In 2003, the legendary Harley Davidson motorcycle brand celebrates its 100th anniversary. For this event, French bikers went to Milwaukee in the United States, the historic headquarters of the brand, after a month of walking on American soil. The opportunity to visit the factory. Beautiful images of bikers driving towards the city and testimony of two French, Claude and Rachel, on this exceptional event. During the factory visit, Ronald HUTCHINSON, Harley Davidson’s vice president "spare parts" talks about the pleasure he feels every time he visits a factory of the brand.
Testimony of fans of Harley Davidson. One fan explains what she loves about this brand: "it’s not only a different bike but a different way of life". A biker tells how he went from Japanese bikes to the Harley Davidson. Jean-Louis WELTER is specialized in the restoration of the old Harley Davidson: "all the details that are the look of the Davidson".
Members of the Orléans V-Twins club, passionate about Harley Davidson, embarked for a few days of motorcycle ride on the roads of Corsica. Interview of a man and women on the pleasures provided by the Harley, close to eroticism. If one says "My bike comes before men", another participant talks about the pleasure shared with the man of her life, "it’s a huge complicity with this great lady, it’s love on three, without complications, it’s wonderful... It tickles, it’s in the heart, it’s in the head, it’s in the thighs, it’s everywhere". A biker thinks that "you have sex with your bike that you will never have with your wife... you do with it what you want, it’s you who dominate it... this, it vibrates, it’s a living thing... it waves stronger than a woman sometimes and it’s great, it’s magical".
The Harley Davidson Club is present in Tahiti, Polynesia. Meeting with some of its members who talk about what the Harley is to them: the characteristic noise, the personalization of the bike. As one of them says: "one day without hearing the Harley’s engine snoring in the ear, it’s like a heart that hasn’t taken its dose of medication". "The guy who makes his Harley is like an artist, he imagines".
Every year the bikers gather in Val d'Isère. Among them, a special category: the owners of Harley Davidson. They are not considered real bikers. This is confirmed by one of the brand’s fans: "Harley anyway it’s quite apart from the bikers... it’s rather truck drivers... And then there is the show especially, especially the show".
The singer CHRISTOPHE explains what modifications he made on his Harley Davidson. He admits that it is not easy to drive in the city because it is very heavy. It’s the only motorcycle brand he likes. He assumes the glamour of this brand.
During a gathering of passionate bikers of Harley Davidson, testimony of one of them off on this passion, on images of bikers, motorcycles, details. mechanical and clothing. "The main thing is to please yourself because it is as extraordinary as owning a castle in Spain".
In 2003, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the legendary Harley Davidson motorcycle brand, a gathering of enthusiasts took place in Milwaukee in the United States, the brand’s historic headquarters. The brand’s clientele has changed: while the traditional bikers are still there, there are more and more senior managers. Images of the rally, shows, bikers, alternate with the interview of Ronald HUTCHINSON, vice-president "spare parts" Harley Davidson who explains offer dream to customers. For an American biker "Freedom, the great outdoors and driving down the road in the great outdoors, that’s the Harley for me".
Cunlhat, a small rural town in Auvergne, was the largest European gathering of Harley Davidson. Back in pictures on one of the first editions in 1989: a good-natured atmosphere. We come with family or friends to celebrate the Harley, party and bring back memories: "even if we need the day to come.. despite all the breakdowns... we’ll come anyway".