If Kegel Harley Davidson in Illinois is the oldest Harley dealership founded in 1910 and and Farrow Harley in Ohio claims to be the oldest what about Neidengards Cycle in Ohio founded in 1906?

Answer 1

A. D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in February of 1912 and is recognized as the oldest continuously operating Harley-Davidson dealer in America by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. You can visit A. D. Farrow Co.'s website (www.adfarrow.com) to see a video made by Harley-Davidson documenting the claim.

Furthermore, in response to a letter to the editor with a similar question, the Enthusiast magazine, the official magazine of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., wrote "A.D. Farrow in Columbus, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated H-D dealer in the world, having begun selling the brand in Feburary 1912. Kegel Motor Co., of Rockford, Ill., which opened its doors March 1912, is the oldest under continuous ownership" (Enthusiast, Fall 2008, pg. 8).

Any claims by Neidengards are not recognized by the Motor Company and therefore, indicate that at some point in the history, the business either closed briefly or stopped selling Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.