Founder's Stories Record
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WLA 45" |
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Founder's Notes |
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Catalog Number |
2018.15.27 |
Scope & Content |
WLA 45" With Civilian motorcycle production suspended, the bulk of Harley-Davidson's war effort was the production of military versions of the WL: the WLA. The equivalent 74 inch military UH and UHS (sidecar) models were built in much smaller numbers. Of almost 90,000 military motorcycles, around 88,000 were 45 inch WLA's. One third of the WLAs served with Soviet forces. The same attributes of rugged simplicity that had brought the side valve twin such a dependable peacetime reputation made it ideally suited to the harsher demands of war. |