The 30th Anniversary “Elvis Harley” Is Coming!

Graceland has quite a few special activities planned for August, when Elvis Presley Enterprises commemorates the 30th anniversary of the death of the undisputed King of Rock-and-Roll.

Bruce Rossmeyer, CEO of 12 Harley-Davidson locations around the country — including the world’s largest dealership in Daytona, Florida, and the all-new Graceland Harley-Davidson is recreating the personalized 1957 Black Harley-Davidson FLH model that Presley once owned.

With only 30 of these motorcycles being customized and individually serial numbered, each motorcycle in the elite Elvis Presley Anniversary Bike Signature Series will capture Presley’s passion for motorcycles. Although designed to replicate the 1957 model that Elvis owned and appearing as a classic custom vintage bike, the motorcycles will feature a 2007 Softail chassis and drive train maintaining all of today’s engineering and safety features.

Rossmeyer has also partnered with renowned Harley-Davidson painter David Uhl and Harley-Davidson sculptor Jeff Decker, who will be creating unique pieces that will be included in the purchase price of each of the Elvis Presley Anniversary Bikes and paired with the corresponding motorcycle. The Elvis Presley Anniversary Bike Signature Series will be unveiled at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee on April 22nd at the Elvis Rock ‘n’ Roll Ride for Life to benefit the American Diabetes Association.

Bikes 2-24 of Signature Series will be offered for sale through the lottery system at the April 22nd ride in Memphis and are expected to be sold for just under $59,000. In order to purchase one of the Elvis Presley Anniversary Bikes, interested parties must register for the April 22nd Elvis Rock ‘n’ Roll Ride for Life. Those who register for the ride will be chosen out of a lottery and contacted that day to determine their intent to purchase. Participants need not be present for the opportunity to purchase if selected in the lottery. To register for the Elvis Rock ‘n’ Roll Ride for Life benefiting the American Diabetes Association, call 901-682-8232 or 800-DIABETES ext. 3121.

Bikes 25-29 will be available for purchase at a later date. The bike numbered “1″ will be sold for $100,000, with $40,000 of that being donated to the American Diabetes Association. Bike number “30″ will be auctioned off in Memphis on August 15th during Elvis Week, the annual celebration of King’s life and career.

All of the motorcycles will be delivered at the steps of Graceland the morning of August 15, 2007 – the day before the 30th Anniversary of Elvis’s passing. The purchase price includes a two-night stay at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, a unique Graceland Pre-Delivery Party on the evening of August 14th, and one round-trip ticket from within the continental U.S. (figures) to Memphis for the delivery experience.

Even if you’re not an Elvis fan…you have to admit this is the epitamy of cool.

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