| The beginning of the Harley-Davidson Motor | | | | As the years went by, the company had produced |
| Company in 1903 was very impressive. The founders, | | | | and sold more and more units. Harley-Davidson, which |
| Bill Harley and Arthur Walter Davidson, began at a | | | | started at a small backyard of a modest home, grew |
| prototype with a small engine- so weak that it | | | | to become a motorcycle empire in a very short span |
| cannot conquer the Milwaukee hills. But, all things | | | | of time. |
| must have started from small beginnings. And that | | | | Innovations after innovations and awards after |
| was exactly what happened to the Harley-Davidson | | | | awards, Harley-Davidson Motors had increased its |
| Motor Company. Schoolboys, as they can be | | | | reputation as the leader in the motorcycle industry. |
| considered, Bill and Arthur may have been born to | | | | Harley-Davidson was one of the 2 motor companies |
| give contribution to the motor industry. | | | | that had been commissioned to mass-produce |
| The concept of the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle | | | | motorcycles for the government to be used for First |
| was very advanced at that time considering that fact | | | | World War and the Second World War as well. |
| that these two individuals were living in the period | | | | Within the 100 years of the company's existence, |
| where horses were still the main form of | | | | they had been challenged with so many trials. |
| transportation and automobiles were still developing. | | | | The company's sale went off in some periods but |
| Bill and Arthur lived in an era where motorcycles | | | | they regained on the next. The company's quality |
| were still in infant stage. What was more surprising | | | | had been compromised but they had regained it. And |
| was that, Bill and Arthur were still too young to be | | | | like the toughness of the motorcycles they built, the |
| founders of a company then. | | | | company had remained tough. |
| The prototype may be considered a success but | | | | After more than a century of motorcycle |
| could not produce more power to be efficient in hills. | | | | manufacturing, Harley-Davidson is among the most |
| As resourceful as they were, Bill and Arthur made | | | | sought after motorcycle brands around the world. |
| stronger engines that produced more power and | | | | They have created several models that are truly |
| speed. | | | | world-class. Harley-Davidson will continue to |
| That very same year, Harley-Davidson made its very | | | | manufacture quality motorcycles that are indeed an |
| first sale. Two years later they had made 11 | | | | exiting machine to ride. |
| motorcycles. And in 1908, they had made 154. | | | | |