110th Anniversary Look Back

The caption of this Nov 2000 Rockford Labor NEWS photo says: "Just look at all those people! They all showed up at a party help the Kegel family celebrate the amazing 90th anniversary of Rockford's famous Kegel Motorcycle Co., the world's oldest Harley dealership." Please join us tomorrow as we celebrate our 110th Anniversary! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Do you remember receiving this flyer for our 17th annual open house back in 1997? Did you attend? Are you attending our open house today? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today for #kegel365 ... Let's go for a ride! as this vintage ad from the June 1, 1923 Freeport Journal-Standard suggests! Who's going where today? #365daysofkegelhd #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Did any of you attend our Meet and Greet with Miss April Easyrider and Rockford native Jerilyn French when she appeared with our Kegel Motorcycle Race Team for their kickoff event back in 1999?

Today for #kegel365 we share a blurb from the Sept 14, 1914 Freeport Daily Bulletin in which Joe and Julius both took part in a race.

Back in 1921 we were asking to wreck your bike! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Who was here the last time the H-D Traveling Museum came to town? For those not familiar, the museum was in an 18-wheeler packed with H-D memorabilia, classic H-D motorcycles and other historic relics from the motor company's long history. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today we share of yet another Kegel Bros accident, this one shared in the Sept 8, 1923 Freeport Journal-Standard!

For today's #kegel365 we share a write up that the Daily Herald (Chicago Suburbs) did of the Rockford area in September 2001 and included us!

For Day 100 of #365daysofKegelHD we share this classic shot from 1930 of what was technically our 3rd location - 110 N. Madison St in Rockford, as we were briefly located at 118 N. Madison when we first moved to town in 1923! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest