Harley Davidson Motor Co Archive Collection 2013

The pace-setting bikes in the Harley-Davidson Museum, in gorgeous photographs and detailed histories.

The Harley-Davidson Archives Collection houses the most complete collection of Harley-Davidson motorcycles on earth. Randy Leffingwell photographed the rarest, most important, and most coveted Harley-Davidson motorcycles to feature in this calendar.

The Harley-Davidson Archives Collection houses the most complete collection of Harley-Davidson motorcycles on earth. Randy Leffingwell photographed the rarest, most important, and most coveted Harley-Davidson motorcycles to feature in this calendar. Includes 1912 Silent Gray Fellow, 1936 Joe Petrali land-speed record bike, and the 1957 Billy Bike replica.

Harley-Davidson: The Complete History is a richly illustrated tribute to the company's iconic bikes--from the original 1903 machine to modern Sportsters--with stories from famous motorcycle writers.

Depuis sa naissance, la Harley-Davidson Motor Company a préservé chaque année au moins un exemplaire de chaque modèle – et de quelques-uns de ceux qui restèrent au stade de prototype. La collection des Archives qui en résulte s'est développée en accueillant des centaines de machines, jusqu'à devenir la plus importante collection de motos au monde. Nombre de ces engins n'ont encore jamais été dévoilés au grand public. Avec plus de 600 photographies de studio, Harley-Davidson et le célèbre photographe Randy Leffingwell présentent en avant-première cette collection historique de modèles en série, de motos de compétition et de prototypes uniques.

The Harley-Davidson Story: Tales from the Archives is a fascinating, visually driven overview of the motor company's rich story, created in cooperation with the Harley-Davidson Museum. The story of Harley-Davidson is a classic American tale of spirit, invention, and the right idea at the right time. From its beginning in a small Milwaukee shed in 1903, William Harley and his cousins, the Davidson brothers, set in motion what would eventually become the world’s most iconic motorcycle company. While other motorcycle companies rose and fell through the teens and 1920s, Harley went from strength to strength, whether introducing its first V-twin motor or dominating race tracks across America. The Milwaukee Miracle even prospered during WWII, building war bikes for the armed forces. By the 1950s, they’d buried their last American-built competitor, Indian, and gained a hold over the US market that they maintain to this day. A remarkable story deserves a remarkable space to recount it. Such is the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, which opened in 2009. Harley-Davidson partnered with Motorbooks to create this book relaying Harley-Davidson’s story, as told through the museum’s displays and archive assets.