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哈雷機車「返家」
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您看過別人騎hog(有兩義，一為豬，一為又重又大的摩托車)嗎？不，不是豬，是哈雷摩托車！
1903年，這棟小小的，只有一個房間的建築物，就是全球最有名的摩托車公司：哈雷戴維森的誕生地。在它1998年的95週年慶上，總共有超過100,000位哈雷機車愛好者，聚集在密耳瓦基大肆慶祝。許多騎士會參加，由以下五個地點出發的募款遊行：華盛頓的斯波堪市、加州的裡弗塞得市、德州的達拉斯市、佛羅里達州的奧蘭多市及賓州的約克市。他們在1998年6月3日啟程，並於10天後，抵達密耳瓦基，他們會沿途舉辦募款會，為肌肉萎縮症病友協會籌措款項。
哈雷機車是首家美國重型機車製造廠。1903年，這間公司只製造了三台摩托車，但10年後，它每年的產量高達12,000多台。直至1995年，哈雷戴維森總共建造了105,104台摩托車。哈雷摩托車又被稱為「hog」，其中一個可能的解釋要回推到1920年代，當時的哈雷工廠有一個比賽隊伍，他們參加每項競賽時，都會帶著他們的吉祥物，而他們的吉祥物就是一頭豬。因而無論哈雷戴維森的隊伍到那裡參加比賽，當地的人都會說：「歡迎哈雷隊伍及他們的豬入場」。
Have you ever seen someone ride a hog? No, not a pig, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle!
In 1903, this little one-room building was the birthplace of the world's most famous motorcycle company -- Harley-Davidson. On its 95th anniversary in 1998, more than 100,000 Harley-Davidson fans gathered in Milwaukee to celebrate. Many riders took part in five fund-raising rides, which left from Spokane, Washington; Riverside, California; Dallas, Texas; Orlando, Florida; and York, Pennsylvania. They left on June 3, 1998, and arrived in Milwaukee 10 days later. Along the way they held fundraising events for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Harley-Davidson is the premier American-based manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles. In 1903 the company built only three motorcycles, but 10 years later, it built more than 12,000 a year. In 1995, Harley-Davidson built 105,104 motorcycles. Harley-Davidson motorcycles are also called "hogs." One possible explanation for this dates back to the 1920s when the Harley-Davidson factory had a racing team that brought their mascot with them to every race. Their mascot was a pig. So whenever the Harley-Davidson team came to a race people would say, "Here comes the Harley team and their hogs."
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