Karl Schagerl from St. Pölten
2014 started with terrible news: Harley-Davidson dealer Karl Schagerl from St. Pölten died in a tragic accident on New Year's Eve. He was a highly valued and popular Harley dealer far beyond the borders of Austria, and the sympathy was correspondingly great.
In 2014, the Harley-Davidson Street 750 and Street 500 went on sale for the younger generation.
In 2014 the Harley Dome Cologne takes place for the first time at the Tanzbrunnen
2014 - The Discover More Tour was launched
2014 - The Softail turned 30 in 2014.
2014 – Harley-Davidson unveils the LiveWire project
The Eagles play live in Germany and sponsor tickets
2014 - The Eagles (Hotel California) gave their only and last open air concert in Germany in Vechta, with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and The BossHoss taking part. The Eagles gave away two free tickets that were raffled off on the Harley site and made two users happy.
Harleywood lost his father
2015 – Peter Prägant , the co-founder of the European Bike Week, died at the age of 71 after a serious illness. Since Toto also caused a great deal of sympathy online.
2015 – Clocktower American Bar&Grill opened its doors to a mega rush, the Harley experience gastronomy is a huge success in Austria
A dream job for Luis Castilla
In 2015, Harley-Davidson gave a dream job to the Mexican Luis Castilla . He received 25,000 euros and a Harley-Davidson Street Glide, travel expenses and a plan to travel to 20 European countries. He went on the trip of his life as part of the Discover more tour. You can read about the tour in the Harleysite travel reports.
The end of the Harley-Davidson Friendship Ride
2015 – Bad news from the Wasserkuppe, the Harley-Davidson Friendship Ride is no longer taking place. The requirements and the high financial risk led to this decision.
Street Bob Custom
2015 – Harley Davidson releases a strictly limited Street Bob Custom . For Germany, only 140 of the special model were distributed by Harley dealers.
2015 – Sanctions against Russia are no reason for many bikers not to go St. Petersburg Harley Days Harley riders are simply limitless!
2016 – Harley-Davidson launches the first Dyna Low Rider S and hits the jackpot with it.
Dyna Street Bob was 10 years old
2016 – The Dyna Street Bob was 10 years old. It is one of the most popular Harley models; by 2016, around 9,600 Street Bob models rolled on German roads.
2016 – On May 12, 1981, Harley-Davidson Germany celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Harley-Davidson started in Germany over 90 years ago, Harley-Davidson USA founded the subsidiary in Germany 40 years ago and Harley-Davidson Germany was founded 35 years ago in
2016 - Paul Teutul Sr. and Mikey were at the Hamburg Harley Days. They caused a lot of excitement at the Harley Days in Hamburg.
2016 – The Vienna Harley Days will no longer take place in 2016.
2016 – Harley-Davidson introduces the new Milwaukee-Eight engine . The change is a first milestone and was necessary because of the new emissions regulations.
Cannonball “Coast to Coast”
2016 – Cannonball – Thomas and Eric Trapp from the Harley Factory Frankfurt took part in the American “Cannonball” on historic Harleys. 5,500 km “Coast to Coast” on motorcycles that are at least 100 years old. Thomas and Eric Trapp reach the finish on a 10-E and a 16-F.
Rainer Schwarz ends his career as a stunt driver
2016 – Stunt driver Rainer Schwarz drove his very last stunt show for Rick's Motorcycles at the Rick's Harley Days after a 20-year career
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXaqCm2d0c&width=950&height=534&rel=0[/embedyt]The Harley-Davidson Cafe in Las Vegas has closed
2016 – The Harley-Davidson Cafe in Las Vegas closed. The entire interior was auctioned off, on the Harley site you can find 360 degree photos of the cafe that I took in the cafe a few months before it closed.
2017 – The Donald Trump story begins. In February 2017, Trump invited Harley-Davidson management to the Oval Office. CEO Matt Levatich led the discussions with Donald Trump, who was clearly enthusiastic about the bikes “Made in America,” at least up until this point.
2017 – The first big tour with the brand new Milwaukee-Eight engine to the North Cape in Norway
2017 – Harley-Davidson launched the beautiful Road King Special.
60 years of Harley-Davidson Sportster
2017 – 60 years of Sportster 40 years of Cafe Racer. In 1957, the original version of the Sportster debuted as the successor to the K models. In 1977, Harley-Davidson presented the Café Racer based on the Sportster
2017 - Ewald Suck - The first and oldest Harley-Davidson dealer has died. He was a second-generation Harley-Davidson dealer based in Hamburg until the end of 2012
2017 - Harley-Davidson cooperates with Eagle Rider again after a long break; in the USA, shop systems are agreed with the globally active Harley-Davidson rental company.
2017 – Dunlop delivers 10 millionth original equipment tire to Harley-Davidson
2017 - Renew The Ride - Harley-Davidson starts the 50 million tree program and aims to have the trees planted by 2025. Deforestation is a major problem worldwide, with this campaign Harley-Davidson and its supporting bikers are setting an example.
2017 – Harley-Davidson unveils the new Harley-Davidson Softail models, the new concept burying the Dyna era. A completely new modular concept is stirring up a lot of dust.
2017 – The 115th Anniversary models are presented and interest in these special models was huge.
20 years of European Bike Week
20 years of European Bike Week - How time flies, the Harleywood was created for the 95th anniversary when Harley-Davidson was looking for a place to celebrate in Europe, at that time Peter Prägant (died in 2015) together with the director of the tourist office and others Those involved tried to bring the Harley meeting to Lake Faak, it wasn't easy, but they did it.
Harley Dome Cologne is no longer taking place
2017 – At the end of 2017 it was announced that the Harley Dome Cologne would no longer take place. The event definitely had potential, but here too the costs were becoming increasingly difficult to manage and it could not be realized entirely without admission.
