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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.
SilentHawk is an all-wheel drive, hybrid-electric military bike designed for the United States Armed Forces.The bike, currently in its prototype stage, is being developed by Fairfax, Virginia-based contractor Logos Technologies with the aid of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). [1]
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.
During World War II, the US Army requested experimental motorcycle designs suitable for desert fighting [1] and offered Indian $350,000 in exchange for 1,000 shaft-drive, side-valve, twin-cylinder test motorcycles. In response to this request, Indian designed and built the 841 (8 for the new engine design and 41 for the year).
The Kawasaki KLR250/KL250D is a motorcycle produced from 1984 to 2005 as the successor to the 1978 to 1983 KL250C, with only minor changes during the model run. This lightweight dualsport motorcycle was used for several years by the US military for a variety of tasks, including messenger duty and reconnaissance. [citation needed]
Several truck types of the Red Ball Express. This list of soft-skinned vehicles of the United States military is a list of soft-skinned vehicle models [note 1] that have seen active service in the United States Armed Forces, including military trucks, motorcycles, side-by-sides and tractors.
IMZ-Ural Group Inc., more commonly known as Ural Motorcycles (Russian: Мотоциклы Урал, romanized: Motosikly Ural), is a multinational company involved in developing, manufacturing, and worldwide distribution of Ural sidecar motorcycles.