![]() Photographs courtesy of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company Archives And, beyond any doubt, it is the oldest Harley-Davidson motorcycle in existence today. It is the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle to be considered ready for production and, except for refinements that civilized it as a street machine, is essentially the same as those models that followed it.Harley-Davidson Serial Number One, then, is not the very first Harley-Davidson but it is the first true Harley-Davidson motorcycle as they were later developed. Instead, it is the developmental platform from which the first true Harley-Davidson street motorcycles sprang. That distinction would go to one of the prototypes. While it is clearly identified on many of its components as Serial Number One, it is definitely not the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle. After all, as the company name implied, Harley-Davidson Motor Company sold motors as well as motorcycles. Meticulous research by H-D Archives staff and external experts proved that Harley-Davidson Serial Number One was built without fenders and used in competition, probably to illustrate the power and reliability of the motor. ![]()
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