110th Anniversary Look Back

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!

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

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

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

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

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

For today's #365daysofkegelhd we share this throwback of some folks enjoying themselves during Springtime at our Auburn St. location! Do you recognize any of them? #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Today we share of the tragic passing of Joe and Julius' other brother Edward, as reported here in the Monday, July 2, 1951 issue of the Belvidere Daily Republican.

Today we share this throwback ad that ran in a Freeport newspaper in 1990. As you may recall from previous #kegel365 posts, Julius took over the original shop in Freeport when Joe moved the business to Rockford and Julius ran that store with his nephew Ed until he retired in 1960. At some point in the early 2000s the shop was sold and became Freeport Bicycle Company, however sadly the shop has been closed for nearly 2 years now. #365daysofkegelhd #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest

Who attended any of our 100th anniversary events 10 years ago? Here's a few throwback photos from festivities that happened during that year! #kegel365 #harleydavidson #kegelhd #worldsoldest #365daysofkegelhd