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1903年,最初的哈雷機車工廠

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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199863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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