Back in 1936 Bill Harley decided to ignore suggestions of the V-Twin engine developers, and launched the new OHV Harley-Davidson. While William Harley had created the design of the engine, it was up to the engine developers to…

This might be James Roper-Caldbeck’s first attempt at a Harley-Davidson café racer, but don’t think the well-executed project is beginner’s luck.

For some unknown reason, my dog loves the sound of a V-Twin motor. Paper bags floating in the wind, not so much, but a V-Twin from a Harley or other motorcycle and he goes crazy.

by Bill Jackson, Senior Harley-Davidson Archivist In the midst of all the well-deserved praise given to decades of Harley-Davidson V-Twin engines, it can be easy to forget the many single-cylinder motorcycles that helped put Harley-Davidson on the map. The very first Harley-Davidson motorcycle (on display in the Juneau Avenue main lobby) was a single-cylinder motorcycle […] More »

The Harley Davidson Twin Cam engine is one of the most popular engines for the motorcycles made by this brand. Coming in two different models of V-Twin engine, 88 and 88B, the twin cam was initially released for the production year 1999. Although they’ve subsequently been replaced by a more modern version of the same […] More »