The Untold Story Of Harley Davidson

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Harley Davidson is one of the most iconic brands in America. The company was founded in 1901 by 20-year-old William S. Harley and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson. The two young men built their first motorbike in a shed on Milwaukee's north side.
Over the next few years, the duo continued to work on their design, making improvements and eventually creating a motorcycle that was both powerful and stylish. By 1903, they had sold their first three bikes and were in business.
In this video we’re going to take a look how went from a project by two bots in a shed, to the successful company it is today.
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@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

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@rottendrestantje Жыл бұрын

I'd like to own a harley that actually starts in the morning.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

@@stevek8829 happy to hear that :)

@rottendrestantje Жыл бұрын

@@storiesoffortune That was only the first thing on my wishing list that wasn't met so no need to go into the rest. The only fun I had with a harley was when I took the sledge hammer to it. Man, that felt good. Best 12000 I ever spend.

@browngreen933 Жыл бұрын

The narrated history is pretty good, but lots of photos have nothing to do with Harley-Davidson.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Sometimes there is not always footage available, so we need to improvise. I hope you did like the story! :)

@tonymuchiri7676 Жыл бұрын

Very true

@slayer04031974 Жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with any of the photos in this documentary.. If anything needs changing. It would be the speed. Seems very rushed. Overall. Great job. 💪

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

@@slayer04031974 Thanks man!

@gpgt89 Жыл бұрын

@slayer04031974 except the picture of "Carl H. Lang" is actually a picture of Henry Ford. Although Carl Lang was from Germany he looked more Italian almost Hispanic

@callumsmith338 6 ай бұрын

My god the images are all over the place. Talks about WLA’s and shows pictures of the XR750? Talks about AMG designs being bad and shows the 2022 Sportster S.

@fearsomename4517 Жыл бұрын

I really liked this. Most people think that the Motor Company produced motorcycles in '03. I know a guy that owns an '05 it is the oldest Harley known to exist. Very well done.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

I'm happy you liked the video!

@khuramshehzad5217 9 ай бұрын

Very informative and well organized 😊

@barryklinedinst6233 Жыл бұрын

I love the way a big twin sounds with a set of good pipes. And I think it's great they are making new models. I am thinking about getting a pan American. I'm sure alot of people hate them just like they didn't like Vrods. I had a Vrod and loved it.

@dashobie Жыл бұрын

Great Video

@alfonsothegreat4481 Жыл бұрын

I was set to purchase a Yamaha touring bike. Until I had some time to burn, and walked in to a Harley-Davidson dealership. Immediately I Felt in love with a 2018 road glide. And never looked back 😍

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome!

@martincvitkovich724 Жыл бұрын

People bad mouth HD and the Reagan tariff. But the Japanese had a pack with their big 4, that was to sell their bikes to USA for nearly at production cost in an attempt to put HD out of the competition. This was the reason for the tariff, an attempt to 'even the playing field.

@mikeskidmore6754 Жыл бұрын

HD did not build their first V-Twin until 1909 yet this video implies they were building them before 1909.. I think Indian had a V-Twin in 1906...

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

I checked the video again, and as far as I know we're not implying Harley built them before 1909. Could you let me know why you got this impression? Then we will make sure to rectify this in the description.

@joeferreira7382 Жыл бұрын

@@storiesoffortune Some people don't listen , Nothing was said , When they came out with the 80 inch evolution, That engine was like the old school hot rod engines , you can do so much to them , I would pull my jugs off have them bored out 20 over put some Keith black pistons in them , Have the heads redone and get me an SnS carb and put on , rock and roll is alive , the 88s all they can do is see my tail light 😂😂😎

@mikeskidmore6754 Жыл бұрын

@@storiesoffortune Your imagines of motorcycles ect are way out of chronological order that's why .. The Random photos flashed during Narration have no correlation with what you are talking about at the time the photos are showed..

@stevek8829 Жыл бұрын

@@mikeskidmore6754 I think it's a computer voice because of words pronounced strangely. The introduction of Honda was off by a decade.

@mikeskidmore6754 Жыл бұрын

@@stevek8829 Honda or Honda racing ..

@mickeyrhoades6719 Жыл бұрын

Love the 📹

@Bluis5445 Жыл бұрын

Dyna gang where you at!

@mikemeier7228 4 ай бұрын

the pictures shown, when narrating early hisory are way off sadly

@dogshaff9307 Жыл бұрын

If it was t for AMF Harley wouldn’t be here today, so get it right

@oxxly621 Жыл бұрын

Good videos though and I love harley davidson ❤️❤️

@marcoantoniogarcia8576 Жыл бұрын

The narration is good, but the photos don’t match the time periods you’re talking about.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, I'm going to do my best to improve on future videos.

@mikeholder5554 7 ай бұрын

I have #3 bill davis frame. Only 26 made before patent transfer.

@ricksadler797 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@dhruv8124 Жыл бұрын

From where do you gather this information

@dplorbl Жыл бұрын

This story has been told and featured on YT thousands of times… Click bait

@brandonenriquez3920 Жыл бұрын

My only critique is the pictures and videos of 1980-2000 engines and motorcycles when describing and showing 1920-1940 engines and bikes. They just don’t correlate with each other at all

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback Brandon!

@mikeskidmore6754 Жыл бұрын

@@storiesoffortune Yup See other People Noticed The photos being flashed have nothing to do with the Narrative ..

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

@@mikeskidmore6754 Yeah I totally understand that, will improve with every video. Still thanks for watching though :)

@kennethwise7108 Жыл бұрын

An "XA" being described and a "XL" Sportster being shown 😂

@jamestalajkowski6683 9 ай бұрын

Anyone else notice that the audio description did not match the video? Also, the Kansas plant closed in 2019. Poor research and production on this video. Love the bike!

@MCHoodlum13 Жыл бұрын

There's nothing untold here. Everything this video said can be found on Wikipedia.

@ShawnCaldwell11 Жыл бұрын

Hardly Ableson 😂😂😂

@lepaul26 7 ай бұрын

So you announce the start of WW1 with movie scenes from WW2 ? 🤔

@jeffdrier4460 Жыл бұрын

Ju-know avenue

@micmcbane8726 Жыл бұрын

No military discount though.

@gerryclemonsii Жыл бұрын

Can you make a video on Indian Motorcycle

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your suggestion!

@snakebite6511 Жыл бұрын

Why, the only history about Indian motorcycle was they went out of business, then the name was passed around like a Tijuana whore making knock off Royal Enfield and knock off Harley's during the Gilroy era, scooters and a bunch of other crap they slapped the logo on, before finally finding a home with Polaris and who knows how long that will last, we all remember Victory Motorcycle and what happened to them

@tetlow2 Жыл бұрын

So xs750 were made from the dawn of the company

@LonnieApol Жыл бұрын

Lots of inaccuracies here... LOTS!!

@dhruv8124 Жыл бұрын

What are they and from where do you research about this

@anthonylavallee4362 Жыл бұрын

Your pictures and videos at times simply don't correlate with your narrative. Unfortunate.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Sometimes there is not always footage available, so we need to improvise. I hope you did like the story! :)

@snakebite6511 Жыл бұрын

If you are so knowledgeable why don't you make a video so we can all critique it?

@hawgryder13 Жыл бұрын

The pictures don't match the spoken part.

@bipoc-alypesproductions198 Жыл бұрын

The photos are pissing me off I'm pretty sure u showed a ural or a bmw there when u were talking about the Canadian military variants

@bipoc-alypesproductions198 Жыл бұрын

Also cu means cubic inches

@PaulP999 Жыл бұрын

Yes they did show stupid stuff - possibly worst was showing a WW2 BMW radial aircraft engine for a bike engine! Just pure lazy.

@stevek8829 Жыл бұрын

@@bipoc-alypesproductions198 the robo voice pronounces it que!😄 The pronunciation of Juneau is funny too. I could only get part way through.

@snakebite6511 Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahaha

@snaggletooth4933 Жыл бұрын

The brand was a legend until the mid-1980s, now it's just a political money-making machine disguising it as an old legend, like everything else! ..this is my opinion!

@robbyclark6915 Жыл бұрын

I love Harley Davidson motorcycles! But I can’t stand the ceo and the direction the MoCo is taking. When he says he wants to make Harley “the most desirable motorcycle in the world.” He means “the most EXPENSIVE motorcycle in the world.” Nothing but pure greed. Harley Davidson, the American motorcycle company ran by a German shoe salesman.

@stevek8829 Жыл бұрын

There's a whole bunch of reasonably proced used Harleys available. The new ones are interesting and seem to be attracting a following, many not traditional H-D owners. Which motorcycle do you ride?

@robbyclark6915 Жыл бұрын

@@stevek8829 I started on an iron 883 and now ride a ‘21 Low Rider S with the 114. I paid $19k for it which is outrageous, but if you want the bike you pay the price. These reasonably priced used Harleys are just that, used, from independent sellers, not HD. They are still expensive compared to other brands but Harley is on a path right now to drastically reduce or maybe eliminate altogether, anything that’s not making the profit margins they are seeking. Watch the bikes they cut from the ‘23 lineup. The most “affordable” bikes are being eliminated. The standard, the Evo sportsters, and some others will be gone. I hope they replace them with something the average guy can afford but I don’t look for that to happen. The ceo said he wants Harley to be the “most desirable motorcycles in the world.” And so far it seems his definition of “desirable” means “expensive”. I love the bikes, I don’t like the business model one bit.

@joeferreira7382 Жыл бұрын

Good history , REAGAN was a good president

@snakebite6511 Жыл бұрын

The story was about Harley Davidson, not a president - its not make it political

@lynskyrd Жыл бұрын

@@snakebite6511 "its not make it political" ??? It was Harley that ran to the government crying about the Jap bikes- THEY made it political... What's their excuse now. I mean, why build a more reliable and affordable bike -- why stand by your customer base and honor your warranties --- let's just run to the government and cry "no fairsy" . Yup Harley's motto- "when the going gets tough, go woke". And... yes, Ronald Reagan was a GREAT President.

@stevek8829 Жыл бұрын

Robo voices are common now, but I don't understand why. To me, the mispronunciations make it annoying to hear.

@cliffordjancelvalmoria4575 Жыл бұрын

The most influencial and iconic motor brand in the planet...thats harley davidson...

@michalklimek9777 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, sure. Thats why they needed to extremely tax any bikes from other countries to even survive.... This cult is ridiculous.

@stevenbrown1798 3 ай бұрын

Murder cycles

@user-zi6ku3io2q 7 ай бұрын

Untold Story? No.

@jerryjones2818 Жыл бұрын

Very poor production with no attempt to align a pic with the bike being talked about. There are thousands of available pics of each bike you mentioned, yet you show modern Harleys while talking about Depression era machines. Most of your facts align with everyone else's, but again sloppy production.

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, my goal is to improve with every video. I do hope you liked the story though!

@randymarks4011 Жыл бұрын

couldn't keep watching, this guy knows nothing, wrong pics, don't match descriptions.

@PaulP999 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! and who the f*** was that bloke that was supposed to be Walt Davidson?!

@micmcbane8726 Жыл бұрын

The soft tail design was bought for 800 bucks I believe. Then the evaluation motor is built with the help of German engineering. I could be wrong.

@kennethwise7108 Жыл бұрын

There are no more "Harley" family members associated with the Mo-Co. The only children in the Davidson family lineage are Bill Davidsons' only daughter.

@tommydemis9094 Жыл бұрын

H. F. F. H.

@gpwcowboy Жыл бұрын

Your time stamps are wrong many times during this obviously Harley generated video. Especially the amf purchase in 1969. I had a 1969 and a 1974. The 69 had opaque paint, the 74 had clear coated metallic. The 69 had a mechanical drum brake on the front and a hydraulic drum brake on the back, same brakes since early 50s. Amf developed the hydraulic disk brakes front and back in 74. 73 had disk front drum rear. Amf did the research and development of the best engine Harley ever produced the Evo. Amf introduced the superglue in 1971. In short AMF saved a badly run company set them up for the success they enjoyed through the 90s and then they went back to their old ways and have been producing overpriced junk since 1999 the first year of the twin cam. They sold their first bike in 1904 not 1903 as their rewritten history would suggest. Go read a history book of the company before willie g entered the scene or research the golden anniversary dealer promotion of 1954. Never have understood their need to make themselves look like the saviour when they have repeatedly been the opposite.

@rodzimmerman1979 Жыл бұрын

I have owned an EVO and a Twin Cam and rode both to over 100,000 miles each and I would argue that the Twin Cam was a much better engine than the EVO. Just based on my personal experience.

@sportyonetaubert5923 Жыл бұрын

I remember talking to a dealer in 1978 and they told me how they had to go over every bike they got because they didn't trust the bikes shipped from the factory. AMF ramped up production and cut workforce to make profits to finance the Evo development. Every Harley I have had since 1994 has been better than the one I had before. As far as price, I sold Spotsters in 1981 for about $3500. The inflation calculator tells me that's $12,670 today. Harley's have never been cheep, but that's about what they are today. Those '81 ironheads were great but not as refined as today .

@strattuner Жыл бұрын

@@sportyonetaubert5923 i have a 1981 flh80,that has 409 actual miles on it,the rear disc was built by jaguar and it stops my bike like hitting a wall,AMF saved harley,the same guys that built the bike prior to the buy out in february 1981 were on the job in 1980,my bike was held up on the assembly line,and all of the spare 1981 engines were sold,so as to there wasn't an engine available for my bike,so they installed an 1982 engine on my scooter,its unique and a history bike,i ride it every now and again,i start it just to hear it idle,too many people on the roads now,they'll kill ya or take a leg,glad i wore out 3 bikes before the population took off,new bikes,no thanks,the shovelhead was the ultimate harley engine,if it were not so ,why do they use the design for drag racing today

@redmille1000 Жыл бұрын

“Periods of poor product quality” you mean every Hardly Movingson ever produced!

@usmcvet0313 Жыл бұрын

Mine runs great 👌🏼

@DrDiff952 Жыл бұрын

If it weren't for INDIAN MOTORCYCLE there would be no Harley Davidson! 1901 vs 1903. If they hadn't seen the Indian Motorcycle they wouldn't have built their motorcycle! And never forget that HD built snow mobiles and were bought by bowling ball and Bolling equipment manufacturer AMF!

@usmcvet0313 Жыл бұрын

They started their own company, like lots of people where doing in that era. That doesn't mean Indian is responsible for them starting a company. We could also say to never forget that Indian went out of business in the '50s, and the name got passed around with multiple failures until Polaris picked them up and produced them alongside Victory. Both are great brands today, so what's your point?

@ALA-uv7jq 7 ай бұрын

More propaganda than facts.

@jackslaght Жыл бұрын

Many names are mispronounced. Ole should be pronounced “Olee”, it’s Scandinavian. Poncho Villa isn’t pronounced like a villa to live in. The Mexicans pronounce it like “Via”. One or two mispronounced names is one thing. Many mispronounced names is unfortunate. That’s a result of slam bamming a production together without a seasoned narrator.

@yourfavouritegremlin Жыл бұрын

Cry harder, peasant

@cheech1450 10 ай бұрын

Indeed! Miss-pronunciations detract from the content of the presentation. Along with the mis-alignment of videos and images and the narration the whole presentations accuracy becomes suspect.

@PaulP999 Жыл бұрын

What a poor effort...unless this is some kids school project in which case well done. (did you pay a twelve year old nephew to throw together some pix for you for ten bucks?)

@storiesoffortune Жыл бұрын

Hey Paul! I actually spend about two weeks on this video, we can't always do everything right away. But we are definitely going to make sure future videos are better :-)

@stevenpierce4359 Жыл бұрын

I started in 1980 77sportster

@rottendrestantje Жыл бұрын

I can tell you how harleydavidson beat the odds in half a second: Tax dollars.

@michalklimek9777 5 ай бұрын

Great visionaries created a Brand, making revolutionary things. Then it becomes corporation and its loads of overpriced crap sice.

@tommyslaman3880 Жыл бұрын

the years do not match the bikes you show. example you talk about a wla and you show an xa. another example you talk about the year 1921 and you show a ironhead but the started Manufacturing them in 1957🥸