![]() ![]() In 1909, Harley-Davidson introduces its first V-twin bike with an 1000cc engine which developed 7 horsepower and three years later the Bar & Shield logo is used for the first time and patented as a trademark. The same year (1906), they produce the first motorcycle catalog in the world. A year later, they open up a bigger factory and hire five more people. ![]() In true American style, a Harley model wins a 15 mile race in Chicago in 1905 and the same year Harley Motor Company hires its first employee. ![]() In a very short time, the first Harley-Davidson dealer opens shop (1904) and manages to sell three Harley bikes. That same year, Arthur's brother - Walter Davidson - joined the company. It was a racing bike, built in a wood shed that had Harley-Davidson Motor Company scrawled on it. In 1903, the same Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson revealed their first motorized effort, calling it the first Harley motorcycle. Even tough they consider 1903 as their starting year, they could just as well consider 1901, because it was then when Bill Harley completed the first blueprint of a Harley engine. Harley-Davidson is probably the most famous motorcycle manufacturer in the world and is based in the United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ![]()
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