Outlaw Machine: Harley-Davidson & the Search for American Sout - Hardcover

Yates, Brock

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316967181 ISBN 13: 9780316967181

Publisher: Little, Brown US, 2000

Synopsis

For decades, motorcycles have been the ultimate symbol of danger, rebellion, and freedom, and Harley-Davidson bikes have always been the baddest of them all. Now, with Outlaw Machine, noted automotive writer Brock Yates tells the definitive history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Motorcycle culture encompasses men and women, teenagers and retirees, gangs in leather jackets and riders in Brooks Brothers suits. Yates traces Harleys from their relatively wholesome prewar image (when Clark Gable was a devoted fan) to the birth of the Hells Angels, Easy Rider, and their current worldwide status as the ultimate in style and attitude. He also tells the success story of the company itself -- a small family business that transformed itself into the industry leader, only to face bankruptcy after years of Japanese competition. In the 1980s, the company made a stunning turnaround, when white-collar suburbanites rediscovered the Harley -- sleek, menacing, and loud -- as a true American classic.

About this title

Review:

"Mr. Yates is a devout Hogophile...he tells a good story and loses as many teeth along the way."
--"The Wall Street Journal"
"Outlaw Machine is a bitch of a fine payoff. This is an extremely smart book. In the business we have chosen, Brock Yates is The Man."
--Hunter S. Thompson
"If you're not born to be wild enough to actually buy a Harley but you still have "Easy Rider" daydreams, this bible of the great American two-wheeled death machine is for you."
--"Maxim"

Book Description:

The story of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and their place in American culture, from outlaw machine to all-American icon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown US
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316967181
• ISBN 13: 9780316967181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272