History

The term “hog” when referring to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle originated from the early part of the 1900s? Harley’s racing team, known as the Wrecking Crew, had a small pig as a mascot. One of the riders would do victory laps with the pig sitting on the bike’s gas tank.

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The racer above is Ray Weishaar, a member of the factory racing team since 1914. The animal is Johnnie Duroc Weishaar (Fast Johnnie), a six-week-old piglet, adopted from a local farmer, who became the race-winner’s mascot