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