Classic Harley-Davidson Motorcycles

A 1928 Harley-Davidson JDL Sport Solo on display with other classic motorcycles at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.

A 1957 Harley-Davidson St 165 on display with other classic motorcycles at the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Museum in Leeds, Ala.

Painter Mike Vils brought his 1929 Harley-Davidson J along on the Motorcycle Cannonball.

A 1949 Harley-Davidson Dragon Bike replica, like the one ridden by Peter Fonda in "The Wild Angels", on display with other classic motorcycles at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.

Used to deliver booze during the Prohibiton era, this Harley-Davidson V Series with sidecar rig is a well-worn survivor.

Harley-Davidson’s flagship model, the 1966 FLH Electra-Glide, gained about five horsepower.

Electric start motors appeared for the first time on the 1964 Model FL.

After World War II there was a shortage of chrome parts which is why the 1946 Model EL was painted to help give the same bright effect as chrome plating.

The 1940 Model UL with its flathead Big Twin engine and a dry sump lubrication system was one of the most reliable models of its time.

1933 proved to be a watershed year for Harley-Davidson. The 1933 Model VLD offered, for the first time, a wide selection of paint and graphics options which catered to the customer’s wants and needs. 

The 1915 Model 11-F was the best-selling Harley-Davidson up to that time, mainly because of the use of inexpensive acetylene lamps.

Harley-Davidson motorcycles were innovative and stunning from the very beginning. Showcased here are stats and photos from Harley-Davidson Motor Company’s first 100 years.

A 1963 Aermacchi motorcycle, a lightweight motorcycle produced by Aermacchi and Harley-Davidson, on display with other classic motorcycles at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.

A man brings his grandfather’s 1949 Harley-Davidson Panhead to the Wheels Through Time Museum, and gets it running again after 40 years.

Legend has it that the Harley-Davidson XLCR was Willie G. Davidson’s baby, a bike he designed for himself.

Greg Hays shares the details on the restoration of his 1978 Harley-Davidson XLCR "Café Racer."

In spite of their shortcomings, Aermacchi Harley-Davidson 350 Sprint singles are actually quite well made.

Launched in 1957, the roots of the Harley-Davidson Sportster go back to the days immediately after World War II.

Tony Long readily admits to a love-hate relationship with his Harley Café Racer.

Bevo Bowen shares some vintage photos from the 1940s of the U.S. Army Harleys his father used to ride.

If this antique motorcycle isn't a 1911 Harley-Davidson Model 7D, what is it?

The Harley-Davidson XR1000 had an XLX Sportster body with the soul of an XR750.

A closer look at the Then Came Bronson Sporster and Don Collins' custom replica built from a 1974 Harley-Davidson Sportster.

Two AHRMA racers talk about their passion for hand-shift motorcycles.

With an unbroken production run of 53 years, the overhead valve Harley-Davidson X-series Sportster has outlived all of its early rivals, and is still able to raise its middle finger to the vagaries of the motorcycle marketplace.

The Harley-Davidson XLCR was Willie G. Davidson's one and only brush with the cafe racer set, and it created a classic for all time

Wrecked and retired, a 1977 Harley-David FLHS thunders back to life

Forget everything you thought you knew about Harley-Davidson motorcycles, because the XR1200 is like nothing H-D’s ever made, including Harley’s 1970-1980 XR750 flat tracker that inspired it. Although everything about the XR1200 screams yesterday, it’s a thoroughly modern machine.

Back to the beach on the 1955 Daytona-winning Harley Davidson KRTT

Add one more bike to the growing list of new retro-themed bikes — this time from right here in the good old U.S. of A. Harley-Davidson has released the new XR1200, a Sportster-based hot rod whose styling draws heavily from Harley history, mimicking H-D’s iconic and race winning XR750 of 1970-1980.

American muscle and British style come together for a modern take on a classic theme

A classic motorcycle scene from the early 1960s.

There are conflicting stories on how Bob Steig's 1934 Harley-Davidson VLD came to be named Annie.

One part Harley, one part Norton, lightly shaken: Nick Roskelley's Harleyton combines a Norton featherbed frame and Harley flathead engine.

Late 1970s "Southern Rock" music inspires Harley-Davidson.

The last few months of 2007 were rough for motorcycle legends. After losing Bud Ekins, 77, in October, Evel Knievel, a stuntman of a different kind, passed away Nov. 30, 2007.

When Carl Fronk returned from his tour of duty in Vietnam in June 1968, the first thing on his mind wasn’t finding a job — it was finding a new Harley Davidson Sportster.

Ross Puleo is a man with a mission. A lover and restorer of Aermacchis, the little Italian imports that Harley-Davidson sold in the Sixties and Seventies, he wants to spread the word about the Italian-American classic known as the Harley-Davidson Sprint H.

Restoring a 1959 Harley-Davdson XLH Sportster proves to be the perfect cure for one man's blues.