Harley Pioneer Dies

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Here’s a link to a fairly troubling article about the nation’s largest Harley franchise owner, Bruce Rosenmyer (owns 13) who was killed the other day when he tee-boned a pickup truck that did a left in front of him. I’ve done some Googling and whatnot and it doesn’t appear that he owns or is involved in the three local Harley dealerships. It looks like he was big down in South Florida and Daytona and in various other parts of the Country. He was in Wyoming heading to Sturgis.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/breakingnews/bruce073009.htm

Wasn’t wearing a helmet. From the sound of it, probably woundn't have helped anyway.

[mrbones]

He was the owner of Destination Daytona, the big HD dealer over there. He was a big dude. I've seen him on TV. Too bad he went out like that.

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Okay...this is weird.


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1171902.html

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ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Authorities say six motorcycle officers were involved in a crash while escorting the family of one of the country's largest Harley-Davidson dealers to his funeral.

A Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman says a group of motorcycle officers from various agencies was riding with the funeral party for Bruce Rossmeyer Tuesday morning in Ormond Beach. The spokeswoman says the lead rider slowed down, while the riders near the back of the group didn't, causing a chain-reaction crash.

Authorities say two officers were hurt, but their injuries weren't serious. Damage to the motorcycles was also reported as minor.

Rossmeyer died in a motorcycle crash last week in Wyoming. The 66-year-old had owned more than a dozen Harley-Davidson dealerships, most located in Florida.


Information from: Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com

[mrbones]

His ghost made them crash! Not.

Just think, maybe if he wore a helmet he'd still be alive.