Mindblowing Facts About Harley-Davidson

The famous HOG comes from the Harley Racing Team mascot – a pig. However, did you know that this mascot was actually a real life breathing, walking, and fully fledged oinking real baby piglet?! Well, now you do. It was a part of the family too; owned by team member, Ray Weissher!

The first-ever Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Club was formed over in Prague, Czech Republic in 1928. This very club is still going strong today.

The story about the tomato can… We know that Harley-Davidson are pretty good at making bikes. They’ve mastered them, in fact. Apparently, the Harley-Davidson brothers first experimented with the carburettors using none other than a tomato can. Yes, you read that right! A simple everyday object that is used to store tinned tomatoes. I think I might now pop round to the garage next door and tell our mechanics to start a little project – see what happens!

Janet Davidson - a name that is often uncalled for when people talk about the mighty Harley-Davidson. This lady was a big name behind the brand. Not only was she known to be the first female to sit on a Harley (a big thing back in those days), but she was also responsible for painting the first Harley-Davidson name onto a bike in pin-striped, red and white writing.

How many big brands do you see around the world who create their very own university? Not many, is the answer to that. Harley-Davidson, on the other hand, are so great, they have their own university range scattered around the globe! Here are the locations:

-Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, UK
-Gurugram, India
-Milwaukee (of course)
-Orlando, Florida
-Phoenix, Arizona
-Bangkok, Thailand
-Barcelona, Spain

In World War 1, Harley-Davidson donated 15,000 motorcycles to the military. These bikes were green, for camouflage purposes, we believe. Some people today point blank refuse to purchase any green Harley-Davidson – their reasoning? They think it is simply a refurbished bike from the war, and that it is cursed and will fall apart on them.

HOGS for the Hogs?! Not only is it good enough for the military, but it is and has been since before, loved by the police force in the USA. Just 3 years following the mass production of the motorcycle range in 1905, cops in the US, or hogs (we call them that over there right?! – sounds like a fitting name) have loved Harley-Davidson motorcycles for over 100 years now… and they still use them!