William Sylvester Harley (December 29, 1880 – September 18, 1943) was an American mechanical engineer and businessman. He was one of the co-founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
If Harley and Davidson knew what their creation would wind up as they probably wouldn't have believed it. And now their completion, and a bike built BEFORE theirs, is once again take the lead in the industry. Indian has come back with a vengeance.