Warren Buffett loaned $300 million to Harley-Davidson during the financial crisis. Here's the story of how he helped the motorcycle maker.

Reuters Warren Buffett loaned about $300 million to Harley-Davidson during the financial crisis. "It was the bridge we needed to get us through a rough time," the motorcycle maker's finance chief said in 2014. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway probably netted about $150 million in profit from the five-year loan, but could have made more than $1 billion if it had invested $300 million in Harley-Davidson stock over the same period. "I knew enough to lend them money; I didn't know enough to buy the equi...