Motorcycles

Discount Helmets

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the popular home of not only breweries but also the Harley Davidson company. The company was started in the year 1903 by William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson. The main product that the company produces is motorcycles. The company located in Wisconsin also manufacturers motorcycle helmets for their customers.

Less than 10,000 employees work for the company, which pulls in roughly $6 billion per year. The public can purchase motorcycle gear all over the country from a variety of locations. The hobby of owning and riding a motorcycle has grown over the past handful of decades to enormous proportions. The history of the company’s motorcycles is documented in its museum along with other clubs and events that the company sponsors. Cagiva, MVAgusta, and the Buell Motorcycle Company are other operations owned and run by the company.

Arthur Davidson, a longtime friend of William S. Harley, founded the company at the ripe old age of 23. Harley first drew up plans for a small engine to be used in a small bicycle frame. Davidson and Harley were childhood friends, making it easier for the two to get along and form one of the most popular and successful motorcycle production companies in the world. Motorcycles were used during the Poncho Villa Expedition along with the World War I effort by the United States government. Helmets were also mass produced by the company during the war effort for the riders of the bikes. The three wheeled delivery vehicle known as the Servi-Car and power plants based on the company’s motorcycle engines were manufactured during the Great Depression to keep the company in business. There have been leather helmets manufactured by the company in the past but not the main helmet product is fiberglass. Some of the helmets manufactured during the company’s history have had face guards and some haven’t. The company’s largest manufacturing plant, in York, PA, suffered a strike in 2007. Over 440 people in Wisconsin lost their job due to the strike. Harley, Davidson, Walter Davidson and William A. Davidson were all inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame for their efforts founding and operating the company.