William Harley took an interest in the early development of bicycles, which sparked an attraction about mechanics and engineering. With his friend Arthur Davidson, he began bicycle equipment with a motorized engine. Working with Arthur Davidson who was his childhood friend, just like Harley, Arthur Davidson also had thoughts in the mechanical field. Both of them also shared a deep interest in bicycles and believed they could create a new type of mechanical bicycle that would be easier to use.
Soon these two friends then began experimenting with gasoline-powered engines and trying on their own bikes. In 1903 William Harley and Arthur Davidson and two brothers from Arthur Davidson formed the Harley Davidson Motor Company Company, a motorcycle manufacturer company that would become big in the world. Determined to make a better life for himself, Harley then left for college, he was the first person in his family to study and finally earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1907. After completing his studies, Harley then returned to Milwaukee after college and began working again with Davidson to fulfill their dream of building a motorized bicycle.
They started operating the Harley Davidson Motor Company from a small warehouse in the Davidson family's backyard. The Harley name was installed at the beginning because the original idea came from his thoughts about motorbikes. In the first year, the company produced three bicycles, which included a crank and pedal bike and a one-cylinder motorbike. Over the next few years, the company
perfecting motorcycle ideas and attracting new businesses. In 1909, the company had its own factory, employed 35 workers and produced more than a thousand motorbikes per year.
Behind the company's development, William Harley was a perfectionist who created and installed the world's first two-cylinder motorcycle engine. He did it in 1907, and only a few years later, it was later patented to be a V-Twin engine which then skyrocketed and helped grow the company's production to 3,200 bikes a year. Over the next few decades Harley-Davidson continued to see a huge boost in sales and popularity. when the US participated in World War I. Unmitigated, the US Military was brave enough to include it with a third of the total 70,000 motorcycle units needed during the war. That choice is right, because Harley-Davidson motorbikes can make it easier for US troops to carry out surveillance and logistics deliveries to the front lines of the battlefield.
Finally, throughout World War I, around 20,000 Harley-Davidson motorbikes were sent to the battlefield. Although there are still 14,600 more units that have not been produced due to the end of the war, Harley-Davidson has changed like a star. The motorcycle received tremendous appreciation from the US community, because it was considered to be enough to help the country "Uncle Sam" on the battlefield. The image of "Motor Nationalists" was also pinned by the community to the motorcycle.
A number of mass media are busy discussing the "greatness" of Harley Davidson vehicles. "Uncle Sam’s Choice; slogan; Harley-Davidson "was emblazoned in one of the company's advertisements in the 1920s. At that time, Harley-Davidson finally began its golden age. Harley-Davidson later became a legend and was able to outperform its competitors to become the largest motorcycle company in the world to the present.
Until his death, William Harley proved to play a role in the company's success and the introduction of new motorbikes. He is a driver and has a passion for testing his new bike. Harley died of heart failure on September 18, 1943. He was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Milwaukee. In 1998, he was appointed to the motorbike Hall of Fame in Columbus, Ohio and was known as "Father of Harley-Davidson" with Arthur Davidson.
Arthur Davidson - Founder of Harley-Davidson
Biography of Arthur Davidson - Founder of Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson is a big brand embedded in a formidable Motorcycle from the United States founded by William Harley and Arthur Davidson. One of the Founders of Harley-Davidson, Arthur Davidson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 11, 1881, Arthur Davidson and his colleague, William S. Harley, both had the idea of making a motorcycle, so in 1903 they founded The Motorcycle Company by the name of Harley-Davidson Motor Company assisted by two Davidson brothers. The American public will soon become acquainted with the name Harley-Davidson, a motorcycle brand that will grow rapidly to become the most popular brand in the world of motorbikes. Arthur Davidson is the youngest of three children. His father is a closet maker. Little is known about the early life of Arthur Davidson.
Entering the end of the 18th century, Bicycles have been created and their popularity is growing rapidly throughout the United States. This allows people to go further and faster than before, and millions of people then make it a new mode of transportation. But this was only the beginning for Davidson and his colleague Harley, who at that time worked as a design maker and childhood friend William Harley, who worked as a mechanic. In 1901 they both looked for ways to create new ideas in terms of transportation by making a motorcycle, which could be publicly available and used by the average American population, allowing people to travel faster and easier than bicycles. At that time, motorized bikes had been developed in Europe but on a limited basis, in the United States alone there had been around 10 years before but motorbikes at that time were generally not available to the public.
Harley and Davidson then worked hard in a warehouse that became the first office as well as their initial workshop built in Davidson's backyard, they then made the company name Harley-Davidson Motor Company. In 1903, with the help of brother Davidson, they produced their first motorcycle. In 1904 they made three motorbikes, one of which was sold at the end of the year to CH Lang of Chicago, the first Harley-Davidson dealer. After the company began to develop, they began to produce their motorcycles on a larger scale so that in 1906,
Harley Davidson and two Davidson brothers began building factories in Milwaukee and produced 50 more motorbikes. The following year they increased their annual production by recruiting 35 workers and making around 1,000 motorbikes a year.
The next step from Arthur Davidson was convincing government officials that motorbikes had to replace bicycles at the US Postal Service. In 1914 Postal Service had more than 4,800 Harley-Davidson motorbikes in the transportation fleet. When World War I began, almost all Harley-Davidson motorbikes produced were suspended for the public, and only produced for the military and provided thousands of motorbikes in support of warfare. throughout World War I, around 20,000 Harley-Davidson motorbikes were sent to the battlefield. Although there are still 14,600 more units that have not been produced due to the end of the war, Harley-Davidson has changed like a star.
The motorcycle received tremendous appreciation from US society,
