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H-D history

1930

Once, Harley-Davidson was king of off-road racing. No rider epitomized that more than Oscar Lenz, a Harley-Davidson® dealer and legendary racer who won the inaugural Jack Pine in 1923 (and six more times over the next 13 years).

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100 years of overhead valves

The humble beginnings of an iconic engine

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A road well travelled

John Holod recounts his long-distance adventures aboard his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in The Enthusiast

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In pursuit of speed

55 years since Cal Rayborn rewrote the record books at Bonneville

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Going back in time with Tom Janda’s Harley-Davidson scrapbook

A Harley-Davidson enthusiast captured his love of the open road through photographs

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Worth a thousand words

There’s a story behind every photograph, and riders from around the world have shared their adventures through the pages The Enthusiast

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Building a sidecar the Harley-Davidson way

A brochure in the Harley-Davidson Museum reveals how H-D made sidecars at their Juneau Avenue factory in the 1920s

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Blast from the past

German member Karlheinz Wedhorn is taken back in time by the sight of some documents from almost a century ago

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Larger than life

Marking 35 years of an iconic Harley-Davidson Softail cruiser

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Motorcycle marathon

Two California riders faced impassable roads, alligators, and even a revolution on their ambitious 1948 journey to Brazil

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