Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson Inc., doing business as Harley-Davidson, is an American motorcycle manufacturer.
==History==
In 1901, 20-year-old William S. Harley drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches and four-inch flywheels designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame. https://books.google.com/books?id=DreHM9-kvckC&pg=PA13https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum/explore/hd-timeline.html Over the next two years, he and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson worked on their motor-bicycle using the northside Milwaukee machine shop at the home of their friend Henry Melk. It was finished in 1903 with the help of Arthur's brother Walter Davidson. Harley and the Davidson brothers found it unable to climb the hills around Milwaukee without pedal assistance, and they wrote off their first motor-bicycle as a valuable learning experiment. https://books.google.com/books/about/At_the_Creation.html?id=G7IeAQAAMAAJ 
The three began work on a new and improved machine with an engine of 24.74 cubic inches with 9.75 in flywheels weighing 28 lb.
The prototype of the new loop-frame Harley-Davidson was assembled in a shed in the Davidson family backyard. https://www.newspapers.com/image/2711470 This prototype machine was functional by September 8, 1904, when it competed in a Milwaukee motorcycle race held at State Fair Park. Edward Hildebrand rode it and placed fourth in the race. Wagner, 2003. pp. 45–62. 
In 1906, Harley and the Davidson brothers built their first factory on Chestnut Street, at the current location of Harley-Davidson's corporate headquarters. https://web.archive.org/web/20170619070315/http://www.harley-davidson.com/content/h-d/en_US/company/locations.html 
==Channel==
The Harley-Davidson YouTube channel was created on February 2, 2006. Their first video was uploaded on June 30, 2008.
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