Think fast- what’s the biggest Harley Davidson you’ve ever encountered? Was it a Sportster 1200? Maybe an Electra Glide? That’s about to change when the Harley-Davidson museum opens next year when a customized Harley appropriately named King Kong goes on display.

Worthy of its name sake, King Kong is more than 13 feet long, weighs over 1,000 pounds and has two two synchronized Harley Knucklehead engines that date from 1940 and 1946.

The bike’s original owner, Felix Predko (87) of Windber Pennsylvania, spent more than 4,000 hours doing the customization between 1949 and 1952.

“It certainly draws a crowd,” Predko said. “Some places don’t like me to bring it to their events because it draws the crowds. I have to cover it up so they can get on with the main event sometimes!”

If I asked you to name the H-D dealer with the top sales for 2006 what would pop into your mind? A large city dealership in the likes of Los Angeles perhaps? Maybe a shop located just beyond the facory in Milwaukee even? Nope, not according to Karen Jowers of the Air Force Times. It turns out the dealer with the most H-D action is none other than the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES).

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Harley-Davidson presented the AAFES with a pair of (made-to-order) Army and Air Force Harley gas tanks in recognition of the exchange service’s status as the top-selling retailer of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, outselling by far any other retailer in the world with more than 3,450 motorcycles overseas in 2006. In comparison, only five Harley-Davidson dealerships sold more than 1,500 motorcycles last year.

In case you haven’t been following H-D’s latest promotion, “Get Down to Daytona” has been quite a hit with the ladies.

More than 200 videos were submitted from a variety of women, all with interesting stories to tell. The six finalists’ videos show an assortment of experiences, such as a daughter and father reunited through riding after years of separation, a sister thanking her brother for inspiring her to ride, and a sisterly bond where the road is their escape from illness and the worry of being single moms. Also, see a daughter who is reminded of her father’s “no fear” message when she’s almost ready to give up, and a woman who thanks her boyfriend for helping fulfill a lifelong dream by grabbing the handlebars of her own Harley. Finally, see two friends who encouraged each other to ride and were there for each other each step of the way to becoming experienced riders.

The three women with the most votes will receive an expense paid road trip for two from Atlanta to Daytona with Karen Davidson, great-granddaughter of William A. Davidson, one of the Company’s founders, as well as three nights stay in Daytona, just in time for Bike Week.

The video clips are posted online here for viewer voting to begin. Visitors to the site can view each video and vote on their favorite to help send that woman rider and a guest to Daytona Bike Week ‘08. Voting will end December 12, 2007, and three winners will be announced December 14.