110th Anniversary Look Back

110th Anniversary Look Back

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 106

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 106

While not entirely legible (likely due to pencil if we had to guess), today we share a Confirmation of Interview that Robert (Bob) Kegel wrote, dated June 19, 1990. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelHD

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 105

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 105

Another throwback before the showroom addition, when we sold bikes by the diner and had rentals available! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 104

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 104

As you may have picked up, we used to do an annual MDA poker run back in the day. In 1982 we were awarded a certificate for being an Outstanding Supporter for the 1982 Bikers Fight Muscular Dystrophy Campaign! Were you part of that with us? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 103

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 103

Remember this full-page ad/article for #kegelhd that ran in the May 2000 edition of Q98.5's American Country Magazine? Did anyone attend the advertised MGD Hogfest at Davis Park that month? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #365daysofkegelhd #worldsoldest

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 102

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 102

Today for #365daysofKegelHD is a fun little timeline that Rockford Register Star posted in a November 2000 issue! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 101

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 101

Recognize any of these folks from our HOG chapter that participated in the local Anything That Floats annual raft race back in the late 80s/early 90s? Definitely looks like it was a fun time! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelHD

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 100

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 100

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

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 99

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 99

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!

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 98

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 98

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

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110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 97

110th Anniversary Look Back - Day 97

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

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