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The Harley-Davidson Model 1 set the stage for what would become one of the West's greatest automotive achievements

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Harley-Davidson was founded by a pair of young men named William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson in the early 1900s .

The company's first motorcycle, the Model 1 , was completed in 1905 .

The Model 1 featured a 24.74 cubic inch inlet-over-exhaust single-cylinder engine mounted to a custom-built 185-pound body alongside a single-speed belt drive.