Harley club set to ride Pony Express trail

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The throaty rumble from hundreds of Harley-Davidson motorcycles filled Downtown St. Joseph Wednesday, previewing a ride once popular in the early 1860s.

Among the ride’s participants is Willie Davidson, grandson of one of the company’s original founders and a leader on the design team. History has proven to be a suitable guidepost in planning Harley-Davidson rallies. In 2002, a rally traced the path Lewis and Clark took to reach the Pacific Northwest.

The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) — Harley-Davidson’s official ride club — plans to head out today over the same mail-laden path that Pony Express riders took on horseback. Joe Dowd, Harley-Davidson’s manager for event strategy and execution marketing, said roughly 500 motorcyclists are participating in the ride.

Mr. Davidson said the company’s pre-arranged rallies provide historic facts to the participating motorcyclists.

“It’s a fun ride, but it’s also educational,” he said.

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