REVIEW - 120th Harley-Davidson Budapest Anniversary 1
REVIEW – 120th Harley-Davidson Budapest Anniversary
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REVIEW - 120th Harley-Davidson Budapest Anniversary

The 120th Harley-Davidson Anniversary Festival in Budapest was, as expected, a great success. Tens of thousands of Harley fans came not only from Europe but from all over the world; bikers even came from Singapore. Already on Thursday the show really took off, the band Airborne performed brilliantly on the mighty system. The system had a lot of pressure, the project of good sound was a success!  

The area around the Puskás Aréna was really very large, behind the arena it was a bit confusing, anyone who was in the running area had a full house. The feedback from the exhibitors was very good, apart from a few problems with the organization of the tent construction, there were only positive comments. What was really amazing was the constant queue at the merchandise tent. From Thursday to Saturday, there was no waiting in line for less than an hour. The festival site opened at 10:00 a.m. and by 10:05 a.m. the line was as usual and by Saturday evening everything was gone.

Really crazy, but everything was needed, in the end some bikers were keen on the banners in the city in order to cut off a few meters from them. Not everyone managed to do that, the police kept an eye on it after more and more reports came in, it could end up being stupid.

The EXPO was a huge success; there were really nice exhibits there. Harley-Davidson had built up 120 years of history and well-known customizers also exhibited their custom bikes in the EXPO hall. Big in the race were the CVO models and the various Harley-Davidson special models that were on display. You can find Harleysite videos on YouTube and Facebook.  

The 120th Harley-Davidson Parade through Budapest.

The parade was a highlight, not for everyone, but those who were at the front got the full program. It's really crazy how many onlookers were waiting on the streets for the parade; tens of thousands of videos were filmed. The problem was that for some reason the police had temporarily stopped the parade because of the tram, which caused a bit of confusion. That was a bit unfortunate, they don't do it that often here, which is of course a shame for the bikers and visitors.

Harley Factory Group 2022

Budapest is an old but beautiful city, I was able to talk to many of you, it was really great to see the great tours that many of you had in conjunction with the event.

It was definitely worth being there, the organization was probably better in Prague, but in the end the anniversary party in Budapest was also a complete success. 

The official numbers are not yet known, 6000 Harleys were allowed to take part in the parade and there are said to have been 7000, in total there were probably more, but who knows!  

More pictures to follow


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