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- 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