Word: harley-davidson
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...occasion, and stewards prepared to serve 600 bottles of imported wine a day to accompany the meals cooked by 20 imported Belgian chefs. While bands played such incongruous tunes as Marching Through Georgia, squadrons of police escorts roared down Kinshasa's boulevards all week long on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles...
...whizzy world of two-wheeled transportation, Honda Motors Co. of Japan has long since lapped the field. Honda's U.S. export models are the fastest selling numbers since the salad day of the Harley-Davidson. Its cycles take home most of the prizes in international racing. Its new, lightweight "Little Honda" motor bike sells like soy sauce in Japan, will be introduced in the U.S. next year at about $100. And now the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer is tooling up for a sharp turn into the international auto market...
McQueen appears to have spilled the last of his Indian blood before the cam eras began turning. Tightly wound, unmistakably modern, he looks as if he would be more at home in the saddle of a Harley-Davidson than on a horse. He lends presence but not substance to the simple, single-minded character written by Scenarist John Michael Hayes...
...initiation rite, for example, demands that any new member bring a woman or girl (called a "sheep") who is willing to submit to sexual intercourse with each member of the club. But their favorite activity seems to be terrorizing whole towns. Once, roaring along on their "chopped hogs" (customized Harley-Davidson machines), they swept with their girl friends into the town of Porterville (pop. 7,991). With them were members of several other outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Stray Satans. Galloping Gooses, Comancheros and Cavaliers. Reports Lynch...
...most popular model for obvious reasons, such as the ability to say "fill her up" for 30? and cover about 180 miles before fishing for another 30?. Other models range up to 250 cc.-well under the roaring 350-750-cc. behemoths turned out by U.S. Manufacturer Harley-Davidson who, not surprisingly, last month rushed out its own $225 lightweight, made in Italy...