| There are some truly classic motorcycles on the | | | | Century. Racers, cops, soldiers, stars, lawyers, and |
| market that add a thrilling blend of precision, style, | | | | loners all seem to have found themselves on a Harley |
| and performance. Harley Davidson has had over one | | | | by experiencing the magic in these profiles and |
| hundred years of developing motorcycles to help | | | | pictures of very special Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
| them in continuing to please consumer. | | | | Harley Davidson began building motorcycles with the |
| The 1957 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster is among | | | | 1905 Harley-Davidson, then they followed up with the |
| more than one hundred fifty classic motorcycles | | | | 1909 Harley-Davidson V-Twin. During the 1910s, |
| from around the world that has become a collectible | | | | Harley Davidson designed four motorcycles, which |
| by many avid motorcycle enthusiasts. The 1966 | | | | were the 1912 X8A, 1915 11F, 1916 J, and the 1918 |
| Harley-Davidson Sprint motorcycle was an | | | | 18-J. Then in the 1920s, Harley Davidson only |
| Italian-American hybrid that filled a gap in Harley's line. | | | | manufactured three motorcycles, which were the |
| Introduced in 1961 as a result of a cooperative | | | | 1920 20-J, 1925 JD, and the 1927 BA. |
| venture between Harley-Davidson and Aermacchi of | | | | During the 1930s and the 1940s, Harley Davidson |
| Italy, the Sprint was powered by a 250-cc horizontal | | | | continued with their great motorcycles with the |
| four-stroke single. | | | | introduction of ten fantastic motorcycles. These |
| Despite being decidedly unlike Harley's traditional | | | | motorcycles were the 1931 Model D, 1934 VLD, 1936 |
| products of the time, the Sprint was quite popular | | | | EL, 1938 UL, 1942 WLA and XA, 1947 Servi-Car, |
| with buyers. Little had changed by 1966, although | | | | 1948 FL, 1948 S-125, 1948 WL, and the 1949 FL |
| styling had become somewhat more modern. Both | | | | Hydra-Glide. Harley designed nine motorcycles during |
| street and on and off-road Scrambler models were | | | | the 1950s. These motorcycles were the 1951 Police |
| offered by that time, and modified versions enjoyed | | | | Special, 1952 FL Hydra-Glide, 1954 FL Hydra-Glide, |
| a fair degree of competition success. Displacement | | | | 1955 FL Hydra-Glide, 1956 KHK, 1957 XL Sportster, |
| increased to 350 cc for 1969 on the street-going | | | | 1958 FL Duo-Glide, 1959 Police Special, and the 1959 |
| Sprint, which is now called the SS, while the | | | | XLCH Sportster. |
| Scrambler version did not get the larger engine until | | | | During the 1960s, Harley Davidson came out with the |
| 1972. Both models disappeared after 1974 to be | | | | 1963 Topper and FL Duo-Glide, 1964 XLCH Sportster, |
| replaced by two-stroke machines, also built by | | | | 1965 FL Electra-Glide, 1966 FLH Electra-Glide and |
| Aermacchi. | | | | Sprint, and the 1967 XLH Sportster. During the 1970s, |
| The 1948 Harley-Davidson FL is among the many | | | | Harley Davidson developed the the 1971 XLH |
| classic motorcycles from America's iconic motorcycle | | | | Sportster and FX Super Glide, 1973 FL Electra-Glide, |
| marque, because it was big and brawny, loud and | | | | 1975 XL-1000, XR-750, and the SS-250, 1977 XLCR, |
| proud, and made Harley-Davidson is America on two | | | | 1978 FXS, FLHS Electra-Glide and the XL-1000 |
| wheels. It is no coincidence that the history of | | | | Sportster. Since the 1970s, Harley Davidson has |
| Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, founded in 1903, | | | | developed closed to forty other wonderful additions |
| parallels that of the 20th Century, the American | | | | to the Harley Davidson collection. |