Karl Schagerl from St. Pölten
2014 began 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 esteemed 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 were launched for the younger generation.
The Harley Dome Cologne will take place at the Tanzbrunnen for the first time in 2014
2014 - The Discover More Tour was launched
2014 - The Softail turned 30 years old 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. The Eagles gave away two free tickets, which were raffled off on the Harleysite and made two users happy.
Harleywood has lost his father.
2015 - Peter Prägant, the co-founder of European Bike Week has died after a serious illness at the age of 71. Since Toto's death, there has also been great sympathy online.
2015 - Clocktower American Bar&Grill has opened its doors with a mega rush, the Harley experience gastronomy is a great success in Austria
A dream job for Luis Castilla
In 2015, Harley-Davidson gave a dream job to the Mexican Luis Castilla He was awarded 25,000 euros and a Harley-Davidson Street Glide, the travel expenses and a plan to travel to 20 European countries. As part of the Discover more Tour, he went on the trip of a lifetime. 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 will no longer take place. The requirements and the high financial risk have led to this decision.
Street Bob Custom
2015 - Harley Davidson launches a strictly limited edition Street Bob Custom. Only 140 units of the special model were distributed to Harley dealers in Germany.
2015 - Even sanctions against Russia are no reason for many bikers not to attend the St. Petersburg Harley Days to ride. Harley riders are simply boundless!
2016 - Harley-Davidson launches the first Dyna Low Rider S on the market and hits the bull's eye with it.
Dyna Street Bob turned 10 years old
2016 - The Dyna Street Bob turned 10 years old. It is one of the most popular Harley models, with around 9600 Street Bob models rolling over German roads by 2016.
2016 - On May 12, 1981, Harley-Davidson Germany celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Harley-Davidson took off in Germany over 90 years ago, 40 years ago Harley-Davidson USA founded its subsidiary in Germany and 35 years ago Harley-Davidson Germany was founded
2016 - Paul Teutul Sr. and Mikey were on the Hamburg Harley Days. They caused quite a stir at the Harley Days in Hamburg.
2016 - The Vienna Harley Days will no longer take place in 2016.
2016 - Harley-Davidson presents the new Milwaukee-Eight engine before. The changeover is a first milestone and became necessary due to the new emissions regulations.
Cannonball „Coast to Coast”
2016 - Cannonball - Thomas and Eric Trapp from 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 line on a 10-E and a 16-F.
Rainer Schwarz ends his career as a stunt driver
2016 - Stunt rider Rainer Schwarz rode his very last stunt show at Rick's Motorcycles at 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 been closed
2016 - The Harley-Davidson Cafe in Las Vegas has closed down. The complete interior was auctioned off, on the Harleysite you can find 360 degree pictures of the cafe, which I took a few months before it closed.
2017 - The Donald Trump The story begins. In February 2017, Trump invited the Harley-Davidson management to the Oval Office. CEO Matt Levatich held talks with Donald Trump, who was visibly enthusiastic about the „Made in America“ bikes, at least up to that point.
2017 - The first big tour with the brand new Milwaukee-Eight engine to North Cape to Norway
2017 - Harley-Davidson has launched the beautiful Road King Special.
60 years of Harley-Davidson Sportster
2017 - 60 years Sportster 40 years Cafe Racer. In 1957, the original version of the Sportster debuts as the successor to the K models In 1977, Harley-Davidson presents the Café Racer based on the Sportster
2017 - Ewald Suck - The first and oldest authorized Harley-Davidson dealer has passed away. He was a second-generation Harley-Davidson dealer based in Hamburg until the end of 2012
2017 - After a long break, Harley-Davidson is cooperating with Eagle Rider again; in the USA, shop-in-systems are agreed with the global Harley-Davidson rental company.
2017 - Dunlop delivers 10 millionth original equipment tire to Harley-Davidson
2017 - Renew The Ride - Harley-Davidson launches the 50 million trees program and aims to have planted the trees by 2025. Deforestation is a major problem worldwide, and Harley-Davidson and the supporting bikers are setting an example with this campaign.
2017 - Harley-Davidson unveils the new Harley-Davidson Softail models, the new concept buries the Dyna era. A completely new modular concept stirs up a lot of dust.
2017 - The 115th Anniversary models are presented The 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 (deceased in 2015) together with the director of the tourist office and others involved tried to make the Harley meetup to Lake Faak, it wasn't easy, but they did it.
Harley Dome Cologne no longer takes place
2017 - At the end of 2017, it was announced that the Harley Dome Cologne will no longer take place. The event certainly had potential, but here too the costs were increasingly difficult to manage and it was not possible to realize it entirely without an entrance fee.
