With the consolidation of the Killeen-Harker Heights Horny Toad Harley-Davidson store into the Temple location, there is only one franchise store in Killeen or Harker Heights for residents to buy brand new motorcycles.
The final day of business for the dealership in Harker Heights was Feb. 27 and the first day of business with everything in Temple was on March 1.
George Lee, the owner of the Temple Horny Toad location, outlined some of the reasons for the consolidation of the two stores during a phone interview on Wednesday.
âA big part of it was real estate and taxes. The city of Harker Heights had raised our taxes four- or five-fold in the last few years,â Lee said. âThat dealership is on 2.2 acres and it was bound in all ways and there wasnât enough land for me to add to that building to accommodate the business there.â