110th Anniversary Look Back

Check out this page from the April 2001 edition of the Kegel Motorcycle News, featuring an ad for our service department and mention of our race team's upcoming competition at Blackhawk Farms Raceway! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Here we have a photo (courtesy of Chuck Lahey) of Grand Old Man Julius having a Grand Old Time on two wheels at the Suez Canal in 1961! He was 70 years young that year. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

For today's #365daysofkegelhd we have an older group shot of our HOG members outside our Harrison location - do you recognize any of these familiar faces?? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Check out this classic photo of a young Harold Kegel (Joe's son, Bob's brother) outside one of the Madison St. locations, likely during the 1930s/1940s. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Check out this retro ad found in our archives, from May of 1952 for the H-D® 125 (with Tele-Glide® fork!). Did you or anyone you know own of these relics? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

In a previous #kegel365 post we shared a letter from H-D® corporate congratulating us on our 100th anniversary - for today's #365daysofkegelhd we share a letter congratulating us from Willie G himself!

Today we share the late storefront of the bicycle shop in Freeport - 120 S. Chicago Ave - which remained Kegel's Bicycle Shop until around 2010 when it underwent a brief renovation and became Freeport Bicycle Company, reflecting the change in ownership. Sadly, it appears the business fell victim to 2020 hardships and has not reopened since mid-2020. #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd

Today and tomorrow's #kegel365 posts kind of go together and you'll soon see why...

Continuing with yesterdays #365daysofkegelhd post... It was reported in the Freeport Evening Standard on August 9, 1909 that Joseph Redlinger sold his business to Kegel and company!

Today we share of the tragic passing of Julius Kegel, as reported in a late August 1978 edition of the Morning Star.