The Harley-Davidson Model 1 was the first motorcycle produced by the American manufacturer Harley-Davidson. The purchase price was 200 US dollars; 38 copies were made.Tod Rafferty: Harley-Davidson. 1. Auflage. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, , S. 10.

History William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson developed the first prototype of a Harley Davidson motorcycle in 1903. The engine was designed according to the system De Dion-Bouton, had a displacement of 167 cc and made about 2 ps (1.5 kW). Since Harley and Davidson were dissatisfied with the performance, in 1904, cubic capacity was increased to 405 cm3 at one of bore 76 mm and one stroke 89 mm. From this pre-production model came two copies.Jerry Hatfield: Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981. Krause Publications, 2006, , S. 116. No original photographs or dated documents of this motorcycle claimed to be built in 1903, exist.

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List of Harley-Davidson motorcycles List of motorcycles of 1900 to 1909

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