- Title: ESTONIA: Estonia hosts Europe's largest gathering of Harley-Davidson motorbikers
- Date: 6th June 2014
- Summary: TALLINN, ESTONIA (JUNE 6, 2014) (REUTERS) HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORBIKERS ARRIVING AT TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS / FESTIVAL GROUNDS VARIOUS OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORBIKES HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOGO PARTICIPANTS ARRIVING MAN DRESSED IN HELMET AND GOGGLES TALKING TO ANOTHER MAN MAN'S FACE HELMET AND GOGGLES PARTICIPANTS ARRIVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) HARLEY-DAVIDSON OWNER FROM BELGIUM, RUDY WIEME, SAYING: "I have a couple of Harley-Davidsons, but I'm a little bit older than the younger guys and, you know, I always said, you buy a Harley-Davidson - it's a lifestyle. It's, you know, not only the bike, it's the friendship, it's everything. That's what we are." MOTORCYCLIST FIRING UP HIS HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE ENGINE TRACKS MOVING ON MOTORCYCLE VARIOUS OF HARLEY RIDERS FIRING UP THEIR ENGINES VARIOUS OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON OWNERS FROM DENMARK (SOUNDBITE) (English) HARLEY-DAVIDSON OWNER FROM DENMARK, KAJ KIRKEGAARD, SAYING: "Everyone puts his own design onto the Harley. You buy a Harley but next day you start changing and building up the way you like." HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORBIKES MOTORCYCLISTS TALKING LITHUANIAN RIDERS FIRING UP THEIR MOTORCYCLE ENGINES VARIOUS OF MOTORCYCLIST PRESSING ON GAS AND CREATING AN EFFECT OF EXPLOSIVE TO FIRE UP HIS ENGINE MAN PUTTING HIS HANDS IN HIS EARS TO PROTECT THEM FROM SOUND OF ENGINES LITHUANIAN HARLEY-DAVIDSON OWNERS STANDING BY MOTORBIKES (SOUNDBITE) (English) HARLEY-DAVIDSON OWNER FROM FINLAND, ANNE BOUJANE, SAYING: "It's music to my ears. I just can't tell that other way, I just love it." VARIOUS OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON PARTICIPANTS RALLY OPENING CEREMONY ON STAGE HARLEY-DAVIDSON RALLY LOGO BILL DAVIDSON, GREAT-GRANDSON OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON CO-FOUNDER ARTHUR DAVIDSON, GIVING SPEECH MOTORCYCLISTS LISTENING CONCERT STAGE
- Embargoed: 21st June 2014 13:00
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- Location: Estonia
- Country: Estonia
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVAA8EQ6R9USHVA6D91PM27199LI
- Story Text: Nearly 10,000 Harley-Davidson motorcyclists descended upon the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Friday (June 6) to take part in Europe's largest gathering of the brand's enthusiasts at a Super Rally.
The event, which takes place from June 5 to 9, marks the Super Rally's 40th jubilee.
The black-leather clad bikers came in full motorcycle gear, celebrating the lifestyle which comes with being the owner of one of the world's best known motorbikes.
"I have a couple of Harley-Davidsons, but I'm a little bit older than the younger guys and, you know, I always said, you buy a Harley-Davidson - it's a lifestyle. It's, you know, not only the bike, it's the friendship, it's everything," said Rudy Wieme, president of the Belgium Harley-Davidson club.
"Everyone puts his own design onto the Harley. You buy a Harley but next day you start changing and building up the way you like," said another avid biker, Kaj Kirkegaard, from Denmark.
The roar of a Harley-Davidson may not appeal to everyone, but for those attending the rally the noise which emerges from the bike's exhaust is one of its greatest assets.
"It's music to my ears. I just can't tell that other way, I just love it," said Finnish biker Anne Boujane.
Harley-Davidson was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the first decade of the 20th century.
Bill Davidson, the great-grandson of Harley-Davidson's co-founder Arthur system.scripts.life, gave a speech on the opening day of the event. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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