Some Youtube videos as provided by the company:
U.S. Motorcycles Corps Through Desert - 1941-1945
U.S. Army Trains Dispatch Riders
New York Hails War Heroes of United Nations - 1942
A Shaft-Driven Motorcycle
Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
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Re: Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
Nice vids. I never saw the BMW copy in action before.
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Re: Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
Great video!
I would almost bet that the desert maneuvers in the first clip were filmed at Fort Hood Texas, the terrain looks very familiar.
And, if anyone has one of those baby tanks I would be willing to trade a couple WLs for one of them.
thanks PanHead, if you find any more please post them
mike
I would almost bet that the desert maneuvers in the first clip were filmed at Fort Hood Texas, the terrain looks very familiar.
And, if anyone has one of those baby tanks I would be willing to trade a couple WLs for one of them.
thanks PanHead, if you find any more please post them
mike
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Re: Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
That's right. XA "Experimental Army". A near duplicate of the BMW R71. I always thought it kind of weird that we (US) were building such an obvious copy while fighting the source. We were the ones supposed to be copied. Right? Didn't seem to fit in with the propaganda of the time. Even though we weren't fighting Germany at the XA's inception.Bosheff wrote:The BMW lookin units are in fact XA's....bosheff
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Re: Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
Here is a link I found with some more information. The desert clip could be outside Camp Elliot in San Diego?
http://www.leathernecksmc.com/motorcycl ... istory.htm
http://www.leathernecksmc.com/motorcycl ... istory.htm
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Re: Historical Harley-Davidson video highlights
There is also the movie Born To Ride. Kind of corny but a lot of great film of old Harleys. There are scenes of working in a repair garage and a lot of old frames are hanging on the walls.
You can rent on Amazon for $3.
You can rent on Amazon for $3.