It’s well known that over the years, the Harley-Davidson name has graced a number of vehicles that were definitely not motorcycles.

Nowadays, any hunter worth his salt has at least one ATV to travel to his favorite hunting spot. Of course, ATVs are a fairly recent invention and it wasn’t too long ago that Harley-Davidson motorcycles were the vehicle of choice for outdoorsmen.

Now here’s something you don’t see everyday, an elephant with a motorcycle strapped to its back. At first glance you might not recognize that this particular motorcycle is indeed a Harley-Davidson and is actually a rare Model W.

When Sergeant Catlin set out to design a new motorcycle training program for mounted police in Burbank, CA, he came up with quite a few interesting obstacles and drills for his officers to practice.

Early pioneers in the field of aviation often relied on motorcycle engines to power their winged creations as they were cheap, reliable and readily available.

Since their humble beginnings in a basement back in ’58, S&S Cycle has been producing high performance parts that have proved themselves time and again, both on the street and at the racetrack.

While Harley-Davidson was cranking out tens of thousands of motorcycles to meet the demands of the military, the U.S. Army was faced with the task of training service men to ride the fleet of new machines.