Aug 08
It’s official: Papa Piehl is in Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame! In the earlier 1980s Papa Piehl was a recent college grad working for a little company known as Harley-Davidson. One of his first roles was to coordinate test rides but it was later expanded into something much greater – the organization of a company-sponsored …
Mar 18
If you attend a family function in the Piehl household, the transportation industry will typically be a topic of conversation. It might sound weird but it’s in our blood. For more than 30 years, Papa Piehl has worked at Harley-Davidson, Mama Piehl is a veteran airline employee, and I was a Harley-Davidson service advisor in …
Sep 05
In the mid-1970s, Papa Piehl was kicked out of graduated from a boarding school / seminary in Wisconsin with an understanding that a holy life wasn’t for him. Instead he hopped on a bus to Milwaukee, graduated from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee with a journalism degree and eventually got a job working for a then …
May 08
For all the Band Aids and ice packs, For all the times you told me everything would be okay, For all the times you asked, “Do you need anything?,” For all the times you told me I’m just like dad, For all the times you stayed up late planning a vacation or helping with a …
