Hamburg Harley Days 2012 | High and low

The largest official Harley-Davidson event in Germany is over again, so like every year we are eagerly waiting for the big party in the Hanseatic city and Petrus shows us that, in addition to a good motorcycle, we also need good waterproof clothing. On Friday you had a good chance of getting wet three times, but the Harley Days were still well attended. If you didn't have the right clothing yet, there was plenty of choice on offer, the Harley-Davidson dealers from all over the country came with enough goods and In addition to the motor clothes, we also had Rokker pants with us, which hold up well if you choose the right ones, as we know there is no such thing as bad weather 🙂 . The large area has attracted numerous bikers from all over Europe, many of whom arrived a few days earlier, as in previous years.

Plenty of shows and a good music program provided entertainment, although most bikers only come because of the machines and they were not disappointed. For the first time this year, Markus Walz (Hardcore Cycles) could also be admired with a selection of machines. But Penz from Austria has also found its way to Hamburg ; he is also one of the largest in the scene.

Custom-Metal, House of Thunder and Kodlin are just as leaders with their conversions, the custom scene is expanding every year in Hamburg and that's a good thing.

On Saturday the weather was great for Hamburg standards, ideal for driving and marveling, the area around the wholesale market was besieged with Harleys, at times no one came onto the site for security reasons, it was too crowded, amazing where the Harleys were everyone came here. 

But the highlight was of course the action on the Reeperbahn, the Sinful Mile was put into a peaceful state of emergency, and there were also thousands of football fans on the Heiligengeistfeld who wanted to cross the Reeperbahn after the game, but everything was fine , the police had the situation under control, with a very tolerant but decisive approach everything was under control.

The Reeperbahn was a show mile up and down, simply brilliant when the crowd was going wild and there was action everywhere. 

It goes late into the night, but that's normal in St.Pauli. Hamburg showed its best side, a few hardship cases were eliminated here and there, but that's a good thing. More tolerance is not possible, to put it simply it is a great experience when everyone can peacefully enjoy and celebrate the evening on the Reeperbahn, that shows again how different every Harley event in the world is, everyone is different and has their own special features, something something unique in the entire motorcycle scene that no other manufacturer can offer.  

Unfortunately, the low tide on Sunday meant that the long-planned ride literally came to nothing, and a few hundred instead of a few thousand bikers came to the wholesale market in pouring rain. From there the exit through Hamburg started over the Köhlbrandbrücke and Reeperbahn etc. It was a tragedy when you think about the effort that everyone involved, including the authorities, went to to make this possible.

But the Harley Days 2012 were still a successful event, there was enough to see Harley and you could get up close and personal with them in the Expo tent, it will have moved some people to make their dream come true. In the gallery you will find around a thousand pictures from the HH Days Hamburg, have fun looking at the pictures. If you took pictures yourself, you are welcome to upload them to the Bikersbook area.

A few good events still await us, especially the European Bike Week at Lake Faaker See , let's keep our fingers crossed for good cruiser weather.