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- 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