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2024 Harley-Davidson Pan America CVO Now Available - $28,399 in the US, £23,495 in the UK
2024's New Harley-Davidson Unveiled Harley-Davidson's latest, the 2024 Pan America CVO, is out, priced at $28,399 for riders in the United States and...

Harley-Davidson X440's Unique Avatars Debut at India Bike Week 2023
Introduction to the Event The much-anticipated India Bike Week 2023 has become the platform for an exciting reveal from Harley-Davidson. In a remarka...

Harley-Davidson's Innovative X440 Takes Center Stage at India Bike Week 2023
New Era in Motorcycle Customization Unveiled In a groundbreaking move, Harley-Davidson is set to showcase a series of custom-built motorcycles, each ...

New Harley-Davidson Launch: Nightster 440 Prepares to Roar into India
Retracing the path of past models: Harley-Davidson, the famed American motorcycle manufacturer, has long been a herald of freedom and adventure on th...

"Hero-Harley vs Bajaj-Triumph: The Challenge to Royal Enfield's Reign in India's Premium Motorcycle Market"
India's premium motorcycle market is set for an exciting rivalry between Hero-Harley and Bajaj-Triumph collaborations. These alliances aim to challeng...

Harley Davidson X 440: Hero MotoCorp's Latest Offering Set to Hit Indian Roads Today
In a thrilling development for motorcycle enthusiasts, Hero MotoCorp is ready to launch the much-anticipated Harley Davidson X 440 in India. This lat...

2018 Harley Davidson Softail Models Launched in India
Harley Davidson India launched it's 2018 Softail range of motorcycles in the country. The new Softail range consists of 'Street Bob' and 'Fat Bob' fro...

Harley Davidson Launched 2018 Fat Bob
The ace American bike manufacturer Harley Davidson has rolled the all-new Softail cruiser lineup for the year 2018. The company revamped their twin cr...

Harley To Kick Start Their Inaugural Motorcycle Boot Camp In India
The American premium bike makers Harley Davidson has announced their riders experience program called the Motorcycle Boot Camp 2017 in India. This aut...

Harley Davidson Listed Their New 2017 Street Rod 750 On Their Official Website
The American bike builder Harley Davidson has rolled out their new model Street Rod 750 on the company's Indian official website. This new motorcycle ...

Harley Davidson LiveWire may take 5 years to hit the market
It has been two years since Harley announced their first electric prototype to the global media - The Harley Davidson project LiveWire. During announ...

Harley-Davidson Crossbones Reviewed
Harley's Cross Bones is the perfect antidote to a tough week at work. It’s so comfortable, thanks to its wide, beautifully padded, hand-stitched spr...

2016 Harley-Davidson Night Rod Special
Harley-Davidson is known for a style of customization that gave rise to the chopper motorcycle style, Harley-Davidson traditionally marketed heavyweig...

Harley-Davidson Softail Breakout Reviewed
Harley-Davidson recently launched three motorcycles in India expanding their line to the biggest its been since they opened shop here. They added the ...

Harley-Davidson’s Upcoming Fat Bob 2016
Subtle is not the word that comes to mind when describing the Fat Bob model. It isn’t just built to grab eyes. It’s built to cause a commotion. To...

Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Reviewed
Harley-Davidsons are not really about outright power. You’d never end up using all of it anyway. Harleys, to surmise, are about knowing you have the...

Harley-Davidson Fat Bob Reviewed – American by Birth
Harley-Davidson came to India in 2009 and what followed was a series of Harley motorcycle-cum-lifestyle outlets being inaugurated in several Indian ci...

Harley Davidson India Introduces 2016 Model Range
The new Iron 883 and Forty-Eight models assert Harley Davidson's Dark Custom leadership with motorcycles inspired by the rebellious spirit of the past...

The 4th Southern H.O.G Rally Thundered God's Own Country
Kerala, Gods own country and with Cochin being a main business hub in the state. Cochin has attracted many international faces in to the place to laun...

Uber goes Uber!
Uber, the commercial startup venture that began in the United States in 2009, recently made it to India, and the company has been making it big, thank...

Additional Details about Harley Davidson

Harley-Davidson Inc. is an American premium cruiser motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in 1903, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the conglomerate holds the record for being the world's oldest motorcycle manufacturer which is still in production. HD is only one of the two American motorcycle companies who survived the great depression. The other one is Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company. Today, Harley enjoys a history of more than a century period. Or in other words, it's said that the history of world motorcycle is written along with HD.

The history of Harley Davidson Motor Company began in 1901, when William S Harley, one of the founders, sketched up a motor-bicycle's engine. It was a small engine displaced only 116 cc. He continued his experiments on the new engine along with his childhood companion and colleague, Arthur Davidson in the machine shop of their friend, Henry Melk. Alas, they completed their first project and the first Harley Davidson motor-bicycle was born in 1903. Later, along with the help of Walter Davison, they found out that the motor-bicycle was not able to climb up hills without the pedal assistance. But, they continued their observation and experiments in order to develop other efficient engines. As a result, they developed a 405 cc with 25 cm flywheels weighing 13 kg. This invention granted Harley out of being a mere motor-bicycle producer. On 8th September, 1904, HD was scribed in the historical page for the first time after getting placed fourth in a Milwaukee motorcycle race held at State Fair Park.

In 1905, Harley commenced selling motorcycles in very limited units. First advertisements were appeared in the 'Automobile and Cycle Trade Journal'. And through its first dealer, Carl H. Lang of Chicago, HD sold 3 motorcycles. In 1906, the first factory of HD was established by Harley and 3 Davidson brothers at Chestnut Street in a small 40 ft x 60 ft single-story wooden square. The consortium produced 50 motorcycles in its first production year. In 1907, with the unity of four founders (William Harley, William Davidson, Arthur Davidson and Walter Davidson) the consortium was officially incorporated as Harley Davidson Inc. Then the factory was slightly expanded and it helped to triple its production by 150 per annum. Meanwhile, William Harley learnt his graduation on mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the same year, the consortium developed its first V-Twin engine. It was equipped with an 880 cc engine which produced up to 7 horsepower. This was also Harley's first motorcycle to reach a top speed of 100 kmph. Later, the production was hiked to 450 units in 1908 and to 1150 in 1909.

In 1913, the Yellow Brick Factory got replaced by a new 5-story building. In the year, the production house saw new 16,284 machines. During World War I, HD supplied 15,000 machines to the United States Military Force. By 1920, Harley became the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer by producing 28,189 two wheelers at that year. In 1920s, the conglomerate introduced some interesting findings. A 1,212.6 cc, V-Twin engine, which was introduced in 1922 and the Teadrop gas tank in 1925 were few of them. By the end of 20s, the Great Depression was broken out. It severely affected the company. The production was dipped to 21,000 units in 1029 and to pathetic 3,703 units in 1933. Still, HD endured the crisis and unveiled it line-up for 1934. However, HD opened its account with the 1210 cc VL in Japan in 1935. In 1936, HD unveield the 61E and the 61EL variants with the 'Knucklehead' OHV engine. Despite everything HD survived the Great Depression. And during the World War II, Harley was again chosen to supply motorcycles to the US Army. In 1934 and in 1945, the company was rewarded Army-Navy 'E' Awards for Excellence in Production.

In 1952, HD was hammered by the US Tariff Commission to pay 40% tax on imported motorcycles. This severely affected the sales figure of the company as the company was forced to hike its bikes' price. Later in the mid of 20th century, HD jumped into Hummer and Aermacchi production. HD acquired the design of a German motorcycle, the DKW RT 125 and produced bikes from 1948 to 1966. In 1960, HD unveiled the Topper Scooter. In the following year the 250 cc Aermacchi horizontal single bikes' import commenced. The motorcycle was badged as Harley-Davidson Sprint. Later the engine of the Sprint was amassed to 350 cc in 1969. Then the Aermacchi made two-stroke powered the M-65, the M-65S, and the Rapido were replaced by HD's American built lightweight two-stroke motorcycles.

In 1969, the whole consortium was troubled when the company was acquired by American Machine and Foundry (AMF). They cut the number of workers. This created long strikes and some horrible incidents between the management and the workforce. It resulted low production as well as low quality of the motorcycles. The sales declined and mocked as 'Hardly Ableson', 'Hardly Driveable,' and 'Hogly Ferguson'. The company was almost to bankrupt. Hence, in 1982, the consortium was handed over for $80 million to a 13 men crew which is pioneered by Vaughn Beals and Willie G. Davidson. In 1990, HD introduced the Fat Boy and became the market leader again. In 1993, the Dyna FXD was introduced replacing the FXR models. In 2001, Harley Davidson logo was appeared in the car for the first time. It was Ford's F-Series F-150 line up to be sealed the HD logo. The Ford-F150 Harley-Davidson Edition still continues as it is placed in the 2013 model line up.

Meantime, HD began its trade with Buell Motorcycle Company in 1987. Buell bought engines for its superbikes. In 1993, Harley bought 49% share of Buell and increased the share to 98% in 1998 and completely by 2003. In 2008, Harley acquired the Italian premium motorcycle manufacturer, MV Augusta for $109M USD. But in 2009, the company sold back the Italian firm back to the former owner, Claudio Castiglioni. He had also been the Chairman of MV Augusta since HD bought the venture.

In 2009, Harley Davidson officially announced its Indian entry and opened its very first dealership in 2010. Later in 2011, HD established a Completely Knocked Down (CKD) plant, in Gurgaon, to reduce the duty tax. Today, Harley has the sale of 14 variants in 9 dealerships across India. Meanwhile, the consortium has an altogether tally of 31 motorcycle models from its homeland, the United States. The price range of Harley Davidson machines starts at Rs. 5.6 lakh for the Superlow and ends at Rs.35.45 lakh for the Ultra Classic Electra Glide in India.