1914 H.D. advert

[Tommo]

I thought this advert out of the August 20th 1914 issue of the "Motor Cycle" magazine might interest some of you.

[Chuck#1848]

Thanks Tommo, Would be curious to know how the mileage was determined.

[AFJ]

Thanks Tommo, Would be curious to know how the mileage was determined.

It probably "was determined" in the mind of the advertising manager for H-D as a "good round number" to attract readers.
But note the date of publication - August 20, 1914.
The assassination of the Archduke of the Austrian Empire had set all Europe aflame with World War 1 and the German army was headed through Belgium for Paris.
The battle of the Marne followed in early September, the French army being aided in their defensive victory by the first use of motorized transport to move troops to battle (it was a fleet of commandeered Paris taxicabs). It resulted in 4 years of trench warfare, costing millions upon millions of lives.
AFJ