Harley-Davidson – The True American Legend
Perhaps, every man in his life has heard of American Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The scope of motorcycles produced by Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. (USA) is impressive: big tour cycles of Touring series, dynamic and comfortable Dynas, classic Softails, maneuver Sportsters and drag-cruisers VRSC.
More than a 100 years history of the company is considered to be the “essential part” of their vehicles. So, here’s some history highlights.
The legend was born in 1903 when two 20 years old friends William Harley and Arthur Davidson constructed their first motorcycle in 3×4 meters wooden barn and proudly scribed on the barn door “The Harley Davidson Motor Company”. Their first customer was their friend Henry Meyers and by the end of year two guys opened their first dealer spot in Chicago with 3 more vehicles sold.
Telling the truth, Hollywood became “the father” of these cycles popularity. In 1953 Hollywood director Stanley Kraemer makes his motion picture “The Wild One” picturing the life of bikers criminal. When this bike first appeared on the big screen it immediately became associated the free life and non-recognition of any laws. Though, “Harley-Davidson” became the true legend in 10 years in 1963 after showing the motion picture called “Easy Rider” – the story of 2 friends who ride over US searching for the true freedom. Then “Harley-Davidson” became the real symbol of freedom (smart marketing move for US). The thing that their bike was not just a bike but a part of freedom helped the company to survive the fast and cheap Japanese bikes attack in mid 80-s.
In our days “Harley-Davidson” provides the full specter of bikes. Though, it might seem to be hard to pick the right one, it is in fact easy to make your choice out of the models letter description. Ok, the production line for “Harleys” consists of 3 basic model groups which differ by engine type: XL-Sporter, VRSC and Big Twin. These groups form 5 bike families.
SPORTSTER (volume – 883 или 1200 cm³):
XL-Experimental Lightweight;
C-Custom;
R-Roadster;
L-Low.
DYNA (volume – 1450 или 1584 cm³):
F-Big Twin;
X-front wheel 19” или 21”, footboards;
D-DYNA;
C-Custom;
X-Sport;
L-Low;
WG-Wide Glide.
SOFTAIL (volume – 1450 или 1584 cm³):
F-Big Twin;
X-front wheel 19” или 21”, thin fork feathers, footboards;
L-front wheel 16 ”, Touring style fork (thick feathers), foot decks;
ST-Softail;
B-Night Train;
F-Fat Boy;
N-Deluxe;
D-Deuce;
SC-Springer Classic;
C-Classic.
TOURING (volume – 1450 или 1584 cm³):
F-Big Twin;
L- front wheel 16 ”, Touring style fork (thick feathers), foot decks;
H-Tourer(Highway);
R-Road King;
T-Tour Pack;
S-Custom;
C-Classic;
U-Ultra.
VRSC (volume -1130 или 1250 cm³):
V-V-Twin;
R-Racing;
S-Street;
C-Custom;
A-A Series;
R-Roadster;
D-Dragster;
W-Wide;
X-Special или Limited Edition
Additional common letters for models’ designation:
I – fuel injected.
SE – limited series in Screamin’ Eagle version
This way you can easily see the complete bike info from its index. Ex.: FLHTCUI — ULTRA CLASSIC ELECTRA GLIDE is a bike with Big Twin engine volume 1450 или 1584 cm³, thick fork Touring style, foot decks, coming from Touring family with Tour Pack(upper rigid wardrobe trunck) Classic Ultra version, Injector.
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