The Harley- Davidson is an American motorcycle manufacturing company that is often abbreviated as H-D.
It bags the credit for being one of the two motorcycle manufacturers to survive the great depression.
It was founded in the beginning of the 20th century in Milwaukee (it is a place in the state of Wisconsin) and had to struggle a few times from depressions, competitions and poor quality control.
The company designs heavyweight motorcycles best suited for highways.
The company's attempts to establish a market for its lightweight motorcycles was met with limited success and was completely abandoned by the company when it sold its Italian subsidiary called Aermacchi.
This brand of motorcycles can boast of an exclusive design and exhaust note and are often fondly referred to as Harleys.
It has a very loyal band of fans who remain active through clubs, events, blogs and even a museum.
The company was started with a production of 50 motorcycles a year and by 1920 Harley-Davidson had become the world's leading motorcycle manufacturer with an annual production of 28,189machines.
There were dealers in 67 countries worldwide and by then it was selling motorcycles to police departments and had won several races.
It provided 15000 machines to help in the military combat of the World War I.
It had recently introduced a 45 cubic inch model and the sales started plummeting rapidly.
In order to survive the great depression it had devise several plans.
It started producing industrial plants and three wheeled delivery vehicles till the end of the great depression.
The three wheeled delivery vehicle was called as the servi-car.
It started civilian production soon after the great depression manufacturing several successful models both for individual buyers and race tracks.
It also supplied machines for the combat in World War II.
But with several Hollywood films relating these motorcycles with outlaws and gangs, Harley-Davidsons suffered a major damage to their reputation.
In the mean time they also had to face a very tough competition from a Japanese motorcycle manufacturing company which had started selling its motorcycles in the American market.
The company had to face charges of fraudulent stock price manipulations in the year 2004.
In the year 2007 the company employees went on strike demanding changes in salaries and health benefits.
Though the strike was called off later it had ripple effects on the production of Harleys and the employment opportunities in the manufacturing plants.
In spite of all these setbacks their stock prices keeps soaring and the Harley still is the heartthrob of several million men.
It bags the credit for being one of the two motorcycle manufacturers to survive the great depression.
It was founded in the beginning of the 20th century in Milwaukee (it is a place in the state of Wisconsin) and had to struggle a few times from depressions, competitions and poor quality control.
The company designs heavyweight motorcycles best suited for highways.
The company's attempts to establish a market for its lightweight motorcycles was met with limited success and was completely abandoned by the company when it sold its Italian subsidiary called Aermacchi.
This brand of motorcycles can boast of an exclusive design and exhaust note and are often fondly referred to as Harleys.
It has a very loyal band of fans who remain active through clubs, events, blogs and even a museum.
The company was started with a production of 50 motorcycles a year and by 1920 Harley-Davidson had become the world's leading motorcycle manufacturer with an annual production of 28,189machines.
There were dealers in 67 countries worldwide and by then it was selling motorcycles to police departments and had won several races.
It provided 15000 machines to help in the military combat of the World War I.
It had recently introduced a 45 cubic inch model and the sales started plummeting rapidly.
In order to survive the great depression it had devise several plans.
It started producing industrial plants and three wheeled delivery vehicles till the end of the great depression.
The three wheeled delivery vehicle was called as the servi-car.
It started civilian production soon after the great depression manufacturing several successful models both for individual buyers and race tracks.
It also supplied machines for the combat in World War II.
But with several Hollywood films relating these motorcycles with outlaws and gangs, Harley-Davidsons suffered a major damage to their reputation.
In the mean time they also had to face a very tough competition from a Japanese motorcycle manufacturing company which had started selling its motorcycles in the American market.
The company had to face charges of fraudulent stock price manipulations in the year 2004.
In the year 2007 the company employees went on strike demanding changes in salaries and health benefits.
Though the strike was called off later it had ripple effects on the production of Harleys and the employment opportunities in the manufacturing plants.
In spite of all these setbacks their stock prices keeps soaring and the Harley still is the heartthrob of several million men.