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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Discovery Channel is no stranger to Harley-Davidsons, and this docudrama about the American motorcycle manufacturer's origins is no exception. When a ragtag group of mechanics set out to make motorcycling history at a shed in Wisconsin during the The Edwardian Era, they were determined to do so at all costs - even if that means participating in a high-stakes race to prove their worth or getting into a fistfight with their corporate rivals.Bill Harley (Robert Aramayo) worked as a draftsman in his teens at a factory in Wisconsin, along with his childhood pal Arthur Davidson (Bug Hall). Arthur came up with the idea of making a motorcycle engine to take the burden out of pedaling, despite lacking the resources and thus Stealing from the Till for parts, bribing fellow workers along the way. Their first effort was a success, well, sort of, as it sputtered and died after the initial run. Not giving in to despair, they sought help from Arthur's brother Walter Davidson (Michiel Huisman), and together they improved upon their prototype which they took to a number of races, eventually catching the attention of C.H. Lang who took a shine to their high-speed antics and decided to invest on their venture. Their exploits eventually made them enemies with fellow motorcycling pioneer George Hendee, who felt that Harley was encroaching into his market share and decided to do every single villainous scheme he could throw at to keep Harley and the Davidson brothers at bay. Neither this nor The Great Depression deterred them, as they eventually emerged developing and releasing the "fastest damn motorcycle in the world".Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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Artistic License – History: The miniseries is so made of it - they did get a number of details right, but to call it a factual account of what happened would be a stretch. Not much is known about Eddie Hasha apart from his tragic racing career, so the producers expanded upon this by making him initially under the wing of Joe Merkel, later to be employed by Harley-Davidson, and when he called it quits over who's going to join the motordrome race, he eventually signed up for Indian.note The real Eddie Hasha did work at a Harley dealership during his brief sabbatical from racing, as noted by Arthur Davidson in a company editorial condemning motordrome racing. Eddie's death was also far more gruesome in real life. While Walter served as the sole test driver in the show, all of the founding fathers did take their products for a ride themselves. The Knucklehead nickname Bill Harley coined in the show actually emerged after World War II, years after the company introduced an improved version which would later be known as the Panhead; official Motor Company advertisements of the time referred to their new engine simply as the "OHV", standing for OverHead Valve. In addition, development of the OHV prototype was done in secret to keep rivals like Indian from coming up with their own, so unveiling it at an "outlaw" race would be too much of a gamble; the real-world 1936 EL was formally introduced at the annual Harley-Davidson dealers convention in 1935 at Milwaukee’s Schroeder Hotel. Not to mention that Bill Harley's remark of it being the "fastest damn motorcycle in the world" is more of a half-hearted boast on his part; the record was held by the Brough Superior SS100 from 1925 to 1940. | |
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