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Overview. The company manufactures extraordinarily large displacement motorcycles and motorized tricycles with 376 to 496 cu in (6,160 to 8,130 cm 3) Chevrolet V8 engines, and semi-automatic transmissions. [ 1][ 2] By the mid-1990s, Boss Hoss was selling 300 vehicles per year. [ 3] As of 2006, Boss Hoss has sold over 4,000 vehicles.
Single-downtube bicycle-like frame, direct leather belt drive, rear coaster brake. Construction began in 1903; sold as production models in 1904–1905. Models 2, 3 (Named retroactively in 1908) 26.8 cu in (439 cc) IOE single. 1906–1907. Dual-spring front-end suspension. Model 4. 26.8 cu in (439 cc) IOE single. 1908.
The Servi-Car used variations of Harley-Davidson's 45 cubic inch flathead. From 1932 to 36, the Servi-Car used the engine from the solo R model. [1] It was changed in 1937 to the engine used in the W model, which differed mainly in having a recirculating oil system instead of the constant-loss system of the R. [2] [7] The "W" flathead engine continued until the end of production in 1973 ...
Harley-Davidson, Inc. / 43.04611°N 87.96000°W / 43.04611; -87.96000. Harley-Davidson, Inc. ( H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with its ...
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
The suicide clutch is a foot-operated clutch that is mounted on the left side of the motorcycle's forward foot controls. [ 9] The suicide-clutch moniker has derived from difficulties in operating this form of clutch and shifter. On a motorcycle equipped with a conventional hand clutch and foot shifter, the rider places the left foot on the ...
Buell Motorcycles. Buell Motorcycles is an American motorcycle manufacturer based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1983 by ex- Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell. [ 1] Harley-Davidson acquired 49 percent of Buell in 1993, and Buell became a wholly owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson by 2003. [ 2]
The 1983 motorcycle tariff, or Memorandum on Heavyweight Motorcycle Imports, was a presidential memorandum ordering a 45% tariff on heavyweight motorcycles imported to the United States, signed by President Ronald Reagan on April 1, 1983, on the US International Trade Commission's (USITC) recommendation to approve Harley-Davidson's petition for import relief. [1]