Harley-Davidson Foundation awards latest round of funding grants

The Harley-Davidson Foundation recently awarded grants to several area non-profit organizations.  The grants were awarded to promote programs in the areas of education, community revitalization, arts, culture and health initiatives. 

“This latest group of funding awards will help serve the needs of families throughout the Milwaukee area,” said Mary Anne Martiny, Manager, Harley-Davidson Foundation.  “We are proud to support these great organizations as they further the reach of their important programs.”

The Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. was established in 1993 to support the communities in which Harley-Davidson has facilities and employees.  The majority of the Foundation's investments are in the areas of education and community revitalization with funds also supporting programs in arts and culture, health, the environment and national veteran's initiatives. Read more

H.O.G. sets June 30 as Million Mile Monday

On Monday, June 30, 2008, Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) members around the world will band together in a singular challenge, to log a cumulative one million riding miles by the day�s end.

Whether they ride around the block or all day, solo or as part of a group, wherever in the world they ride, H.O.G. members participating in Million Mile Monday will ride together in a unique opportunity to make club history.

"Ride to work, at lunch, or all day long. Ride alone, with friends, or with your chapter," said Mike Keefe, V.P. of the Harley Owners Group. "Just get out, ride and have fun."

Million Mile Monday, which H.O.G. hopes to make an annual event on the last Monday of June, is open to all H.O.G. members-- riders or passengers. The feat will be recorded by logging into the club�s exclusive members-only website (members.hog.com), where participants can register their miles ridden on that day. For more information about H.O.G. log onto www.hog.com.

Founded in 1983, the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) is the official riding club of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. H.O.G. currently has more than one million members and over 1,400 chapters worldwide, making it the largest factory-sponsored motorcycle organization in the world. H.O.G. rallies are held around the globe to celebrate Harley-Davidson motorcycle riding. Read more

$39,000 and 39 seconds doesn’t make you a biker

Nice helmet dude, but again, helmets don't cause wrecks. Riders without training and automobiles drivers without education do.

In its fifth year supporting Bikers in the Park event Harley-Davidson Motor Company goes full throttle during Daytona Bike Week

Participants at this year’s “Bikers in the Park” event at Daisy Stocking Park during Daytona Bike Week are just now winding down after going full-throttle at the Harley-Davidson Experience.  Participants enjoyed a list of activities such as a tribute to African Americans in motorcycling, Harley-Davidson’s “Hot Model” competition and a free performance by hip hop legend, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run DMC.

“We are so thrilled to have had the opportunity to participate in another successful year as we interacted with the many Harley-Davidson owners and enthusiasts during Bikers in the Park.  This was a great event and we look forward to participating at future events,” said Lynn Bonner, Market Outreach Director, Harley-Davidson.

The highlight of the week’s events occurred during the Harley-Davidson “Hot Model” competition where contestants from all across the nation strutted their stuff on the catwalk to become a “Hot Model” finalist.  All finalists from the various “Hot Model” events Harley-Davidson will conduct this year will be flown to Milwaukee for the ultimate “Hot Model” competition during the Motor Company’s 105th Anniversary celebration in August. The winners of the “Hot Model” competition will be featured in an upcoming Harley-Davidson catalogue. Winners from the Bikers in the Park “Hot Model” competition are Lorraine Peterson from Irmo, North Carolina and Patrick Brinkley from Lewisville, Texas.  Read more

Harley-Davidson announces participation of legendary hip hop icon DMC at Black Bikers in the Park event

Engines will roar and a legendary cat will be strutting his stuff on the catwalk. Harley-Davidson Motor Company announces legendary hip hop icon, Darrel “DMC” McDaniels of the famed group, Run DMC will be part of the Black Bikers in the Park celebration at Daisy Stocking Park, Daytona Beach on March 6 and 7. Read more

Harley-Davidson police events honor 100 years of service

Harley-Davidson Motor Company is planning a number of exciting activities during the Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary to celebrate 100 years of Harley-Davidson Police Motorcycles.

These events will include the first ever Harley-Davidson sponsored Riding Skills Competitions. Event activities will begin Wednesday, August 27th and conclude Saturday, August 30th. Proceeds from the events will benefit C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors), a national organization that provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of surviving families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

The Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center Building at Wisconsin State Fair Park will serve as the hub for the Police motorcycle activities. Detailed information regarding event registration, housing, classroom training sessions and riding skills training competitions will be communicated in mid-February. The main feature, the Individual Training and Skills Timed Competition, will be limited to the first 200 registered persons. This competition will have cone patterns based on the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety and Harley-Davidson’s Police Motorcycle Operator Course.

Two Grand Prizes will be awarded to eligible registered participants in the 100th Anniversary event. The final 2 units manufactured for the 2008 model year of the Police FLHTP Electra Glide® and the Peace Officer Special Edition FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electra Glide® motorcycles will be the Grand Prizes. The winners of these prestigious motorcycles will have major bragging rights since they are the last Police and Peace Officer Special Edition motorcycles built during the first 100 years of manufacturing law enforcement motorcycles! Read more

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