Harley Davidson Announces Winner Of Battle Of Kings 2019
Harley-Davidson announces the winner of the Battle of the Kings 2019. The Battle of the Kings (BOTK) challenge entails H-D dealers taking a Stock Harley-Davidson model and turning it into bespoke & ground-breaking Custom Harley. BOTK has given rise to some of the innovative, beautiful, and memorable creations in terms of customized motorcycle designs by Harley-Davidson® dealerships over the years.
The 2019 edition of the challenge was announced in May this year and in India, the brand received participation from 12 dealerships from across the country.
The battle kicked off with a public voting process initiated online from 16th July to 15th August to shortlist the Harley-Davidson motorcycle on its dedicated website.
Sajeev Rajasekharan, Managing Director of Harley-Davidson India said,” BOTK is the largest dealer custom competition in the world and its second edition is extremely special for us as it also celebrates Harley-Davidson® India’s completion of a decade in the country. We received an overwhelming response and enthusiasm of the dealerships demonstrating brand’s ideals of individuality, freedom and expression.”
Amongst the 12 Dealerships which participated from India, Grand Trunk Harley-Davidson with their custom bike named ‘The Goliath’ has won the National Contest. The Global contest, dealers from across the world would compete against each other to be one of the prodigious custom builds. The finalist from each region will be sent for EICMA 2019 motorcycle show in Milan, Italy. The final winner will be announced at the EICMA 2019. Since 2015, Battle of the Kings has created more than 500 custom bikes.
