[lakesmod]

Anyone ever seen a list of American made motorcycles?

 

[Hoofhearted]

Yes. There have been quite a few manufacturers

 

[Dr. Benway]

I think there may be been hundreds throughout the years.

Ner-A-Car? Merkel?
Sears!

 

[beatcad]

there was a list in EASYRIDERS mag a while back. it was a pretty long list.
if i remember it aslo had the dates the maunufatures were in business.
and if they made other stuff when they started or stopped making motorcycles.
a lot of motorcycles sprung from bicycle companies(schwinn dabbled in motorcycles for awhile)

i know i dont have that issue(someone put it in the bathroom at work), but maybe someone has it and can dig it up.

 

[Soulfur]

I think there may be been hundreds throughout the years.

Ner-A-Car? Merkel?
Sears!

you forgot my favorites

Excelsior AND Henderson

 

[Dan Boy]

I came up with these...


Ace — (1920–1927)
American Ironhorse —
Arrow — (1909–1914)
Buell Motorcycle Company — (1983–2009)
California Motorcycle Company —
Cleveland — (1902–1927)
Crocker — (1936–1941)
Curtiss — (1902–1910)
Cushman — (1936–1965)
Emblem (1909–1925)
Excelsior (Chicago) — (1907–1931)
Excelsior-Henderson — (1993 / 1998-2001)
Harley-Davidson — (1903–present)
Henderson — (1911–1931)
Hodaka —
Indian — (1901-
Iver Johnson — (1907–1916)
Marsh — (1899–1913)

Cheers Dan.

 

[Tony the torch]

Hodaka was Japanese

 

[FeHd]

I saw that list somewhare too, I think I maight have the issue it was in, I'll look. If I remember right there were about 120

 

[348]

There's almost 200.

 

[skunkworks]

I have a book on american motorcycles and there was more than 100 manufacturers in there from the early 1900's on.
The war effort killed most of them off as they where repurposed to build war machines and stuff.
Which is what happened to crocker.

 

[Ducbsa]

The book Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Worlds Motorcycles by Tragatsch has a pretty complete listing, but I am told he missed a few.

 

[Phlogisticated]

Here's a source I've had kicking around forever. Sorry about the photo quality. The 2nd photo is of the last page of the book - 480 pages. The 3rd photo is a typical page in the middle of the book - photo(s), details. The 4th photo is from the back - there are a bunch of pages in the back with very brief mentions of lotsa manufacturers. Some only get a sentence. Dunno the total number of manufacturers mentioned.

 

[Phlogisticated]

Oh, yeah, the author is Tod Rafferty, in case you wanna look for it. It was published in 2001 (OK, I haven't had it forever...). Dunno if it's still available.

 

[BigDawg]

Don't forget any "chopper" shop during the boom that had a manufacturers license. WCC, OCC, Big Bear, etc.

I know which one matters most to me.

 

[KCgran]

I didn't know iver.johnson built bikes. I had one of their guns once. Best shooting gun I ever had. If their bikes were half as good as that gun I can't imagine why they aren't still in business.

 

[fatass]

Big Bear choppers, Flyrite choppers, Chandler originals and all the other newer ilk...aren't these considered manufacturers now? Or were at some point?

sorry, big Dawg, you read my mind...no bookmark required.

 

[Victory Dick]

you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.. my walls are plastered with photos and ads of early 1900's obscure american motorcycles!

 

[Frosty]

ATK. Utah made Dirt bike. Sure, many different country's componets but USA built. Think they still make them. Have a 94 350KS. Fun, odd ball machine.

 

["Whitey Ford"]

Victory too....i think

 

[Dan Boy]

Hodaka was Japanese

Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles in the 1960s and 1970s