12-22-2006, 06:24 PM
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Me, Myself, and I
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Redwood City, CA
Posts: 37,922
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Originally Posted by John Holmes III
The Eagle soars alone.
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company was started in 1903 by William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson. The first dealership was opened in 1905 in Chicago, Il. Henry Meyer, a childhood friend, and William Davidson, Arthur's brother joined the company and round out the founders of Harley-Davidson. In 9 short years, Harley's are being sold in Japan. With Harley's proven performance and design, during World War I, almost half of the Harleys produced are for military purposes. However the popularity of the Harley is not lost on the civilian population as the number of dealers grew to 2000 and were present in 67 countries. As with World War I, Harleys again played a part in World War II. With technological advances and engineering Harley-Davidson is the only motorcycle manufacturer in the Untied States by 1953. American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF) bought Harley-Davidson in 1969 amongst great turmoil. However, AMF did not forget the roots of Harley-Davidson and continued to be in the forefront of design and production. "The Eagle Soars Alone" was the "battle" cry in 1981 when 13 executives organized the buy-back of Harley-Davidson from AMF
Harley is the best, fawk the rest.
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Whoa, and the stock price has gone up by how many hundreds of percent? Where's my time machine....
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