1949 Harley WL

In 1949 there were 2,289 WL models built and sold for just under $600. The WL had a 45ci “high compression” engine unlike its predecessor (W model) which was Harley’s brief experiment with what they called a “low compression engine”.  Harley Davidson would produce a variation of WL called the WLA (Army) in the years 1942-43 and 1949-52 for World War II and the Korean War respectively.