From: Bill Chambers (bchambers@hoovers.com)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 11:07:46 PST
Joe,
I think Indian did the major suppling of motorcycles during the first war,
that led to Harley making great inroads into the Civilian market. It also
led to Indian not being able to recover from that domestic sales loss as
they about all they made to the Military. Harley kept themselves
diversified, selling to both markets.
The HOG term is mostly attributed to the Harley Factory Racing team of the
1920s, whose mascot was a pig.
He/she not only attended all races with the team, but was riding around on
the victory lap. Popular saying was "Here come the Harley team and their
hogs"
regards,
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: MVTrucker@aol.com [mailto:MVTrucker@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:30 PM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: Re: [MV] What's in a name
Nige,
No, the Harley Owners Group did not create the term HOG. This term has
been around for a long, long time. Mostly, it was due to their large size
that
caused them to be called Hogs. They can hog up a lot of money, too.
Interestingly, when America called up its troops in World War I, it also
called upon Harley-Davidson to produce dispatch and scouting vehicles.
During
World War II Uncle Sam utilized all of Harley-Davidson's manufacturing
capabilities to produce more than 90,000 motorcycles for the armed forces of
America and its allies.
Joe Young
Two Hogs and an Injun.
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