Friday, July 31, 2009

Harley Four Tee Five

Article from the Shawano Leader and picture from
 The new Cafe (racer) Society: "Doc" Hopkins Four-Tee-Five
about our local Harley dealer.

For those Harley lovers. WOW!



"Steve ‘Doc’ Hopkins creates second giant Harley-Davidson cycle
By Nathan Falk, Leader Reporter

It was about a year ago that Steve “Doc” Hopkins, owner of Doc’s Harley-Davidson of Shawano County, had an outlandish idea.

He wanted to build a four-engine motorcycle that seated five people. He built the engineering marvel in just 17 days and rode it through the Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Parade in Milwaukee last summer. The bike was named the “Four-Tee-Five,” in reference to the fact that it utilized four, Harley-Davidson, Flathead, 45ci motors."
Doc’s goal is to ride this impressive motorcycle, loaded with nine passengers to the 69th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is an annual event that attracts hundreds of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota each year in August.

Weather permitting, the motorcycle will travel most of the 900 miles from Doc’s Harley-Davidson to Sturgis. Hopkins’ departure is planned for Saturday, with plans to reach downtown Sturgis Monday. The bike will be on display at Harley-Davidson of Sturgis.


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