Harley-Davidson: The Ultimate Machine

by Tod Rafferty

Book Overview

In recognition of Harley Davidson's 100year anniversary, this definitive single-volume history features more than 300 photographs of some of the greatest motorcycles ever made by the legendary company... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762412682
• ISBN13: 9780762412686
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Courage Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.0" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

The Ultimate Book, on The Ultimate Machine

Being a Harley enthusiast myself, I appreciate the ancestry of my ride. This book is like a family album...proving the good stock my Duoglide comes from (and helped carry on).If you do, or ever want to, own a Harley...check out their parentage here.

Pretty as a Picture Book

This 100th anniversary edition book is the perfect gift and is pretty as a picture. But if your Harley Davidson rider can read as well as ride check out the Harley Davidson novel THE SECOND COMING OF AGE and the book GROWING UP HD.

Great coffee table book; good for new Harley fans.

Good "starter" book for historical overview of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and the pictures are excellent. Anecdotal inserts are interesting. It explains the Sturgis for the uninitiated. As a new "Harley chick", I have given several as gifts to the Harley buddies who are introducing me to this new world and they have all enjoyed it.

Not definitive, but a good coffee table book

The text covers the early years fairly well, and minces no words when it comes to the bad years of the late sixties-early seventies. Contains some interesting comments by noted figures not only in H-D history, but the general motorcycle community as well. All illustrated, of course, with plenty of photos, some very good indeed. Goes on a bit much about the Sturgis gathering, though, and unfortunately cuts off in late 1993, so no coverage of recent developments such as the H-D partnership with Buell, the onslaught of Japanese imitations and American-built copies, etc. All in all, not a bad addition to the enthusiast's shelf and reasonable value for the money.