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Harley-Davidson engines are now made at Harley-Davidson Motor Company's Pilgrim Road Powertrain Operations facility in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The company's founders started making smaller flathead motorcycle engines individually by hand and fitted to bicycles in the 10 ft x 15 ft wooden barn in Milwaukee that was the Harley-Davidson ...
Harley-Davidson Hummer; Harley-Davidson KR; Harley-Davidson K, KK, KH, KHK; Harley-Davidson Sportster; Harley-Davidson Servi-Car (produced 1932–1973) [2] Harley Davidson Duo-Glide [3] Heinkel Tourist; Honda Juno; Honda Super Cub; Honda C71, C76, C72, C77 Dream; Honda C92, CB92, C95 Benly; Indian Chief (till 1953) [4] James Commodore ...
Recirculating oil system introduced on all H-D engines in 1936, R became W to denote this. WLA and WLC were military models, WR was a racing model Servi-Car: 45.1 cu in (739 cc) flathead 1932–1936 (R-series engine) 1937–1973 (W-series engine) From 1964, the first Harley-Davidson to have electric starting. [2] Model K and KK
A 1955 Model B "Hummer" at the Harley-Davidson Museum. The Hummer was added to Harley-Davidson's model line in 1955. It was a stripped-down basic model using a redesigned "B-model" engine with the old 125 cc capacity. It was named after Dean Hummer, a Harley dealer in Omaha, Nebraska who led national Harley two-stroke sales. [2]
In 1984 Harley-Davidson, who had been using chopper inspired styling for a number of years, released the 'Softail', a design that hid the rear shocks under the engine creating a profile that looked a lot like a hard tail. This frame was initially offered in the Softail Custom, a bike that took many styling cues from choppers, including the ...
By the 1950s Simplex's designs were primitive, leading to the end of Servi-Cycle and Automatic production in 1960. [4] [5] Simplex continued to make minibikes and karts using proprietary small engines [5] [6] until 1975, when Simplex went out of business. [5] Treen had sold the company three years earlier, in 1972. [7]
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The Harley-Davidson KR or KR750 was a 45.125 cu in (739.47 cc) displacement V-twin engine racing motorcycle made by Harley-Davidson from 1953 through 1969 for flat track racing. It was also used in road racing in the KRTT faired version. When the KR was first introduced, it dominated motorcycle racing in the United States.