The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection - Hardcover

Leffingwell, Randy; Holmstrom, Darwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760331847 ISBN 13: 9780760331842

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl, 2008

Synopsis

Who knew, one hundred years ago, that the freedom-loving, speed-hungry, cutting-edge motorcycle fanatics who founded Harley-Davidson were making history along with bikes?  The Harley-Davidson Collection, showcasing a century of bikes that shaped motorcycle history, brings that history to gleaming life in page after page of motorcycles beyond compare.  On the eve of the opening of the historic Harley-Davidson Museum, this book gives motorcycle enthusiasts an opportunity to pore over the bikes in the collection, and to linger over every detail that made Harley-Davidson such an icon of American open-road power and performance.  With exquisite, detailed photographs and histories of the hundred motorcycles in Harley’s collection, from serial number one built in 1903 to the latest low-slung Softail, high-revving VRSC, and touring models, the book captures the excitement of the best-known motorcycles in the world.  All that&r

About this title

From the Back Cover:

 

Since its earliest days, the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. has saved examples of nearly every motorcycle it has ever built. The resulting Archive Collection is the most important motorcycle collection on earth. In over 600 studio portraits, Harley-Davidson and master photographer Randy Leffingwell present this historically significant collection of production models, racing bikes, and one-of-a-kind prototypes.

 

About the Author:

An award-winning writer and photographer, Randy Leffingwell photographed many of the motorcycles that appeared in the The Art of the Motorcycle. He is MBI's best-selling author. His previous MBI titles include Harley-Davidson Myth and Mystique and contributions to Harley-Davidson Century.  Randy lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Darwin Holmstrom has written or co-written many books on motorcycling, including the best-selling Billy Lane Chop Fiction: It's not a Motorcycle, Baby, It's a Chopper, BMW Motorcycles, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles. He contributed essays to The Harley-Davidson Reader and Harley-Davidson Century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0760331847
• ISBN 13: 9780760331842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408