Eagle Leathers New Location GRAND OPENING!!!
Saturday, September 29th was a great deal of a day for motorcycle enthusiasts who celebrated the Grand Opening of Eagle Leather’s new 22,000 sq. ft. motorcycle accessories super store. By days end over 3000 people walked through the doors to check out the new location and shop! The store was buzzing with non-stop activity. KZOK 102.5 FM was on hand with a live remote broadcast, providing music that riders love most, classic rock! Three of the hottest Hooters girls were on hand, washing bikes, while collecting donations for Children’s Hospital. I have to hand it to these girls, the day was cold and overcast, yet they had a constant stream of bikes and adoring fans waiting their turn throughout the day. Eagle Leather offered some fantastic deals, hidden throughout the store were special discount tags of 70% off, and a few ‘nest egg’ tags meaning the item was FREE! Eagle Leather created a U.S. Register of Official Rider Nicknames and offered free nickname patches. This was a hoot!
To celebrate the Grand Opening of the new store and their 12th year in business, Eagle is giving away a brand new 2008 Harley-Davidson Dyna Super-Glide Custom. Each time you visit Eagle Leather you will be given a free raffle ticket just for stopping by. You can earn an additional raffle ticket with any Eagle Leather purchase. The bike drawing will be held, November 3rd, 2007. If you haven’t stopped by to check out Eagle’s new store you don’t know what you’re missing out on. Not only are they the biggest leather store in Washington state, they have an astonishing assortment of riding gear and accessories ranging from hard to fit adult sizes to childrens sizing. Looking for a helmet? Eagle has it in just about any size and style you could imagine. Looking for new leathers? This is the place to find what you need. They have a great selection of jackets, chaps, and pants for men and women at an excellent price. They carry ICON, Firstgear, Joe Rocket, and Gerbing’s Heated Clothing, just to name a few of the top motorcycle apparel lines available. At Eagle Leather you’ll find an array of T-Shirts, vests-reflective and leather, skull caps, facemasks, eyewear, raingear, gloves, patches, wallets, Harley-Davidson boots, motorcycle luggage, and saddlebags. Eagle Leather has dedicated, knowledgeable, and friendly staff available to assist you with sizing and questions. Yueh, Eagle’s renowned leather seamstress, is available on site for alterations and patch sewing.
Eagle Leather has been in business since 1995. Mike Toursal, owner, has had a passion for bikes since his childhood days in Algiers, located on the Mediterranean Sea, in the north-central part of the country of Algeria, when he rode his first bike, a CMG. That bike kick started his dream of dedicating his future to the motorcycle community. Mike immigrated to the United States, a land of opportunity and American bikes, on April Fools Day, 1991 to pursue his goal of understanding and providing motorcyclists with what they needed most, leather. Mike is a genuine biker at heart. He owns and rides 3 Harley-Davidsons and a Boss Hoss V8. He’s traveled to all of the major motorcycle events around the U.S. including Daytona, Laughlin, Street Vibrations, and Sturgis. It was at these events that Mike set up shop selling leathers while getting to know, respect and party with riders of all walks of life. The more Mike spoke to riders the more he came to realize that these riders were in need of a central location and a larger selection of motorcycle gear. He opened a series of stores dedicated to his passion. He quickly out grew his original 1,500 sq. ft. store, moving up to a 3,000 sq. ft. store, then to 9,000 sq. ft., and now to a whopping 22,000 sq. ft. store centrally located off of I-5 at exit 127!
An interesting fact that few may know, is that Eagle Leather provided leathers that were worn by the Del Fuegos in the hit movie Wild Hogs staring John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macey, and Ray Liotta. Stop by Eagle Leather for great deals all year round at the new location 10222 South Tacoma Way, Lakewood, WA. Or visit their website at www.eagleleather.com
Written by Diana Olmstead, September 2007
Quick Throttle Mag
