Entry#10: Evolution of Harley Davidson!!!

          Hey everyone! This blog post will be about how Harley- Davidson the iconic American motorcycle manufactruer evolved into todays loved products!  I have always loved motorcycles since I was a kid and I thought that it would be cool to do a blog about Harley- Davidson and how they became from then to now.
         Founded out of a small shed in 1903 by William S. Harley and brothers Arthur and Walter Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The Motor Company produces traditional cruiser motorcycles utilizing air- cooled V- Twin engines.  When Harley and Davidson produced and sold their first motorcycle in 1903, they were one of many small motorcycle marques springing up across the country.  Flash forwardmore than a century and the Harley- Davidson brand is so rooted in American culture that the history of the company intertwines eith the history of America itself!!! Within the next decade, Harley- Davidson contiued to expand and on many sales were generated by Uncle Sam with the American military sourcing Harley notorcycles during the First World War.

          Heres what the motorcycle looked like during the First World War when the U.S. military used this product.

This picture is the bike from World War 2 era.

The Bar and Shield continued to grow and by the early '30's, its only surviving domestic rival was indian.  Again H- D expanded in peacetime and fond itself producing high quantities of bikes for the American military during World War 2.  Harley- Davidson press material cites its wartime motorcycles production at 90,000 units.  

Harley- Davidson also built racing bikes and the public best knows Harley- Davidson for its cruisers, but the American firm does have a storied racing past. Pre- WW2 riders like Joe Petrail made a name for himself campaigning the Bar and Shield in AMA Hillclimb and Dirt Track races, with Petrali scoring numerous Grand National titles.

Post war, H- D continued to wreak havoc on dirt tracks and the American marque found success in road racing as well.  One name forever linked with Harley_ Davidson is Cal Rayborn.  The AMA Hall of Famer won back- to- back Daytona 200s for Harley and also set the ultimate motorccle land speed recond at Bonneville with a 265.492 mph run i a Harley- Davidson- powered streamliner.

This picture is an H-D V- Twin Engine.

Harley- Davidson also demonstrates what can be done with products from its vast Genuine Motor Accessories and Morot Parts catalog in the form of its CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) line.  The CVO motorcycles ar modles form Harley's standard lineup that have received the royal treatment, like the Screamin' Eagle Twin Cam 110 engine, show- topping custom paint and top- shelf H-D controls and components.  

The blue Harley is my dream bike!!! Love the look of it!

This concludes my post I hope you enjoyed even if you are a Harley lover like I am! Let me know what you think!!!