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By: Randy Leffingwell, Darwin Holmstrom .
Harley-Davidson Book Description
Over one hundred years ago a group of resourceful young men with great vision founded the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. These men set out to build motorcycles, and in the process they made history. Fortunately, the founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company had the foresight to keep in the company archives examples of the groundbreaking motorcycles the company produced, resulting in an unparalleled collection of motorcycles and memorabilia that contains at least one vehicle from each model year (and a few that never made it past the prototype stage). As the Motor Company began its second century, the company's management decided to share the treasure of its archival collection with the general public and created the Harley-Davidson Museum. As the Museum was being designed and built, photographer Randy Leffingwell spent months inside the archives creating stunning studio portraits of these historic machines for The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection. In addition to the iconic motorcycles that transported a nation, dominated racetracks, and helped win wars, Leffingwell photographed unique one-off creations and never-before-seen prototypes like the mysterious Nova, co-developed with German automaker Porsche, making this one of the most unique and important motorcycle books ever published.
Showcasing more than a century of the most important motorcycles ever built, The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection brings the history of Harley-Davidson to gleaming life through page after page of exquisite photographs. With these detailed photographs and histories of many of the motorcycles in Harley's collection, from Serial Number One to the latest Softail Rocker, the book captures the excitement of the best-known motorcycles in the world.
Since its earliest days the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. has saved at least one vehicle from each model year (and a few that never made it past the prototype stage). The resulting Archive Collection has grown to include hundreds of machines and is the most important motorcycle collection on earth. And many have never before been seen by the general public. Until now. In over 600 studio portraits, Harley-Davidson and master photographer Randy Leffingwell present for the first time this historically significant collection of production models, racing bikes, and one-of-a-kind prototypes.
