http://www.harley-talk.com/blog Motorcyle Discussion Forums Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:17:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Harley-talk.com Forum List: Boot Hill Saloon - Talk about anything you like here, doesn't have to..... Harley Davidson Motorcycles 1903-1965 - Harley Davidson Motorcycles 1966-1983 - Harley Davidson Motorcycles 1984 - Present - The Run - Let us know about new runs going on or great runs ..... The Garage - Find out ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2006/12/harley-talkcom-forums/ The inspiration for arguably the first motorcycle was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Bad Cannstatt (since 1905 a city district of Stuttgart) in 1885. The first petroleum-powered vehicle, it was essentially a motorised bicycle, although the inventors called their invention the ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2008/01/the-first-motorcycle/   Photo from 1916 The history of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle began in Milwaukee in 1903. In Milwaukee, Bill Harley and Arthur Walter Davidson developed a one-cylinder motorcycle. Around the turn of the century the gasoline engine was developed and the one-cylinder motor was introduced. In 1901 the Indians were the first motorcycles ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/07/history-of-harley-davidson-motorcycle-company/   The classic Harley-Davidson engines are two-cylinder, V-twin engines with the pistons mounted in a 45° "V". The crankshaft has a single pin, and both pistons are connected to this pin through their connecting rods. This design causes the pistons to fire at uneven intervals, the consequence of an engineering tradeoff: to ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/06/harley-davidson-engines/ In 2003, Harley-Davidson Company celebrated its 100th birthday. On Labor Day weekend the city of Milwaukee hosted the largest Harley-Davidson event, and possibly the largest motorcycle event, in history. Other motorcycle events: * Sturgis Motorcycle Rally - held at the beginning of August each year in Sturgis, South Dakota, 514,951 attended in ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/05/motorcycle-riding-events/ Beginning in 1920 a team of farm boys down South that would become known as the "hog boys" consistently won races. The group had a hog, or pig as their mascot. Following a win, they would put the pig (a real one) on the back of their Harley and take ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/04/origin-of-the-hog-nickname/ The company considers 1903 to be its year of founding, though the Harley-Davidson enterprise could be considered to have started in 1901 when William S. Harley, age 21, drew up plans for a small engine that displaced 7.07 cubic inches (116 cc) and had four-inch flywheels. The engine was designed ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/03/the-beginning-of-harley-davidson/   Introduced in 1957, the Sportster is the longest-running model family in the Harley-Davidson lineup. They were conceived as racing motorcycles, and were popular on dirt and flat-track race courses through the 1960s and '70s. Smaller and lighter than the other Harley models, contemporary Sportsters make use of 883 or 1,200 ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/02/hd-sportster/ * Sportster With the exception of the street-going XR1000 of the 1980s, all Sportsters made for street use have the prefix XL in their model designation. For the Sportster Evolution engines used since the mid 1980s, there have been two sizes of Sportster Evolution engine. Motorcycles with the smaller engine ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2007/01/current-hd-bike-model-designations/ There will be a demolition derby for motorcycles on August 21 @ the Orange County Fairgrounds. It'll be on the speedway track after the speedway races. I went to it last year-here is how it works- if you fall off=your done. If your bike quits=your done. If you get knocked ... http://www.harley-talk.com/blog/2006/12/motorcycle-demolition-derby/