A rare sketch of the passenger seat design for the Harley-Davidson Rocker shows that the entire process starts with pen, ink, and paper.
The
Harley-Davidson power plant is home to the company's V-Twin engine,
which provides details of these complex plans. The completed engine is
sent to the bicycle assembly plant.
These complex design diagrams
show an early internal presentation of the Harley-Davidson engine built
in the motion-drive facility.
Before casting or assembling the
Harley-Davidson engine, the parts are made of resin, transparent plastic
or other materials to test its structure and function.
Before
the bike was built in concept and equipped with a motor, the company's
designers and artists manually simulated the frame with clay, as shown
in the V-Rod model.
The Harley-Davidson V-Twin is in the middle
of the XR1200 to show how engineers build test structures to study
engine mode and style.
After the modeling and clay model, the
final dedicated chassis for all parts of the work - including the
functional V-Twin - went into the Harley-Davidson V.S.R.C V-Rod Muscle.
Once
the new design and the motorcycle are fully equipped, the components
are connected to the computerized data collection test unit that
analyzes the cycling performance aspects.
Two Harley-Davidson
plants work about 100 people a day, but Swedish-made robots are
assembled like this, soldered and inspected on the company's assembly
line.
Harley-Davidson engine components and other components used
in transmissions can be manipulated and modified using chrome, glossy
black, graphite, and other styling options.
