Myrtle Beach Bike Week®

Motorcycle Manufactures

Harley-Davidson --- Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Harley-Davidson Motor Company produces heavyweight motorcycles and offers a complete line of motorcycle parts, accessories, apparel, and general merchandise.

Buell --- Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company of Buell Motorcycle Company. Buell Motorcycle Company produces a line of sport motorcycles.

Honda --- Honda was founded in the late 1940s in Japan. Company founder Soichiro Honda first began manufacturing piston rings before turning his attention to inexpensive motorcycles. Mr. Honda always had a passion for engineering, and this became evident by the wild sales success of his motorcycles in the 1960s and by competing head-to-head against the world's best on racetracks. Today, Honda is a juggernaut, offering class-leading machines in most every category.

Yamaha --- The Japanese company was well known for its musical instruments, but in 1955 it began producing motorcycles. It began with simple and inexpensive machines but has grown to its position as a powersports powerhouse, offering some of the best sportbikes, cruisers and off-road bikes on the market. It ranks second only to Honda as the leader among Japanese manufacturers.

Suzuki --- Suzuki is a member of the "Big Four" from Japan. It began manufacturing motorcycles in 1952 and has become well known around the world. Its off-road bikes and roadracers have won world titles, and its street machines range from the cruiser Boulevard series to the legendary GSX-R series of sportbikes. It, along with Honda, is unique in that the company also builds automobiles.

Kawasaki --- Kawasaki emerged as one of the big players from Japan. In the late '60s and early '70s, Kawasaki built a reputation for some of the most powerful engines on two wheels, spawning legendary sportbikes like the Ninja series and a line of championship-winning off-road bikes.

BMW --- The legendary German marquee that is so well known for its automobiles actually has its roots in motorcycles. BMW's first motorcycle, the R32, debuted in 1923, and its Flat-Twin engine layout is still used in its current lineup. The BMW name is known for premium motorcycles that can go long distances, although its current offerings are also geared toward younger and faster riders.

Triumph --- Triumph is a privately-owned British company with over 100 years of history. Triumph has always had its own distinctive character and a history of creating bikes that become design classics since they first came to market in the 1900s. Like the rest of the British motorcycle industry, Triumph went out of business by the 1980s. But the brand was resurrected in the 1990s by British industrialist John Bloor who has built a lineup of cutting-edge sportbikes to nostalgia-themed throwbacks.

Victory --- An offshoot of Polaris Industries, manufacturers of snowmobiles and ATVs, Victory was launched in the late 1990s to serve the booming cruiser marketplace. It now toils in the shadow of the mighty Harley-Davidson, but its products in some ways surpass the Motor Company with their high style and competitive prices

Big Dog --- It was 1994 when the first Big Dog motorcycle rolled out of a Midwestern residential garage. A few years later, they were ecstatic when they built number 1,000. Their 10,000th motorcycle left the factory in 2004 when they celebrated their 10th year anniversary. In 2005 they produced 6,000 motorcycles.
What started as one bike has grown to a five bike arsenal of radically styled models, all with big tires and big engines. And what started in one garage has grown to a twelve year old company spanning more than two city blocks. Sure, some things at Big Dog Motorcycles have changed, but the passion to build cutting-edge cruisers for real-world riding will always be at their core.