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An eastern Pennsylvania travel business co-founded by a midstate businessman is coinciding its busiest year of touring yet in the United States and China with the 110th anniversary of Harley-Davidson Inc.
Chester County-based Knighthawk Tours LLC has organized a trip to China for American riders this month and two trips for Chinese riders through parts of the United States later this year.
The first, referred to as the Ride to Confucius, will take more than a dozen riders to China on a sojourn that is part motorcycle ride and part general tour, Knighthawk Tours President Wayne Block said.
It is the second such Ride to Confucius, named because it visits the home province of the famous Chinese philosopher. The first ride occurred in 2008.
The company also will have its third and fourth U.S. tours in 2013. The other two occurred in 2011 and 2012.
This year, Chinese riders will start in Pennsylvania and ride south, where destinations include a stop at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, said JeffJi, the company's CEO.
The ride will move on toward St. Louis, then turn north to Chicago and Milwaukee, where Harley is based, for the company's official 110th anniversary festivities, Ji said.
Another group of Chinese riders will come to Milwaukee first and then ride a more northern...