Harley revs up business bonanza for Killarney

THEY might look fearsome in their leather jackets, dark glasses, big boots and shining helmets, but these are no ordinary bikers and not even 31st cousins to the dreaded Hell’s Angels.

“When you’ve had everything, you get a Harley,” they say. Just remember the present U2 gave to Gay Byrne on his retirement.

And so it is with a great many of the 4,500 Harley Davidson owners who are riding into Killarney for a major European rally this weekend.