The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast

Letters & Pictures from Germany

 

 

 

 

Stuttgart   *  Harley-Davidson 1917

 

Das Motorrad par excellence!

 

Motorradsport!

 

Hinaus ins Freie, weg von der Stadt! 

Wie die Windsbraut über Berg und Tal!

Durch frische, reine und gesunde Luft! 

Dazu eine surrende Maschine,

die all Ihren Wünschen und Launen gehorcht, 

die Ihnen nur immer noch mehr bieten möchte.

 

Zehn, zwanzig, dreißig Kilometer liegen hinter Ihnen, 

ehe sie sich umgesehen haben,

Hunderte von Kilometern reissen Sie am Tage ab. 

 

Immer neue Bilder, ständig neue Eindrücke, stets neue Genüsse; 

Sie beginnen zu spüren, das das Leben wert ist gelebt zu werden. 

Da haben Sie ihn, den Motorradsport, den grandiosesten Sport der Welt!

 

In aller Herren Länder ist Harley-Davidson als der muntere Genosse 

von tausenden Motorrad-Enthusiasten bekannt, 

die die Zuverlässigkeit dieses Gefährts zu schätzen wissen. 

 

Tagein, tagaus, Kilometer um Kilometer dient es getreulich seinem Herrn 

und macht ihm jede Fahrminute zu einem Genuss, 

bietet doch kein anderes Motorrad gleiche Fahrbequemlichkeit, 

Handhabung und Betriebssparsamkeit.

Infolge Ihres gefälligen Aüsseren, der meisterhaften Konstruktion 

und der soliden und kräftigen Ausführung haben sich die 

Harley-Davidson-Motorräder die ganze Welt erobert, 

sie sind im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. das Motorrad par excellence.

 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON

 

(Harley-Davidson Werbebrochure 1929)

 

 

1923

 

 

München

 

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 66, November 1923, Page 22)

 

 

1924

 

 

Aachen

 

 

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 78, November 1924, Page 16)

 

 

 

Aachen

 

Alexander Wisskirchen and his son Heinz of Aachen, Germany, 

believe in advertising their wares, so they use a Harley-Davidson to got from place to place 

with an advertisement on the rear of the sidecar calling attention to the make typewriters they sell. 

The story opposite will tell you with what sucess they've met.

 

 Make Sucess Selling Typewriters

by using Harley-Davidson

 

By using their Harley-Davidson sidecar outfit to get from place to place and to advertise their business, 

Alexander Wisskirchen and his son Heinz of Aachen, Germany, are making a big sucess selling the Stoewer 

line of typewriters for the firm of Johannes Gerlach in Köln. Mr. Wisskirchen usually drives the machine, 

while his son rides in the sidecar.

 Two or three typewriters are always taken along on trips and carried in the sidecar, 

while an advertisement of the Stoewer typewriters placed on the rear of the car 

attracts attention wherever they go.

 

"Aachen lies in the Hocheifel, an my Harley-Davidson has to meet the most exacting requirements,"

Mr. Wisskirchen says, "but even in the high Eifeler Hills and om very bad roads in the whole occupied territory, 

the outfit gives excellent service. I have already covered 14000 kilometers with my machine. 

I have never experienced any difficulty with it, and when I mount the outfit, I know that it will bring me back."

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 81, February 1925, Page 11)

 

 

1925

 

 

Hamburg

 

 

Meet one of the first Harley-Davidson lady riders in Germany,

Miss Erbina Mahnka, Hamburg.

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 86, July 1925, Page 11)

 

 

 

 

Bremen

 

Mrs. F. Schleining, Bremen, Germany, is an 

ardent Harley-Davidson Enthusiast

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 93, February 1926, Page 2

 

 

 

 

Bayern

 

" I am very happy with my Harley-Davidson. 

The photo was taken while on a 2000 km (1200 miles) trip", 

says Walter Zaumziel, Rehau i. Bay., Bavaria

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 94, March 1926, Page 19)

 

 

1926

 

 

Aachen

 

 Friedrich Vise send us this photo of his friends

on a Easter Holiday trip to Holland.

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 96, May 1926, Page 23)

 

 

 

Karlsruhe

 

 Motorccling through the Black Forest! T. Fiedler and wife, Karlsruhe, Germany,

tour the mountains with their 1926 Harley-Davidson and find it equal to the occasion.

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 97, June 1926, Page 7)

 

 

 

Stuttgart

 

 Alle oop ! Max Ell *, Willy Grob and Alfred Holle, Stuttgart, Germany, 

acrobats, do many interesting feats in this art with their Harley-Davidson.

 

Anm.: * Max Ell war nicht nur Motorrad-Akrobat sondern auch Motorrad-Rennfahrer und 

         Harley-Davidson Händler in Stuttgart. Später auch Rennleiter auf der Solitude.

 

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 101, October 1926, Page 22)

 

 

 

Hamburg

 

 

H. Harrendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 

and his 75 year old uncle enjoy motorcycling.

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 102, November-December 1926, Page 12 & 20)

 

 

 

München

 

Dr. W. Glocker, Munich, Germany, 

with his family and friend, Alfred Bals.

The Doctor finds real enjoyment in his Harley-Davidson.

The family also enjoy it. 

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 102, November-December 1926, Page 12 & 20)

 

 

1927

 

 

  

 Maul's Harzer Milch-Schokolade

Wernigerode 1927

 

Mauls Chocolate !  Harley-Davidson is on the job the world over in delivery service.

Maul's Chocolate Mfgs., Wernigerode, Germany, use this combination successfully.

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 109, July 1927, Page 11)

 

 

 

In Germany! 

Dr. J. K. Scherzer, Lammerdorf, Germany, submitted this one.

 

Dr. Max Funfack, Dresden, Germany, 

while visiting friends in upper Bavaria.

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 111 * September 1927)

 

In Western Austria!

Mr. Fiedler of Karlsruhe, Germany, makes many long trips with his Harley-Davidson.

This beautiful scene was made by Mr. Fiedler in the Ober Inn Valley, Tyrol.

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 112 * October 1927)

 

 

Across from Assmannshausen!

Mr. and Mrs. F. Neise from Magdeburg, Germany.

 

 

With pleasure, we show this picture sent us by

Otto Flos, Munich, Germany.

 

 

(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 114 * December 1927)

 

 

 

 

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