Harley-Davidson Newsline July 15, 2009

Museum Pieces

The Harley-Davidson Museum will host its inaugural Custom Bike Show on Sunday, September 6, 9AM – 6PM, on the Museum grounds. Registration is $10, in the form of a donation to MDA. The event will include live music and the Harley-Davidson New Product Trailer, and will also be a stop on the Milwaukee Rally poker run. While you’re there, visit one of the Museum’s fine restaurants and the new H.O.G. exhibit inside the Museum (admission fee required for Museum entry). For complete information or to register your bike for the show, visit www.h-dmuseum.com.

H-D on Mayhem Tour

Harley-Davidson’s Dark Custom product trailer will tour the U.S. with the 2009 Mayhem Festival, a traveling heavy metal music festival from July 10 – August 15.  The Dark Custom trailer, aka The Golden Horse Saloon, will be visiting 22 of the 30 cities on the tour, which began in Sacramento, Calif., on July 10, and will make stops at select cities coast-to-coast through the end of the tour. Stop by the Golden Horse Saloon to see the Dark Custom motorcycle models and meet the some of the bands.  Job For A Cowboy, Whitechapel and Trivium will be signing autographs daily. Check online for schedule information and event locations and times. Daily drawings for prizes including an iPod nano pre-loaded with Mayhem music, a Rider’s Edge class for two and a certificate for a free motorcycle rental.  Visit http://www.mayhemfest.com for more information on Mayhem.

Editor’s Note: More Flexible Media Center Operations Planned in Rapid City

In order to best meet media and customer needs for the 2009 Black Hills Rally, Harley-Davidson wants media to be aware of the following details for this year’s Rally from Aug. 1 – 7:

• Media will not need credentials to cover Harley-Davidson events in Rapid City or elsewhere in the Black Hills area
• Harley-Davidson staff will be more mobile on the grounds in Rapid City and there will not be an official “media center” inside the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
• The Harley-Davidson New Product Show will be held outdoors at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Aug. 1 – 7
• Highlights of this year’s Harley-Davidson activities include the 2010 model line-up, Women’s Day on Aug. 2, Ride-In Show on Aug. 6 and other events
• AMA Pro Flat Track Racing at Black Hills Speedway on Aug. 4 and AHDRA Screamin’ Eagle Racing at Sturgis Dragway on Aug. 4 – 5. Note: Media interested in attending the Aug. 4 AMA Pro Flat Track Race and a media reception there provided by Harley-Davidson should contact Mike Morgan at mike.morgan@harley-davidson.com or 414-343-7123.

Mike Morgan will be assisting media Aug. 1 – 4 in Rapid City and Matt King will be there from Aug. 4 - 7

For a complete listing of Harley-Davidson and Buell events at the 2009 Sturgis Rally, please visit the Experience section at www.harley-davidson.com/sturgis.