like [[Dick Ma..." current
- 14:10, 23 August 2010 diff hist +39 Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme current
- 14:09, 23 August 2010 diff hist +38 American Motorcyclist Association current
- 14:08, 23 August 2010 diff hist +292 N Americade Created page with "Previously the Aspencade Motorcyclists Convention, now renamed and moved to the town of Lake George, New York. Unlike the custom-orientated Sturgis and Daytona Bike Week,..." current
- 14:08, 23 August 2010 diff hist +790 American Motorcyclist Association
- 14:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist +39 N Category:Indian Created page with "Category for Indian motorcycles" current
- 14:05, 23 August 2010 diff hist +19 N Category:Indian people Created page with "Category:Indian" current
- 14:04, 23 August 2010 diff hist +323 N Hap Alzina Created page with "An Indian dealer in Oakland, California during the 1920s. He later became Indian's west-coast distributor and was so successful that, according to author Harry Sucher. It wa..." current
- 14:04, 23 August 2010 diff hist +658 N Allis-Chalmers Created page with "Harley did much subcontracting work for this well-known maker of tractors and other agricultural machinery during the Second World War. Among the more interesting projects wa..." current
- 14:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +277 N Irwin D. Allen Created page with "President of the Federation of American Motorcyclists, which was voluntarily dissolved in 1919 because of declining membership and an inability to control [[motorcycle sport]..." current
- 14:03, 23 August 2010 diff hist +95 N T.R.S. Allchin Created page with "A prominent English Harley-Davidson rider in the 1920s. Category:Harley-Davidson people" current
- 14:02, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson people Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 14:02, 23 August 2010 diff hist +301 N Ronnie Alexander Created page with "A racing mechanic who worked on Ray Calborn's XR750s in the early 1970s. He was later recruited to Harley-Davidson's quality control department,..." current
- 14:00, 23 August 2010 diff hist +89 N Paul Albrecht Created page with "A Harley-Davidson competition rider in the 1950s. Category:Harley-Davidson people"
- 14:00, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,263 N Harley-Davidson aircraft Created page with "There have been numerous attempts to produce Harley-Davidson-powered light aircraft. Harvey Mummert worked for the Curtiss-Wright Aviation Company in the early 1920s and hap..." current
- 13:50, 23 August 2010 diff hist +1,044 N Acetylene lights Created page with "Before charging systems and batteries became reliable enough to make electric lighting universal, motorcycles (Harleys included) used acetylene lights. To switch them on ..."
- 13:48, 23 August 2010 diff hist +689 N Harley-Davidson accessory groups Created page with "To reduce costs and rationalize the optional extras business in the 1930s Harley-Davidson reorganized its accessories into Standard or Deluxe groups, which were bought as a p..." current
- 13:47, 23 August 2010 diff hist +28 N Category:Harley-Davidson suppliers Created page with "Category:Harley-Davidson" current
- 13:46, 23 August 2010 diff hist +442 N Abresh Body Shop Created page with "Abresh, based in Milwaukee, built sidecars for Harley-Davidson for many years, starting with sidecar and van bodies made to special order. In 1936 it introduced an all-ne..." current