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哈雷机车「返家」
地方性遗产
您看过别人骑hog(有两义，一为猪，一为又重又大的摩托车)吗？不，不是猪，是哈雷摩托车！
1903年，这栋小小的，只有一个房间的建筑物，就是全球最有名的摩托车公司：哈雷戴维森的诞生地。在它1998年的95周年庆上，总共有超过100,000位哈雷机车爱好者，聚集在密耳瓦基大肆庆祝。许多骑士会参加，由以下五个地点出发的募款游行：华盛顿的斯波堪市、加州的里弗塞得市、德州的达拉斯市、佛罗里达州的奥兰多市及宾州的约克市。他们在1998年6月3日启程，并于10天后，抵达密耳瓦基，他们会沿途举办募款会，为肌肉萎缩症病友协会筹措款项。
哈雷机车是首家美国重型机车制造厂。1903年，这间公司只制造了三台摩托车，但10年后，它每年的产量高达12,000多台。直至1995年，哈雷戴维森总共建造了105,104台摩托车。哈雷摩托车又被称为「hog」，其中一个可能的解释要回推到1920年代，当时的哈雷工厂有一个比赛队伍，他们参加每项竞赛时，都会带着他们的吉祥物，而他们的吉祥物就是一头猪。因而无论哈雷戴维森的队伍到那里参加比赛，当地的人都会说：「欢迎哈雷队伍及他们的猪入场」。
Have you ever seen someone ride a hog? No, not a pig, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle!
In 1903, this little one-room building was the birthplace of the world's most famous motorcycle company -- Harley-Davidson. On its 95th anniversary in 1998, more than 100,000 Harley-Davidson fans gathered in Milwaukee to celebrate. Many riders took part in five fund-raising rides, which left from Spokane, Washington; Riverside, California; Dallas, Texas; Orlando, Florida; and York, Pennsylvania. They left on June 3, 1998, and arrived in Milwaukee 10 days later. Along the way they held fundraising events for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Harley-Davidson is the premier American-based manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles. In 1903 the company built only three motorcycles, but 10 years later, it built more than 12,000 a year. In 1995, Harley-Davidson built 105,104 motorcycles. Harley-Davidson motorcycles are also called "hogs." One possible explanation for this dates back to the 1920s when the Harley-Davidson factory had a racing team that brought their mascot with them to every race. Their mascot was a pig. So whenever the Harley-Davidson team came to a race people would say, "Here comes the Harley team and their hogs."
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