I'm 63 years old and one of the things on my bucket list is getting myself a Harley and ride from Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 all the way to Sturgis bike week some day.

been riding h.d since I was 17 yrs. old. started on a 64 pan I'm 63 now and am building a 113 twin cam in my spare bedroom

Im just getting into motorcycles and i live literally right next door to a Harley Davidson dealership and i want my Harley now

I’m 65 and a first time Harley owner. Now I can say I’m a returning customer. It’s different on a Harley.

32:21 That's the one I have. A heritage softail classic. This style has been around a long time and it works.

Harley Davidson has always been in the back seat. I am a real man of family and growing older (45) . Most of my elders have passed along with my wife. It was a terrible time to watch . To see all of the car companys fold really added to my love of the past . I still have my late wifes 05 XLC . I have a thought that no matter what that These motorcycles will be here forever and keep us on the ground . God Bless the rock of Harley-Davidson. Always there when you need them. Never leave ya

Reading some of the negative comments is sad.a Harley Davidson is not a maintenance free machine. And haveing mechanical aptitude all though not a requirement for owning one. Is deffinetly a plus. Actually owning a unique machine that you yourself conceived and built is a spruce of intense pride and accomplishment not unlike ownership. Wich the bottom line is. If it has to be explained to you you won't understand it anyway.

Best video of the year...once you ride a Harley you'll always be a Harley rider..love me some Harley Davidson..

Love my Harley's that's for sure!

good vid. actually watched the whole thing. .im on my 3 rd hd. love my 94 roadking..

new owner of a 2017 883 Iron...love my Harley

Willie G signed my ball-cap a few years back in Daytona. My most cherished possession.

An excellent film. Thank you very much.

Great video. Thank you.

1200 Sportster, Night Train, Heritage Softail, and presently ElectraGlide Classic, and still looking forward to my 5th Harley. Can you tell I'm hooked? At 71 years old, I try to ride daily and I am not a fair weather rider by any means!

The mini-series Harley and The Davidsons brought me here. Best thing I've watched in awhile.

Enjoyed it very much. Been riding H-D's since the 60's.

Bought my first bike which was a Honda shadow 750, 2 months after I turned 21 now I’m 23 with a 86 harley heritage softail flst evo and I’ve never been happier life is short and I’ll never be scared or regret making the purchases.

oh yes. one of my favourite documentaries

Its funny I always got pulled over by the cops for screwing around on my sports bike now I screw around on my Harley and speed just like I did on the other bike but I never get pulled over. LoL

My 1st scoot was an AMF ‘77 FLH which I loved. Since then I’ve had 6 baggers and 1 customized ‘07 FLHPI. YEP…kinda have that HD blood.

The Dudley Perkins SF dealership they spoke about just sold and now called SF Harley Davidson. Sad end to a dealership that was over 100 years old. The last several years they have been in South SF, bought 2 bikes from them and almost a 3rd.

Harley-Davidson is the most stylish and the most beatiful bike in the world. Sure, the Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda are cool as well, but since I'm a cruiser and no speed freak, the Harley takes the cake! Greetings from Germany :)

I like watching your videos and as I can see everyone else here enjoys them as well. Hope all is well.

Great vibes fascinating depth of reference to detail and interesting obsessive bikers

Awesome video! Cheers, Mal

I just got my first Harley, a 1975 sportster 1000 electric start

Great video!

What comes to mind is the Armstrong sidley Aston martin shock unit underslung for rear arm shock & damper unit. I looked online couldnt find the unit i remember. Its a single cast internal unit.

Aside from the background music this documentary pretty good and informative.

ILike it of History Harley Davidson Motorcycle thank you very much two Brothers Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson 👍

Love your Matchless insignia ❤❤

That God for the Evolution engine. It saved their ass big time.

superb video

Will Harley and Arthur Davidson thank you very much 👍good job

That ‘77 @ 46:00 really was ahead of its time. Looks just like the ‘21 Low Rider S

Harley owners are passionate and i love them

my whole life i wanted A Harley. No other. Finally at 44 i bouvht a new Softtail. Its a dream come true.

I'm okay with Harley Davidson motorcycles, though large, heavy, cruiser-style motorcycles aren't exactly my thing. I tend to want middleweight, standard or adventure-style bikes. Several of my best friends ride Harleys however, and I appreciate all the history and American pride associated with the brand. I especially like all the custom ones around, and respect the artists/fabricators/mechanics/enthusiasts who create and own them. I have had the opportunity to ride many of them over the years, and have done several long rides on them. And I can tell you that no bike munches highway miles and coddles your weary bones on a long trip quite like a road-ready Harley Davidson. I have always ridden Japanese bikes though, and unfortunately, several of the biggest douche-bags I've ever met in 50 years of avid motorcycling were rude, loudmouthed, outspoken Harley riders who absolutely hated my guts after simply seeing my non-Harley bike. A few of them over the years were actually ready to fight about it. So excuse me if I am somewhat cautious and slow to approach or try to get to know just anybody I happen to see on them.

great video

i got a dyna wilde gluide 2000,H-D hare speciale bike,but i'm still in love for 1950's-60's britisch motor-bike(caferacer-the britisch way of hotroad)

Proudly adding Color to the Harley Community, this Change is a beautiful thing 💪🏽🇺🇲

just learned plus got my motorcycle endorsement plan on getting an 883 my dad owned a softail standard and ever since he bought that bike I knew what I wanted to do 😎

Great Video. WOW>..

I thought Vincent broke the land speed record a few years later at Bonneville. Maybe they mean the record at Daytona in the pre Bonneville era.Which of course it will never be broken as they do not do speed runs there anymore.

Ran multi spindle automatic screw machines at Harley Davidson York plant in 1982. Bought an FXE while there. 20% employee discount and a $500 rebate made finance about $4000. Sold to a friend and stolen from another friend 10 years ago or so. My middle bike of 3. Was about 25 when bought. Sold after son was born.

Awesome 👏🏻

Got my first Harley (05 FXDL) as a gift for my birthday this year and it was love at first sight. I am now customizing it to add my own personality to it and can't wait to have finished!

Love em. Anyone know the name of the song played in this video?? I need it in my life lol F great song 🤟

I don't have a Harley but I do ride but man I love that song inbetween the documentary

My first harley was a 59 sporster..I sold it some years ago and regret that decision to this day. I'm 53 and I now have a 17 street glide that i have kept mostly stock. It's amazing how 99% of motorists don't tailgate me or pass with a wider gap than nessary when I'm riding...not the same when I'm driving my 4 wheeler.

when I bought my 2016 Fatboy total elation I'm six foot four 275 lbs I feel like it's Taylor made for me it's like that custom suit you buy thank you Willie G and Louie Netz for a great design

Hey..dis same song wich is playd @ d start ,is bin playd by coldplay in GOT vdo..???

Actually you missed the fact that the first bike was built in Angus, Scotland, ABERLEMNO , CHECK IT OUT.

Back in the 80's and 90's I worked at Hughes Aircraft and the chief engineer on the program ride a Harley. He was a great guy. I rode a Yamaha back then. Its not often you hear about someone that worked at Hughes any more (53:23). Even more rare, some one that worked at Ford Aerospace and North American Rockwell. They must have been in Orange County interviewing folks.

I saw Robert Davi (Actor) somewhere around 9:00

"You'll never wear out the Indian Scout, or its brother, the Indian Chief. They're built like rocks. To take hard knocks. It's the Harleys that cause the grief."

My dad has a 1991 springer softail

HD was always a copy of the existing successful running and racing Indian motorcycles, already invented in 1901. They studied under Oley Evinrude, and Oley helped them fixed their first engines. Look it up. Indian had invented everything a modern motorcycle would need by 1907. In 1914 Indian invented an electric start, electric light model the Hendee Special.

i love the harleys man, but pisses me off when people say "they are the only bike" as if other motorcycles such as hondas and yamahas arnt real.....

Neat video from the 80's.

gotta love this stuff

Was the 1920's "JD models" (min 11:15), really up to 1212cc, (which is the stated 74ci)? I don't think so at that time. Who is wrong?

67j and with FXDCI 2010 verry happy ..hypercharger, perf. exhausts and stage 3 tuned ===heaven from H🥰olland

I have always loved motorcycles and never owned a Harley saving up money trying to get a 883

I ride a 96 XLH1200, with 30,000+ miles. Love Sportsters.

RideOn. Harley~Davidson

I would use a 6" muffin fan thermo couple accessory for rear cylinder. Mounting brackets im not sure.

So many haters. Yet they're still here 😂

My first car was a 45ci 1954 H-D Servi-Car. Good times.

1970 xlch Sportster 900 hardtail chopper. Kick start only. Rear brake only. 1.4 gallon tank. Corbin Gentry king and queen seat. Chrome springer. Spoked wheels. I will ride it til I die.

Damn. Hands down this was a totally dope and awesome documentary. Well done.

I use a 1" strap of sheet metal in a strait pipe tip coiled round internal fit bolt on. Can cable operate.?

which songs are playing in the background?? By the way this video is just fab... love Harley Davidson👊

Very rich history!.

Thank God for 1981 and HD getting back the CO.

The side valve flat twin air cooled thermo fan & supercharged - military trike.?

Not the fastest but the FINEST ride in motorcycling...Everytime I take out my 2016 FLSS Softail Slim, I get a comment , whether or not while moving or sitting still!!

Been putting since the 70’s n it just keeps getting better every day ❤🙏GOD is GREAT ❤️GOD is L❤️VE 🙏❤️🙏

I LOVE HARLEY DAVIDSON. 😍 🥰 😘💖🏍️

Its my dream to buy Harley Davidson bike

I like the after market magneto dizzy lockable.

U mean people got to actually ride them during the shovelhead era?? My dad had one and it was broken more than it ran. Thank got for the evolution engine

HARLEY-DAVIDSON its The Best MOTOR CYCLE in the world 👍🌏

Well, you're not wrong when but when I think of motorcycles especially Harley's I think of the Captain America Chopper fron Easy Rider.

Many people got the legs and knees hurt when they tried to start the compression engine of the old glide models. They glide came out with an electric starter in 1969.

love it

"It's the Ferrari of motorcycles." The Ferrari design team rolls on the floor laughing.

40 years ago, it was cool and so were you if you rode a Harley. Now that everyone has one, it's not cool anymore.

Nice story....

cool video - seems dated and quaint but does instill the one fact that separates The Motor Company - it's that it' THE Motor Company. The original. And there's a lot to be said for that. For some people (not all, or even a majority - but SOME), a brand contributes a lot to their enjoyment of a product, whether it's a Mac over a PC, or a Harley-Davidson over a UJM. i've been shopping for a year now and weighing every possible metric i can think of, and i keep coming back to the Harley-Davidson, and more specifically the touring frame motorcycles. Its allure is not just the brand, its history and cool graphics and merchandise, world-wide network of people who share similar pride of ownership. If those kinds of things are important, including re-sale value (though no other bike feels as heirloom, begging to be kept til the big sleep and only then reluctantly handed down).. don't get me wrong. i'm still shopping. i like the big Yamaha's (i know there should not be an apostrophe but the word looks weird with out), and am intrigued at my advanced age by the DCT that Honda features on some of their cruisers, but i keep coming back .. to Milwaukee

Seeing some of the earlier models, ya wonder how they even ran ...lol

I swore I will not buy a motorcycle ever in my life, ended up buying a Harley Davidson 1200 now that I'm 32 years old. Owning a Harley to me is matter of pride and heritage. To me these machines talk about the owner and how the see life. They are not the fastest yet they are dependable, comfortable and strong.

I traveled all through Europe and US on Harleys. My ultimate setup is 2 MC specific made luggage, one on passenger seat one on a cheap sissy bar. When I get to the hotel I take off the 2 bags which both have wheels and I am done. Takes 30 seconds. The tour pak they can easily steal btw.

thankyou for making a great bike wouldn't ride anyting else

'Wild Thing' ... really?! So many times?! Nice film, but who did edit the music ... ?!

I looked at center tank down draft air scoop tank.

I always loved H.D. even as a kid. The first one I ever noticed was a police bike that was parked in my neighbors garage when not in use patrolling the streets of Milwaukee.

I want a 1993 FXSTC Softail Custom. By the time I get it the way I want it, It will qualify for historical tags

I was stationed on Okinawa Japan... and a guy had his Ultra Glide shipped over. When he took it in for inspection to get tags for it... the inspectors went nuts. "Oh no... no... no mod-e-fe-ka-tions". He knew what was coming, and had tons of information on it... owner's manual and lots of magazine reports. It included the front fork rake and length, shorty pipes with 12" mufflers, widey in the back and narrow in the front. It was bone stock, but it LOOKED like a mild chopper. They finally gave him tags for it... after comparing photos to the actual bike... and measuring almost every part on the entire bike for an entire day. But man... when he rode it all the locals would go crazy. Japanese law limited motorcycles to 750 cc (for locals, US military was exempt). And, any car over 1,000 cc had much higher tag fees. The fricking Harley had a bigger engine that half the CARS on the road over there!!! He'd back it against the curb on BC street (wall to wall bars), and blip the throttle a couple times. The whole bar would clear out to go and see it. He NEVER had to worry about going home alone!!! The girls would fight for the right to be seen on the back of that big Harley. Fun times.......................