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AMERICAN CYCLES Harley Plans Big 105th Birthday Bash in Milwaukee H by John Gunnell The activities on tap during the week arley-Davidson turns 105 this year at the Henry Maier Festival Park grounds and the Milwaukee, Wisconsin will include a 105th parade, demo rides motorcycle maker plans to celeon Harleys, a police skills competition, a brate its birthday in a big way. Starting on Aug. 17, 2008, a gigantic “Ride It In” variety of dealer promotions and lots of street parties. There will also be a twoconvoy will help Harley owners make day Harley-Davidson “Music & “The Ride Home” from 105 different Motorcycles” festival at Milwaukee’s starting points across the United States. nearby Summerfest Grounds. The city’s The riders will arrive in Milwaukee in innovative Discovery World attraction time for six days of non-stop birthday will also feature a special Harleypartying. The Silver Anniversary of the Harley Davidson Exhibition. Owners Group (H.O.G.) will unfold in Milwaukee while the birthday bash is being held, between August 28th and September 1, 2008. There will be a full slate of things to do, including parades, competitions and concerts. Some participants will even be riding limited-production 105th Anniversary bikes. “Rare. Like a comet. They come around every 105 years!” is the clever The Harley-Davidson Archives, which includes many old slogan that Harley-Davidson has adopted press photos like this one, will be housed in the new H-D to advertise the 15 limited-edition 105th Museum that is opening during the 105th Anniversary Celebration, Aug. 28 _ Sept. 1, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wis. Anniversary motorcycles that collectors The Harley Owners’ Group’s Silver are already scoffing up with special 1.05% factory financing. The limited-edi- Anniversary Event (free to H.O.G. members, plus one guest) is an anniversarytion bikes are finished in a copper-andrelated activity that will take place at black color scheme. They are hyped as Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee being “steel-crafted with an American purpose,” but no one can call the compa- Brewers. It will include live entertainment, a Ride-In Show with the chance to ny’s claim that they are models “only win awards, the 7th Annual Willie G. Harley can build” hyperbole. No other manufacturer’s history goes back as far as Award, Muscular Distrophy Assoc. fund105 years. The anniversary bikes are seri- raising activities and performances by stunt riders and motorcycle drill teams. alized, numbered and rare. Getting back to the 105th Anniversary The H.O.G. 25th Anniversary Concert Celebration, a private ticketed concert Celebration, it will be headquartered at only for H.O.G. members and their Henry Maier Festival Park, on the Milwaukee lakefront. Many other activi- guests, is set for the evening of August ties will be scattered throughout the city. 28, inside the 40,000-seat stadium. “The excitement is nearing an allThings will start with the exhaust rumble time high for H.O.G.’s 25th Anniversary of hundreds of thousands of bikes at a kick-off event. The riders will gather on and anticipation for the celebration at Miller Park in Milwaukee couldn’t be Main Street, at the Lake Michigan lakefront, for music, food, exhibits and fireworks. 2008 I 30 MARCH WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® I WALNECKS.COM http://WALNECKS.COM

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