King Kong Lives At The H-D Museum

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!”