DOC'S ANTIQUE HARLEY DAVIDSON COLLECTION
The 1926 Harley line up for the J series motorcycles did not change - the proven 4 remained - the 61 cubic inch J Solo & JS Sidecar - which retailed at $315, and the larger and more expensive 74 cubic inch JD Solo and JDS Sidecar which sold for $335. The smaller J motorcycles sold 3,749 and the larger and more expensive JD Harleys sold 9,544 about the same as the previous year.It was the first year Harley offered a muffler cutout to deflect the exhaust gasses away from the rider.
| This Harley Davidson when it was released in 1936, it was the appearance of the new engine that attracted attention. The prominent rocker boxes, looking like knuckles on a fist, quickly earned the engine the nickname of the “Knucklehead.”
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American manufacturers to survive the Great Depression. This is a 1946 Harley Davidson "Knuckle Head", check out the one from 10 years earlier in the collection.
| "While many felt the Knucklehead's life was cut unduly short, the Panhead that replaced it for 1948 offered some valuable improvements. Most notable of these was a switch to hydraulic valve lifters, which automatically took up any slack in the valvetrain and did not need constant adjustment. As a result, Panheads produce less engine noise and required less maintenance. They also ran a little cooler, because the heads were now made of aluminum."
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The Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Sportster models are designated in Harley-Davidson's product code by beginning with "XL". In 1952, the predecessors to the Sportster, the Model K Sport and Sport Solo motorcycles, were introduced. These models K, KK, KH, and KHK of 1952 to 1956 are not always considered to be Sportsters, but are definitely the precursors and inspiration for the line.
| The Harley Davidson 125 was introduced in mid 1948. Ads emphasized its economy at 90 miles per gallon. Small 2 stroke motorcycles had never achieved wide popularity in the United States, and the S model would prove no exception.
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1965 Harley Davidson M65, 65 CC's
| A larger version of the M-65 Sport, the 125cc Rapido was introduced in 1968, once again it was a little to little to late for Harley Davidson to jump in and have a big impact on the dirt bike market.
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During Harley Davidson's AMF years, they dabbled in the recreational, small bike market. Alas the Harley made a 65cc "Shortster" minibike.
| Harley-Davidson’s brief foray into the world of motocross. The project started in the late 1970s, when Harley, under the control of leisure-products conglomerate AMF, decided to test the market with its first-ever motocrosser. As with its other lightweight machines of the era, the company looked to its Italian-based subsidiary, Aermacchi, to produce the bike. The end result was a one-of-a-kind machine that, unfortunately, lasted just a year in the Harley lineup.
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The Harley Davidson XLCR, a stark, Euro-Style cafe racer with a Sportster engine and modified chassis. One of the XLCR's most distinctive features was its flat-back, siamesed exhaust pipes. Everything else on the bike was either gloss black or polished aluminum.
| The Harley Davidson Rapido was upgraded in 1973 with th Tx-125, which would then evolve into the SS and SX 175 and 250cc singles in street, off-road and motorcross guises, these offered from 1972 through 1978.
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The first Buell motorcycle, the RW750, was built in 1983 purely for competing in the AMA Formula 1 motorcycle road racing championship. At that time, Erik Buell was a top contending privateer motorcycle racer. After completion of the first two RW750 racing machines, one of which was sold to another racing team, the Formula 1 series was cancelled. Buell then turned his focus towards racing-inspired, street-going machines using engines manufactured by Harley. In 1993,[4] Harley-Davidson Incorporated joined in partnership with Buell Motor Company as a 49% stakeholding minority partner and the company formed was renamed "Buell Motorcycle Company". In 1998 Harley purchased majority control of Buell, and it has been a subsidiary ever since. Since then, Buell has used modified Harley-Davidson Sportster engines to power its motorcycles.
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