Harley Davidson Forty Eight Prices shown here are indicative prices only. The Harley Davidson Forty Eight Ex-Showroom price range displays the lowest approximate price of Harley Davidson Forty Eight bike model throughout India excludes tax, registration, insurance and cost of accessories. The Sportster is a cornerstone of Harley-Davidson’s empire. It’s been a part of the annual lineup in one form or another since the late ‘50s and shows no signs of going away. Seems the Milwaukee brand knows a good thing when it has it. (For the sake of this article let’s just pretend that Buell still exists!). Harley has seen fit to freshen the face of the Sporster the past couple years, creating the Nightster and Iron 883. Both models are also part of a subset of Harleys called Dark Customs.
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Who knew, over a century ago, that the speed-hungry, cutting-edge motorcycle fanatics who founded Harley-Davidson were making history as well as bikes? The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection, showcasing more than 100 years of bikes that shaped motorcycle history, brings that history to gleaming life on page after page of motorcycles beyond compare.
Created in cooperation with the official Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, this book gives motorcycle enthusiasts an opportunity to pore over milestone bikes from the collection, and to linger over every detail that has made Harley-Davidson an icon of American open-road power and performance. With exquisite, detailed photographs and histories of more than 200 motorcycles from Harley’s collection, from serial number one built in 1903 to pre-World War II racers to the latest Street Glide, the book captures the excitement of the best-known motorcycles in the world.
From the earliest singles and twins through street, race, and military bikes powered by Flatheads, Panheads, Knuckleheads Evos,Twin Cams, and more, The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection is a stunning collection, all that’s missing is the patented roar, which readers are invited to supply!
From the Publisher
The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection
1913 Model 9-E
‘Speed: In the Bakersfield, California, road race, Frank Lightner’s stock Harley-Davidson (the kind you can buy, not a special racing machine) attained a speed of 68 miles an hour. ‘Economy: The Harley-Davidson holds the World’s Official Record for economy.
‘Comfort: The Harley-Davidson is the only motorcycle which incorporates the Ful-Floteing Seat and Free Wheel Control. The Ful-Floteing Seat places 14 inches of concealed compressed springs between the rider and the bumps. The Free Wheel Control permits the starting and stopping of the machine without the tiresome pedaling or running alongside common with the ordinary motorcycles.’
—Harley-Davidson advertisement
‘Motorcycling—Outdoors’ Greatest Sport’
War defined the world in which Harley-Davidson conducted business during its second decade, and not just war in Europe, but also along America’s southern border. Brigadier General John Pershing took four thousand men—on foot, on horseback, in trucks, and on motorcycles—into Mexico to pursue Pancho Villa, who had attacked ranches in Texas and New Mexico, killing seventeen Americans.
For recreation, Americans watched motorcycles race at specially constructed board tracks and on dirt ovals normally used for horseracing. Motorcycling was increasingly seen as a recreational activity.
‘Yours for Happy Days
When the American soldiers returned to a newly prosperous country after World War II, they wanted nothing more than to raise families of their own, which they did in unprecedented numbers. Between the years 1946 and 1964, Americans had approximately seventy-six million children.
This ‘baby boom’ generation provided a potential motorcycle market of unimaginable proportions, and Harley-Davidson was prepared to service that market with its line of small two-stroke motorcycles ranging in size from 125cc to 175cc. Whether a baby boomer wanted a Hummer, Topper, Scat, or Bobcat, Harley Davidson had a machine to help young riders fulfill their two-wheeled dreams.
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