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[HarleyCreation]

Harley-Davidson 1907 Double
http://www.harleysons.de/Harley-Davi...907_V-Twin.htm

Psst. Weisst du dass nicht? Es gab keine H-D doppel bis 1909. That's what most of the history books and exhibits say!

[HarleyCreation]

Do you mean a double single? That's one interesting machine!

I think it was Bob Chantland who once told me that George Wagner didn't believe in twin cylinder engines, so he devised this double single motored machine.

Even Harley resisted the move to twins. There was a strong feeling that all a guy needed was one cylinder. But as that photo Ken gave us from Edgerton showed, the double fills up the frame to perfection and gives more moting power to boot. Deep mud, sand, and sustained road speed, the twin was the thing. I still believe that 2 is all you need (altho my main bike now is a BMW K100 Four with <shudder> water cooling).

[Harleyson's]

Psst.

Psst. Weisst du dass nicht? Es gab keine H-D doppel bis 1909. That's what most of the history books and exhibits say!

Herbert,

du weißt es doch am besten:

"sometimes there are dark and lonely jobs but goddam it, somebody has to do them" !

Hoffe wir sehen uns bald mal wieder. Fritz

http://www.harleysons.de/menupagenew.htm

[c.o.]

Toronto, circa 1919



There must have been a buildup of excitement that day. Check out the tree climbers!

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American Motorcycles Norway

Some more photos from Norway to keep this thread allive for ever, :-)



Harley with sidecar up North of the polar cicrcle



Another Harley used in the Lapplands for winter transport.

Fritz (Harleysons), love the new apperance of your Harleysons page with the "more" added.

Regards
Sverre

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American Motorcycles Norway

Two Thors, the first one a later Big Twin that was sold in huge numbers here in Norway. The older twin is a photo found locally too but might be a relative "over there" (yes US) that have sent the pic back home.





Regards
Sverre

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American Motorcycles Norway

This is a cool photo of our previous King Olav that is now passed away. He used to own this HD flat twin as a young man. Olav was a guy close to the Norwegian people and he even used public transport every now and then.



Regards
Sverre

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American Motorcycles Norway

This bike is still around locally, motor have never been apart. Was taken from Texas to Norway by the guy on the pics when he was in the merchant navy in 1951ìsh.





Regards
Sverre

[Rooster]

Sverre, thank-you for these excellent photos. I really enjoy all your photos!

[LouieMCman]

Kinda wierd how the "Harley-Davidson" stands out on that Sport Model.

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American Motorcycles Norway

Here is a photo from just after WWII where the first owner of my W -39 is getting ready for a spin. Cool thing is the garage is still there not far from where I live. Looks the same today.
In this photo it looks like there are white grips on the handlebars. I thought that was in -37 only?



Regards
Sverre

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American Motorcycles Norway

Here is a series of photos from a long holliday with my W -39 trough the southern part of Norway during the summer of 1948. The house that is burned down is due to WWII bombing and is still not repaired at this point.
My W was hidden from the Germans during the war as every roadworthy bike was taken by their troops.
Many did build false walls to hide their bikes or they removed parts to make them impossible to start or run. I`ve even spoken to older guys telling me that they digged their bike down in the ground after having wrapped it with cosmoline coated rags and canvas.
One god thing with the German invation was they brought many interesting bikes that stayed after the war. Lie the big Zundapps and BMW`s, French bikes as the Gnome & Rohne, Gillet Herstals and even many Army Chiefs with sidecar.









Regards
Sverre

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Country roads

Ok, couldn resist posting this photo where there is no bike but it shows the road that faced a motorcyclist in the early twenties in the western parts of Norway. Imagine next to no brakes on these roads, its hard to watch far ahead too.



Regards
Sverre

[c.o.]

Thanks for all the great photos Sverre! There's some awesome motorcycle history in Norway that's for sure!

Here's a war time shot from New Brunswick, Canada. It looks like Injuns were the bike of choice in the Maritimes.

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Canadian military Chiefs

C.O.,
those Chiefs are the same as the French army bought and the Germans later brought from France to Norway during WWII.
I just recently found three complete wheels, the gearbox and primary from one of those that still where in a barn in a village close to where I live. The bike was thrown in a local lake (where it still is, they dumped stones ontop) in the mid sixties, sigh!
God thing is the wheels are now connected to another Army Chief;
http://home.online.no/~344chief/
This Chief get used and abused which I find great.

Regards
Sverre
http://AmericanMotorcyclesNorway.blogspot.com