harley-davidson motorcycles

GIRO 6 2015
AUTORI
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
MOTORCYCLES
Arte e leggenda
David Blattel: fotografo, tratta ogni foto come fosse un’opera d’arte. Chi è appassionato di Harley-Davidson non può non avere visto almeno una volta uno scatto di
David Blattel. Per anni, a partire dal 1989, è stato il fotografo del calendario uffciale
della Harley-Davidson Motor Co. e le sue foto sono apparse sui più importanti calendari a tema moto a livello internazionale.
Autori > Dain Gingerelli - David Blattel
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Illustrazioni
Marche Moto
euro 48,00
settembre 2015
24,8x30,5 cm
216
cartonato
in b/n e a colori
codice
ean
64804J
978-88-7911-630-5
Dain Gingerelli: californiano, detto ‘Daingerous’, fn dal 1970 scrive libri e articoli
su auto e moto oltre ad essere pilota egli stesso (da qui il soprannome). Collabora
con diverse riviste per appassionati Harley-Davidson e ha pubblicato nel 2010 il volume Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces.
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48,00
stsB softail
oss Bones
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1980 FLH ELEctr
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engine Displacement: 96 cubic inches
Weight:
700 pounds
Wheelbase:
64.5 inches
Seat height:
26.6 inches
Il volume raccoglie il meglio della produzione fotografca di David Blattel – oltre cento stupefacenti
motociclette a partire dall’inizio del Novecento fno
ai nostri giorni e la nuovissima serie dei modelli
CVO. L’esperto Harley-Davidson, Dain Gingerelli,
inquadra ogni modello in successione cronologica,
tracciandone una breve storia e fornendo indispensabili dati tecnici. Tutte le moto, dalle veterane alle
più moderne, sono trattate in questo magnifco libro: le Silent Gray Fellow, le Peashooter, le Knucklehead, le Panhead, le Sportster, le Shovelhead,
le Evolution, le Softail, le Electra Glide, le Super Glide, le Wide Glide, le Twin Cam, le V-Rod e XR da
competizione. Un’opera imperdibile per ogni vero
appassionato di Harley-Davidson.
engine Displacement: 80 cubic inches
horsepower:
67 horsepower at 6,000 rpm
transmission:
4-speed
Weight:
760 pounds
• The $ross #ones model was introduced midyear during
a special ceremony at the Viper room on hollywood’s
Sunset Strip.
• Detachable accessories were immediately available for the
cross Bones model.
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• The inch engine was standard on '- models the
80-inch engine was optional.
• The '-T debuted in 190
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NOVITÀ
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Just look at a 1980 FLh, and it’s appar
was gaining a better appreciation for what
comfortable amenities on their bikes. they a
to shovel out power in giant scoopfuls, and
customers got when the new decade began
saddlebags meant that riders not only cou
they’d keep it with them as well. those loc
and secure. any question about power wa
80-cubic-inch shovelhead engine fred to life
more power than the standard-issue 74-cu
editors at Cycle magazine recognized harle
it was when they wrote in the november
inches strung out fore-to-aft would make
visual part of the whole; harley-Davidson
the frst part in motor cycle preeminent eve
feet long.”
ustom movement really crystalized with the
ng the bike’s unveiling Willie g. Davidson
scribe the new Softail bike, and since that
have been added to form the Dark custom
model’s formula is rather straightforward.
platform, include a few bobber-inspired
bobbed front and rear fenders, springer
handlebar, staggered shotgun-style exhaust
rds, a Fat Bob gas tank, and a solo tractorearer picture of what a Dark custom model
ll top it with a dark, wicked color—black
e like this—highlighted with traditional
e the cross Bones model. no doubt, this
has shed new light on the direction that
to take some of its future models.
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chapter six
K i n G s o F t h e h i G h Way: t h e t o u r i n G B i K e s
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ELEctr a-GLidE
the famed paint job on the 1980 DynaWide G
is iconic. But that wild orange-on-black
intensive, requiring seven steps for its appl
when harley-Davidson brought back the W
with a near-duplicate paint scheme, but with
2010 colors were applied as an ultra-thin d
clear coat. the new Wide Glide model also
proportions as the original, something impor
who was instrumental in producing both bi
Willie G., “is the main criteria to motorcy
noted something else about this bike: “it’s no
but how much of it appears on the bike,” h
Wide Glide model’s black rims with chrom
a few other choice non-chromed componen
2010 Dyna Wide Glide motorcycle’s cool pr
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ad undergone a few noticeable changes and
previous 10 years. perhaps most notable was
rake mechanism was relocated to the right
ear, when the generator was replaced with
r, requiring a new, conical right-side cover
front disc brake was anchored to the FL’s
73 model featured single disc brakes front
kick-start pedal, plus the hand-shifter was
Made-in-america loyalists cringed in 1974
ihin carburetor replaced the Bendix, and a
e was ftted with dual return springs. With
vements for 1977, harley-Davidson placed
wearing such touring refnements as hard
g fairing, not to mention grab rails and a
Little did people know at the time, but with
on was setting the touring standard for the
engine Displacement: 96 cubic inches
Weight:
647 pounds
Fuel capacity:
4.7 gallons
seat height:
25.5 inches
• 8ith a 36degree total fork angle, the 8ide (lide
model has the most radical stance of the Dyna line.
• 'or a clean look, the handlebar cables are routed
internally.
and rear
t and rear
bought was a
pringsteen won
national titles
MOTIVI PER LA VENDITA
Fac t o ry c u s t oM s : L oW r i D e r a n D W i D e G L i D e M o D e L s
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• Un volume ‘uffciale’ con la foto-storia dei modelli più rappresentativi dal 1911 ad oggi
e indian Motorcycle company in 1953,
a virtual monopoly as the primary supplier
s for the various police and civil service
untry. consequently, many public agencies
trike or the FLh bike for patrol duty. For
car was better suited to traffc control or
ions. But when it came to chasing speeders
harley model for the job was the FLh police
harley-Davidson offered various equipment
forcement agencies. Most packages included
xtinguishers, two-way radios, and saddlebags
cellaneous items. sirens were often powered
t made contact with either the front or rear
ress a lever with the heel of his boot so that
unt and the shaft made contact with the tire.
rked with the individual law enforcement
at colors their bikes were to be painted and
nt’s graphics and logo.
• Approfondite schede e caratteristiche tecniche di ogni modello
engine Displacement: 74 cubic inches
horsepower:
60 horsepower at 5,400 rpm
Wheelbase:
60 inches
$harging System:
1volt
• )arleyDavidson eYperimented with a Sportster
police model in the early 1960s.
• 1olice departments determined their own paint
schemes for the offcers’ motorcycles.
• Le spettacolari immagini di David Blattel, per anni fotografo del
calendario uffciale Harley-Davidson
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1910 Model 6-A
in 1910 the 4-horsepower, 30-cubic-inch single used
new cylinder barrels with more cooling fns. this was
the fnal year for radial cooling fns on the cylinder head.
engineering introduced a belt idler mechanism that
allowed the rider to stop the motorcycle without killing
the engine. to improve power transmission to the rear
wheel, engineering widened the fat leather belt from 1.5
to 1.75 inches. Harley-Davidson manufactured 334 of
these motorcycles in 1910, selling them for $250 apiece.
the name “peashooter” came from the “pop-pop-pop” sound the
single-cylinder engine exhaust made. the company derived this racing
motor from production pieces starting in the early 1920s to meet
the rules for a new national racing championship class under 350cc
(21.35 cubic inches) that commenced in 1926. the regular production
21.1-cubic-inch a and B singles ft this displacement limitation perfectly.
an effective dual-port cylinder head improved breathing over the stock
production singles in Harley-Davidson’s lineup. Bosch developed a
compact magneto, nicknamed “the Baby,” for ignition.
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engine Displacement: 30 cubic inches
price:
$210
final Drive:
1.75-inch leather belt
Wheelbase:
55 inches
engine Displacement: 21 cubic inches
number of cylinders: 1
Brakes:
none
rear Suspension:
rigid
• Harley manufactured 2,302 examples of the Model 6.
• in 1910, Harley-Davidson motorcycles still retained a
total-loss electrical system.
• the Model S was designed to compete in the aMa’s
21-cubic-inch racing class.
• the Model S earned the name “peashooter” for the
popping sound of its exhaust.
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at the close of World War ii, Harley-Davidson obtained rights to copy
and produce the DKW 125cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine as part
of the war reparations from Germany. the compact engine, which
was mated to a three-speed foot-shift transmission, developed 1.7
horsepower. in mid-1948 the company introduced its frst motorcycle
powered by this engine, the Model S. the new “peanut” tank carried
1.875 gallons of gas/oil pre-mix. it returned 70 miles to a gallon of
fuel and could reach 35 to 40 miles per hour. this was a tremendously
successful model for Harley-Davidson. the company manufactured
10,117 of these lightweights, a fgure that accounted for one-third of
all Motor company production for 1948. this bike sold for $325.
price:
power output:
top Speed:
engine type:
$325
1.7 horsepower
40 miles per hour
two stroke single
• Harley-Davidson obtained the rights to copy the
DKW 125cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine as part
of war reparations from Germany.
• the Model S was Harley’s frst production
two-stroke engine.
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