Reggie Pink, the iconic White Plains Harley-Davidson dealership known to motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the region, has closed its doors for good, a victim of the bad economy.


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The family-owned business started in 1927 and played an important role in U.S. motorcycle history. It shut down last month, just 2 1/2 years after holding a "grand reopening" to celebrate its move into a huge, 44,000-square-foot building at 300 Central Ave., across the street from its former location. "Harley-Davidson decided that our old facility wasn't big enough and they pressured us to move to a larger place," owner Leslie Pink Dessauer said. "We made the move and then the economy went down the tubes and we couldn't pay our bills. It's devastating." The business was started by Reggie Pink, an American motorcycle pioneer who began racing in 1915 at age 16 and through the 1940s won races, endurance events and hill climbs in the U.S. and England. Pink, a member of the American Motorcycle Hall of Fame, died in 1962, the same year the Bronx store closed.

Harley-Davidson fans blue over Reggie Pink closing

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