24-28 MAY Bussloo RAlly ProgrAm - SuperRally

The Federation of Harley-Davidson Clubs Europe
& the FH-DCE Super Rally ®
Welcome Bikers, at the FH-DCE Super Rally ® 2007 Bussloo
the Netherlands. One of the biggest Harley-Davidson Rally’s
in Europe, This year organised by the Harley-Davidson Club
Netherlands, member of the Federation of Harley-Davidson Clubs
Europe. A Crew more than 500 volunteers is ready for you.
Are you ready for the party, for this “one of a kind”
Harley-Davidson Rally?
FH-DCE Super Rally ®
Every year at a different place, organised by a different
member of the FH-DCE, This is the most European Harley-
Davidson Rally that you can imagine. Riding a Harley-
Davidson is meeting new friends, discover other countries
and cultures. And this is all packed in the FH-DCE Super
Rally®. It goes from North to South, East to West, and
every year a surprise. From the salmon in the North, to
the pasta and cookies in the South. When you are on
the road going to the rally and coming closer to it, more
and more Bikers you will meet, and everyone has his one
story. That’s what makes the FH-DCE Super Rally® really
Super. But talking about FH-DCE Super Rally®, were does
this name come from?
To answer that
question, we have
to go many years
back. I contacted
Robby Perkussy,
because I knew he
did some investigation
years ago for
a motor magazine,
thanks Robby.
We go back to the sixties. Harley-Davidson Clubs from the
Netherlands, Germany and Belgium meet eachother at
Harley-Davidson Rally’s. One of the most popular Rally’s
was the Pinkster Rally. The first one was organised by
H-D C Utrecht in 1964. (This Club changed his name in to
Harley-Davidson Club the Netherlands). The Pinkster Rally
became bigger and bigger and so did the program.
After the Pinkster Rally in 1973 they changed the name
into FH-DCE Super Rally, why is not very clear. Possible
that a French guy promised a Superrrrrrrrrrr Rally for 1974
because it should be at Paris France, but they cancelled
it just one week before. The first FH-DCE Super Rally® in
fact, was not so Super it was a “No Rally”.
In 1975 was the first Super Rally®. Kastelree Belgium, It
was not as big as it is now, but it was organised with the
same goals and idea’s as we still use.
The Presidents meetings were at the Rally’s, in 1977 the
clubs separated the President meetings from the Rally
and the Presidents meet eachother in November as is
now.
Organise a FH-DCE Super Rally® is a serious matter, it
needs preparation, time and knowledge. And there is
always a risk for the organisation; the wheater is the
biggest factor, and you cannot make it right for everyone,
some go for the music, others just for the party, but we
all go to meet each other and to have a nice trip. More
H-D Clubs joined the yearly Presidents meeting, and it
was necessary to get more organised. At the meeting in
Austria 1991 the H-D Clubs organised themselves into the
FH-DCE, Federation of Harley-Davidson Clubs Europe.