Model(s) covered: 2009 Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-Rod
Powerful muscle cars, rock-n-roll music, baseball and motorcycles define the American culture. Nothing says that more than a Harley Davidson. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Harley Davidson can be traced back to 1901 when William S. Harley designed a plan for a small engine (~116 cc) that would fit into a bicycle. With help from his childhood friend Arthur Davidson they created a motor-bicycle at a friend’s nearby machine shop. Although somewhat of a failure due to its lack of power to overcome Milwaukee’s steep hills it gave them a valuable learning experience which they then parlayed into a new prototype in 1904 and their first "real"” motorcycle in 1905.
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