RIP Andre Leon Talley (with his mentor Diana Vreeland, 1974 / Photo: Bill Cunningham Foundation) I first became familiar with Andre Leon Talley in Isaac MizrahiвЂ™s вЂUnzipped.вЂ™ Seeing that film as a young man made an impact on me. He invented the pro-street / pro-stock / chopper category, no one else was doing anything like him. Years later John Harman boosted power & performance by building his own 120 cubic inch Harley replacement engines, and changed the game again. Bill took over building front ends and John Harman moved on to building frames, again revolutionizing design and quality to a new standard. Just one year later after an internal difference of opinions, Harry Holland transferred his partnership to his Brother Bill and left the company. In May of 1973 the Harman Front End was patented.

After working out all the details of manufacturing the front end, H & H started the process of patenting the front end. H & H CycleВ began building the front end with John Harman handling welding duties, Harry Holland doing machine work, and Bill on assembly.

John Harman (and I believe, brothers Harry & Bill Holland) in the early days of H & H Cycle which was born from John HarmanвЂ™s revolutionary design for an i nternally sprung girder that was not only easy on the eyesвЂ“ the performance and quality far exceeded what was commonly found on the market at that time, setting a new standard that others tried to followedвЂ“ but there really was no other like Harman.

Old school girder front end