Is there anything more American than throwing on a leather jacket, cranking up your Harley, and ripping through some backroads with the wind whipping through your hair?
No there isn't, and checking out these 20 vintage pics of people with their Harleys isn't going to help your midlife crisis. Deep down we all want a bike, and there is no bike quite like a Harley-Davidson.
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Jon Bon Jovi posing with his Harley Davidson, 1990.
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In 1929, Vivian Bales rode her 1929 HarleyDavidson for 78 days and 5,000 miles across the country.
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60-year-old Jeannette Dorfman posing with her Harley Davidson FLH somewhere in the USA in 1961.
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Elvis Presley and Mary Selph on June 30, 1972, riding his 1971 Harley-Davidson FLH Electra-Glide motorcycle in Memphis.
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Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson in the 1900's.
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“My Pops brought me to Basketball and Baseball practices on the back of his 1993 Harley Davidson Soft Tail Custom.” 1995.
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Harley-Davidson family with no helmets and a home-made baby seat. New Jersey, 1962.
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“My mom on her Harley Davidson, 1980.”
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David Lee Roth and Harley Davidson, 1984.
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Woman and her Harley, 1949.
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“My grandmother and her brother on his Harley Davidson. Miami, 1978.”
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“My dad circa 1986 with his Harley-Davidson model 1946. Mar del Plata, Argentina.”
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Dot Smith, famous stunt driver of the 1930's-40's, with her Harley Davidson 1937 EL Knucklehead.
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1970 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead.
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“My grandfather, the high school chemistry teacher, on his first motorcycle circa 1970.”
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“My dad on his Harley-Davidson, 1952 K Model Flathead in robin egg blue.”
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1970 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead police bike.
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FDNY Firefighter Tim Duffy racing his to Ground Zero on his Harley Davidson to join the men from his firehouse during September 11th, 2001.
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“My Dad, Circa. Late 1980's. Some things never change, still drinking Buds, still riding Harleys!”
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“My papaw and granny at the beginning, 1940, of their 68-year marriage, getting ready to ride his Harley Davidson.”
