harley davidson used in the military
Let's look at some bikes. Check out this quick, 30-second vid of the U.S. Army training military dispatch riders in the 1940s: They're riding around on the Harley-Davidson WLA, which first saw production in 1940. Harley engineers took an existing civilian bike, the WL, and adapted it for military use with several changes. The fenders were shaped in such a way that mud flung by the wheel could exit from the sides rather than clog.