Bakersfield Harley-Davidson Blog

When the first customers starting strolling through the doors of Bakersfield Harley-Davidson this morning they were still laughing at some of the scenes in Wild Hogs.  I cannot tell you how many people came up to us and thanked us for putting on such a great event.  But the real people that need to be thanked is everyone that participated.  Without your enthusiasm the event would not have been as great as it was.

The Wild Hogs Movie Night was honestly one of the best times I have had in a long time.  Good ride in good weather with great people to see a darn funny movie.

The motorclothes department did an incredible job of decorating the showroom in a movie theme complete with Milk Duds, Jujy Fruits, Snowcaps and popcorn.  It really set the mood for the evening.
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On Friday March 2nd Bakersfield Harley-Davidson has reserved an entire theater for an opening night showing of the new movie Wild Hogs.

In case you haven’t heard about it, Wild Hogs is the new comedy movie about four guys who plan a road trip on their new Harleys. It stars Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, Tim Allen and William H. Macy.

You can see a preview for it at Wildhogsmovie.com.

We will be meeting at Bakersfield Harley-Davidson for a preshow party set for 5:00 pm and will be riding over to the theater shortly thereafter. 

We have a limited amount of tickets which are on sale now and are available for immediate purchase for the great price of $7 per person.   So come in today to purchase your ticket from Kim in the accounting office.

You can meet at the theater if you wish but tickets must be picked up at the dealership prior to the event.  We will not be selling tickets at the theater.

Check back next week for updates, contact Kim in the office @ 661-325-3644 or email us @wildhogs@bakersfieldhd.com for more information.  I will update this posting as the times get firmed up.

Update:  The response has been unbelievable.  We have sold out the entire movie theater.  For everyone that was lucky enough to get tickets, meet at Bakersfield Harley-Davidson on Friday, March 2nd at 5:00 pm for the pre-party.

Special thanks to Debbie, Carol, Bob and everyone else that contributed to the ticket sales.

On December 14th the Harley-Davidson Traveling Museum arrived at Bakersfield Harley-Davidson, accompanied by it’s driver/curator, Mike Quinn.  The Traveling Museum is, as the name implies, a mobile  collection hand picked from H-D’s fabulous Archive collection based in Milwaukee.

The Museum is not a static collection.  Each year the company hand selects new displays according to an ever changing theme that emphasizes an aspect of the Company’s rich history.  For 2006 the collection emphasizes the Company’s racing heritage and included a board-track Peashooter from the early part of the 20th century, a CR dirt track racer from the 1950s, a VR-1000 racing bike (forerunner of the modern V-Rod series of liquid cooled Harley-Davidson motorcycles), among many other displays.

Other display cases contained trophys and racing memorabilia spanning the Company’s lengthy and successful racing history.

Even though the musem was in town mid-week over 800 enthusiasts filed through the Museum to enjoy this year’s collection.  We all look forward to another visit next year, and another opportunity to enjoy more offerings from the Harley-Davidson Archive Collection.

Special thanks to Don Oldaker and Dave Fisher for helping to put together this article.  Pictures to follow.

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Well, its that time of year again, our annual Ladies Night event is just about here at Bakersfield Harley-Davidson.  This years theme is “Game Night”! On Tuesday December 5^th at 6:30pm we will open our doors for ladies only. Just like every year it’s their chance to have the run of the store and shop till they drop.

We will have a big sale, games, prizes, refreshments, music and more. We just received a huge shipment of Holiday items so it’s a great time to buy gifts for others or just treat themselves.

And guys don’t forget to mention this to the lady in your life (along with a subtle or not so subtle hint of what you want for the Holidays).

We’ll see you here!

Wow! To be honest with you, we expected a big turnout but we never expected anything like this.  When we got to the shop and started setting up we had no idea of the tidal wave of people that would be rolling in during the next few hours.  I talked with people from all over, including San Diego and the bay area and of course our valued local customers.

The feeling in the shop was electric.  It was only 7:00 and already bikes were arriving. That was the first indication that this was going to be good.

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