HARLEY DAVIDSON SUCCESS STORY||HARLEY DAVIDSON INDIA

Harley Davidson Deluxe model

Harley Davidson, one of most loving motorcycle manufacturer company known for his loyalty, speed and powerful engine among the youths. It is the choice of many american army-men(soliders) because during World-War 1 & 2 demand of Harley Davidson bikes rises up and american fighter entered in Germany by riding these bikes.

1901, a 20 year old boy William S.Harley, when frustrated with pedals of his cycle plans to turn his cycle into bike so he want to add a small engine in his cycle. Over next 2 years, Harley along with his childhood friend Arthur Davidson worked on his Motor cycle and made 116cc engine at machine shop behind his friend Henry Melk's house. 

founders 

It was finished in 1903 with the help of Arthur's brother, Walter Davidson but upon testing this power cycle Harley and Davidson brothers found it unable to climb the hills without pedal assistance, actually they all live in Milwaukee,U.S there are too many hills and up-roads to travel around.

Now, they worked on new Prototype of the bike at Davidson's family backward where 2 more Davidson brother also join them. Here they made a new motorcycle which can easily climb on hills and is 4 times more stronger than previous one.

In January 1905, small advertisements were placed in the Automobile and Cycle Trade Journal offering bare Harley-Davidson engines to the do-it-yourself trade. By April, complete motorcycles were in production on a very limited basis. That year, the first Harley-Davidson dealer, Carl H. Lang of Chicago, sold three bikes from the five built in the Davidson backyard shed.

These bikes are also presented in motor cycle races from where the brand got its fame.

In 1906, Harley and the Davidson brothers built their first factory on Chestnut Street (later Juneau Avenue), at the current location of Harley-Davidson's corporate headquarters. The first Juneau Avenue plant was a single-story wooden structure. The company produced about 50 motorcycles that year.

In 1907 William A. Davidson, brother to Arthur and Walter Davidson, quit his job as tool foreman for the Milwaukee Road railroad and joined the Motor Company. With the new facilities production increased to 150 motorcycles in 1907. The company was officially incorporated that September. They also began selling their motorcycles to police departments around this time, a market that has been important to them ever since.

production in 19057 1906 were all single cyclinder engines, in between 1907 and 1910, production were based on first V-Twin engines which are more powerful and produces about 7 horsepower with top speed of about 100 km/h.

World war 1 was very successful for the company as US military had purchased more than 20,000 motorcycles from Harley-Davidson and Army fighter entered Germany by riding these motorcycles.

By 1920, Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, with 28,189 machines produced, and dealers in 67 countries and Harley-Davidson was one of the best motorcycle manufacturer at that time.

Great depression 

In 1933, Harley Davidson sell fell from 21,000 in 1929 to 3703 in 1933. but in 1934 after making some changes in their motorcycles and launching a new series of motorcycles. In 1941, during World War 2 Harley Davidson made more than 90,000 bikes for america only; for their excellent production they got 2 Navy E award in 1943 and 1945.

In 1969, American Machine and Foundry (AMF) bought the company, streamlined production, and slashed the workforce. This tactic resulted in a labor strike and lower-quality bikes. The bikes were expensive and inferior in performance, handling, and quality to Japanese motorcycles. Sales and quality declined, and the company almost went bankrupt. In 1981 American Machine and Foundry(AMF) sold the company to  Vaughn Beals and Willie G. Davidson, they made major changes in bikes and technology, but in 2000 buell takes full ownership over Harvely-Davidson.

In an attempt to attract newcomers to motorcycling in general and to Harley-Davidson in particular, Buell developed a low-cost, low-maintenance motorcycle. The resulting single-cylinder Buell Blast was introduced in 2000, and was made through 2009, which, according to Buell, was to be the final year of production.

HARLEY DAVIDSON IN INDIA

Street 500

In 2009 Harley Davidson enterted in India, Street 500 bike from Harley was the most popular among youths.The Street, Harley-Davidson's newest platform and their first all new platform in thirteen years, was designed to appeal to younger riders looking for a lighter bike at a cheaper price. The Street 750 model was launched in India at the 2014 Indian Auto Expo, Delhi-NCR on February 5, 2014. The Street 750 weighs 218 kg and has a ground clearance of 144 mm giving it the lowest weight and the highest ground clearance of Harley-Davidson motorcycles currently available.
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