1902 Was A Very Good Year, a young William Harley designed a one cylinder motor cycle. One year later he met up with Arthur Davidson and together they created Harley Davidson.
Their first factory was a small wooden shack, but importantly it had Harley Davidson signage on the front.

William and Arthur had no idea they were birthing of one of the greatest motor cycle companies in the world.

In 1935 when all things American, H.D turned Asian. Harley Davidson licensed everything to Sankyo, this in turn initiated the Japanese to set up a new motor cycle manufacturing industry, after all they now had every thing they needed..
The modern day Harley Davidson has a great distinctive exhaust sound and are regarded by most as muscle bikes. Usually over 750 cc, but mostly 1100cc plus capacity, are designed for highway touring. Harley riders clubs are popular all over the world, some times attracting that "easy Rider" style, and "gang" element, that gave birth to the iconic "chopper" kind of bike.

I really don't know about William Harley and Arthur Davidson. The naming process is good. I think William Harley has more contribution on Harley Davidson. Because he made a design first...

William Harley and Arthur Davidson was the great people who disigned this Harley Davidson motorcycles. For them now we are able to ride this Harley Davidson motorcycles.

During its period of peak demand, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, Harley-Davidson embarked on a program of expanding the number of dealerships throughout the country. At the same time, its current dealers typically had waiting lists that extended up to a year for some of the most popular models. Harley-Davidson, like the auto manufacturers, records a sale not when a consumer buys their product, but rather when it is delivered to a dealer.

History of Harley-Davidson is really a practical and learnable story. Everyone should learn somthing from its struggling starting...

When i heard the history of Harley Davidson i was surprised, they are too much struggling person.

Its very useful. But i think this is not the full story. Could you please search for it and give us the proper and full story???

well i am not awar about the hystory of the Harley Davidson. Thats why i have no comments on this post......