Vintage Motorbike

Some Really Classic Motorcycles Made By Harley

There are some truly classic motorcycles on the market that
add a thrilling blend of precision, style, and performance.
Harley Davidson has had over one hundred years of developing
motorcycles to help them in continuing to please consumer.

The 1957 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster is among more than one
hundred fifty classic motorcycles from around the world that
has become a collectible by many avid motorcycle
enthusiasts. The 1966 Harley-Davidson Sprint motorcycle was
an Italian-American hybrid that filled a gap in Harley's
line. Introduced in 1961 as a result of a cooperative
venture between Harley-Davidson and Aermacchi of Italy, the
Sprint was powered by a 250-cc horizontal four-stroke
single.

Despite being decidedly unlike Harley's traditional products
of the time, the Sprint was quite popular with buyers.
Little had changed by 1966, although styling had become
somewhat more modern. Both street and on and off-road
Scrambler models were offered by that time, and modified
versions enjoyed a fair degree of competition success.
Displacement increased to 350 cc for 1969 on the
street-going Sprint, which is now called the SS, while the
Scrambler version did not get the larger engine until 1972.
Both models disappeared after 1974 to be replaced by
two-stroke machines, also built by Aermacchi.

The 1948 Harley-Davidson FL is among the many classic
motorcycles from America's iconic motorcycle marque, because
it was big and brawny, loud and proud, and made
Harley-Davidson is America on two wheels. It is no
coincidence that the history of Milwaukee-based
Harley-Davidson, founded in 1903, parallels that of the 20th
Century, the American Century. Racers, cops, soldiers,
stars, lawyers, and loners all seem to have found themselves
on a Harley by experiencing the magic in these profiles and
pictures of very special Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Harley Davidson began building motorcycles with the 1905
Harley-Davidson, then they followed up with the 1909
Harley-Davidson V-Twin. During the 1910s, Harley Davidson
designed four motorcycles, which were the 1912 X8A, 1915
11F, 1916 J, and the 1918 18-J. Then in the 1920s, Harley
Davidson only manufactured three motorcycles, which were the
1920 20-J, 1925 JD, and the 1927 BA.

During the 1930s and the 1940s, Harley Davidson continued
with their great motorcycles with the introduction of ten
fantastic motorcycles. These motorcycles were the 1931 Model
D, 1934 VLD, 1936 EL, 1938 UL, 1942 WLA and XA, 1947
Servi-Car, 1948 FL, 1948 S-125, 1948 WL, and the 1949 FL
Hydra-Glide. Harley designed nine motorcycles during the
1950s. These motorcycles were the 1951 Police Special, 1952
FL Hydra-Glide, 1954 FL Hydra-Glide, 1955 FL Hydra-Glide,
1956 KHK, 1957 XL Sportster, 1958 FL Duo-Glide, 1959 Police
Special, and the 1959 XLCH Sportster.

During the 1960s, Harley Davidson came out with the 1963
Topper and FL Duo-Glide, 1964 XLCH Sportster, 1965 FL
Electra-Glide, 1966 FLH Electra-Glide and Sprint, and the
1967 XLH Sportster. During the 1970s, Harley Davidson
developed the the 1971 XLH Sportster and FX Super Glide,
1973 FL Electra-Glide, 1975 XL-1000, XR-750, and the SS-250,
1977 XLCR, 1978 FXS, FLHS Electra-Glide and the XL-1000
Sportster. Since the 1970s, Harley Davidson has developed
closed to forty other wonderful additions to the Harley
Davidson collection.

Throughout the years Harley Davidson has built over eighty
different models of motorcycles that keep motorcycle
enthusiasts constantly on the road.

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Originally posted 2009-02-27 08:30:34. Republished by Old Post Promoter