While Harley-Davidson is regarded by many as America’s preeminent manufacturer of motorcycles, the legendary bike maker is technically not the oldest in the continental United States. In fact, George H. Hendee founded the company that would become Indian Motorcycles in 1897, six years before William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson started making motorcycles. Hendee’s company, of course, began as a bicycle manufacturer, debuting the first of its legendary line of motorcycles in 1901. More than two decades passed before
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