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The Harley-Davidson WLA is a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was produced to US Army specifications in the years during and around World War II. It was based on an existing civilian model, the WL, and is of the 45 solo type, so called due to its 45-cubic-inch (740 cm 3) engine displacement and single-rider design.
In camouflage Cpl. Gordon C. Powell on a Harley-Davidson WLA, with the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, poses next to British dispatch rider Baltins Dogoughs. People of Jüchen assemble in the market place on 28 February 1945. A soldier of 82nd Armored Reconnaissance battalion watches from the turret of his M8 armored car.
Harley-Davidson XA opposed-twin engine runs 100 °F (38 °C) cooler than a V-twin. [4]During WWII, the U.S. Army asked Harley-Davidson to design a specification of a motorcycle much like the BMWs used by German forces, with shaft drive, a boxer engine, and several other features that made the BMWs exceptionally reliable and low-maintenance machines.
WLA: 45 cu in (740 cc) 1939–1945, 1949–1952 WLA was the U.S. Army version of civilian WL; WLC was the Canadian Army version XA: 45 cu in (740 cc) flat-twin: 1942–1943 Tactical motorcycle for desert warfare. Based heavily on and retro-engineered from BMW R71 design. Flat-twin engine with a longitudinal crankshaft, a gearshift pedal, shaft ...
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