In 1901, 20-year-old William S. Harley drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches (116 cc) and four-inch (102 mm) flywheels. The engine was designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame. Over the next two years, Harley and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson worked on their motor-bicycle usingContinue reading “A Rare Look Inside the Harley-Davidson Factory From Their Early Days”
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In 1952, Georges Monneret Built an “Amphibious Vespa” for the Paris-London Race and Successfully Crossed the English Channel on It
In 1952, French motorcycle racing champion Georges Monneret leaving Paris, France for for Calais, where he was met with a crew who installed a pair of custom pontoons to scooter. It was an amphibious craft powered by a 1952 125cc Vespa Douglas. From there, Monneret went about crossing the famed English Channel aboard the waterborneContinue reading “In 1952, Georges Monneret Built an “Amphibious Vespa” for the Paris-London Race and Successfully Crossed the English Channel on It”
30 Wonderful Vintage Photographs of Women Posing With Their Bicycles
Today’s fashionable “lady cyclist” is likely wearing spandex, skin-tight bicycle shorts. Consider the women of 1894 and their persistence in finding some way to enjoy that new contraption, the bicycle. “What shall we wear?” is a query rising from every channel of woman’s life: for upon each occasion we must be suitably clad to enjoyContinue reading “30 Wonderful Vintage Photographs of Women Posing With Their Bicycles”
30 Wonderful Vintage Photographs of Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Up until the invention of the modern “safety” bicycle in 1887, few women rode the high wheel bicycles of the previous generation. But in the 1890s, a “cycling craze” offered a new kind of mobility to many young women. In 1897 alone, more than two million bicycles were sold in the United States, about oneContinue reading “30 Wonderful Vintage Photographs of Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries”
38 Funny Vintage Photos of Children Riding Motorcycles (Of course they can’t ride, just for photographs.)
54 Vintage Photos of Celebrities and their Motorcycles
34 Fantastic Harley-Davidson Ads From The 1970s
Harley-Davidson, Inc., H-D, or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Along with Indian, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression. The company has survived numerous ownership arrangements, subsidiary arrangements, periods of poor economic health and product quality, and intense global competition toContinue reading “34 Fantastic Harley-Davidson Ads From The 1970s”
22 Vintage Photos of Harley-Davidson Servi-Cars From the 1930s
The three-wheeled Servi-Car was Harley-Davidson’s third motorcycle purposely designed for commercial use. Before it’s introduction in 1932, Harley had tried to enter the commercial market, first with the motorcycle truck and then with the package truck. Neither of these vehicles had the success that Harley was to have with the Servi-Car. It would become Harley’sContinue reading “22 Vintage Photos of Harley-Davidson Servi-Cars From the 1930s”
