Q 01/05

In which city is Harley-Davidson headquartered?

A) Detroit

B) Milwaukee

C) Chicago

D) Indianapolis

Answer · why

B) Milwaukee

Its corporate headquarters still sits on Juneau Avenue, where the founders built their first wooden factory in 1906.

Q 02/05

In what year was Harley-Davidson founded?

A) 1903

B) 1908

C) 1911

D) 1919

Answer · why

A) 1903

William S. Harley had drawn up plans for a small bicycle engine in 1901; the first finished motor-bicycle could not climb Milwaukee's hills without pe...

Q 03/05

Which rival was the only other major US motorcycle maker to survive the Great Depression?

A) Excelsior

B) Henderson

C) Indian

D) Crocker

Answer · why

C) Indian

Harley sales had collapsed from 21,000 in 1929 to 3,703 in 1933; the company got by building industrial engines and a three-wheeled delivery trike.

Q 04/05

The first loop-frame Harley-Davidson prototype was assembled where?

A) A rented railroad shop

B) A backyard shed

C) A university lab

D) A bicycle store basement

Answer · why

B) A backyard shed

The 10-by-15-foot shed in the Davidson family yard was later moved to the Juneau Avenue factory and kept for decades as a tribute.

Q 05/05

Which outboard-motor pioneer helped the founders with their bigger early engine?

A) Ole Evinrude

B) Henry Ford

C) Glenn Curtiss

D) Joseph Merkel

Answer · why

A) Ole Evinrude

Evinrude was then building gas engines for automotive use on Milwaukee's Lake Street, not far from the Davidson home.