Elvis’s Last Motorbike To Be Auctioned [1976 Harley-Davidson]

Rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley was additionally an avid motorcyclist. He owned many bikes over time; nonetheless, there was just one remaining bike that Elvis purchased—a 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial. Mecum Auctions shall be this historic bike below the gavel at Dana Mecum’s thirty sixth Authentic Spring Basic (aka Indy 2023) at Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, which started right now.

Though the motor firm constructed 750 examples of Bicentennial Editions, this bike is extraordinary past merely being the final bike Elvis bought. Elvis ordered his 1976 FLH with customized blue-and-black paint, together with matching exhausting circumstances.

Elvis purchased the FLH in California on August 11, 1976, registered it at his Palm Springs residence at 845 Chino Canyon Highway, after which shipped it to Graceland. Elvis had barely a 12 months to get pleasure from his 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial, as he died at 42 on August 16, 1977.

After his loss of life, the Elvis FLH was purchased by a New Jersey resort proprietor, who used it as an attraction for his property. In 1983, it went on show on the Pioneer Auto Present museum in Murdo, South Dakota. It stayed there till 2019.

The Elvis 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial is offered with loads of accouterments. The unique title, signed by The King (be aware that his center title is misspelled), is a part of the deal, as are the unique keys Elvis used to begin the bike. The keys are on a fob from the vendor who offered the bike to Elvis. Word that the license plate proven within the Mecum-provided pictures just isn’t authentic, because the FLH was offered with California bike plate quantity 9L8112.

The bike has 1262 miles on the odometer, so it obtained some use. As a result of it nonetheless has the California title, the FLH might be registered and ridden on public roads. There’s a catch, nonetheless—registering it for avenue use requires surrendering the 46-year-old title with the Elvis signature.

Mecum will public sale the Elvis Presley 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial on Saturday, Could 20, at its Indy 2023 occasion.

Elvis Presley 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial Photograph Gallery