What’s better than a 2011 Chopper Calendar or a 2011 Bobber Calendar? A 2011 Choppers & Bobbers Calendar with photography by the world renowned Michael Lichter! Order your 2011 Choppers & Bobbers calendar now! Or just order the 2011 Chopper Calendar… it’s up to you! Click on the pictures for ordering information.
Time to order a new 2011 vintage motorcycle calendar to keep straight all the dates you have for bike shows and swap meets. Click any picture for ordering information or click here to see all motorcycle calendars available for 2011 at my Amazon store. Harley-Davidson Calendars and Hot Biker Babe Calendars also available.
Time to order your 2011 motorcycle calendars complete with smok’n hot biker babes and custom motorcycles. What could keep you straighter in the new year? Click on any picture for ordering information on that calendar or click here to view all motorcycle calendars at my Amazon store.
The year is coming to an end folks and you should order a new 2011 calendar. That way you can schedule your runs, rides and events and you won’t miss a thing. There are several Harley-Davidson calendars available for 2011. Click on any of these pictures for ordering information. Click here to go to my Amazon store and view all the 2011 motorcycle calendars, some come with hot biker babes!
I received an e-mail from Beverly Roberts of Flash Productions asking if I would like to review a new book. Of course I wanted to; that’s what I do (among other things). I received a copy of American Biker signed by the author Bill Hayes! He inscribed the book to me:
To Jay!
This book is dedicated with love & respect to the entire biker culture!
Motorcycle Hall of Famer, Keith Ball, refers to Bill as “The world’s most literate biker”. Bill has been living the lifestyle and writing about it since the 1960’s. Not just a journalist writng about the lifestyle but a patched club member giving you the inside scoop on the biker culture, no holds barred. Full emotional double barrel truth from the author’s perspective. A perspective true American Bikers will respect. Bill is also the author of The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club. I believe Bill is a member of the respected Boozefighters MC. The BFMC is one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in existance and most renowned for their acts at Holister in 1947. The Boozefighters MC were the original Wild Ones; the inspiration for the first biker flick: The Wild One. A new era was ushered in and Bill’s book the American Biker is now here 67 years later to give you: The History, The Clubs, The Lifestyle and the Truth.
I’m a HOG member, not a patched club member. I don’t live the lifestyle but I envy it. I am fascinated by it and anything to do with motorcycles. I’m an enthusiast, not a biker. At least I don’t think the likes of Bill Hayes or Sonny Barger would consider me a biker. I read this book with some mixed emotions on whether I liked it or not. After reading it from cover to cover it inspired introspection on my part so I have to say it was a great book! Many a book can be good and educate you, but how many books challenge you and leave you thinking deep thoughts about what it is you hope to accomplish in your short time on this planet as a special guest in the biker culture? That is the affect this book had on me.
I can’t help but try to compare this book to One Percenter by Dave Nichols. Dave is the Editor of Easyriders and Bill has been a columnist for Easyriders. Both authors cover many of the same topics giving a history lesson of how this phenomenon of the American Biker came to be. The style of the two books however come across totally different. I reviewed One Percenter and likened it to a text book. It is put together well and published by a Motorbooks Publishing, a fairly large publisher. American Biker comes across less polished but with more edge. This is not the product of large corporate America. This book is the product of a small independant publishing company dedicated to the truth about this culture. This book was written by a man who has seen this culture from the inside and had a burning in his gut to tell you the truth about it with passion from his own personal view! And so he does! As I read it I felt like this old school biker had grabbed me by the ear, sat me down, told me to shut up and schooled me in everything related the the club culture. I imagined us drinking a few beers as he lectured me on the way it was and the way it is!
Now we have at least two books covering the history of motorcycle clubs. If you are an old school biker like Bill Hayes and Sonny Barger you don’t need to read a book on this subject because you know. You were there. Then why write the book? I think the first reason is to educate people like me. If at all possible we don’t need a bunch of RUBs running around on Harley-Davidson motorcycles thinking they are the American Biker. We need to educate these new bikers on the culture that they grew from. They need to understand how this sport and this fraterntiy came to be so they can respect it. Secondly the Old School Bikers of the 50’s and 60’s who created this lifestyle, who molded this image, will pass. Bill Hayes has done this country a great honor by documenting the lifestyle for future generations of Americans. It would be a shame if the original red blooded American Bikers passed without a book like this to share the truth about American Bikers. Thank you Bill Hayes!
Although I make a few cents commision if you buy this from my Amazon store I feel obligated to tell you-you can buy it for less and get a signed copy from Bill Hayes through the following website: www.americanbikerthebook.com
In February of 2009 I reviewed a seven pound book from MotorBooks Publishing titled The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection. It retailed for $60.00 and was a work of art! Still is! That might be a little too much book for most enthusiasts and little high on the price tag. This book, Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces by Dain Gingerelli, may be more your cup of tea. It’s the little brother of the big book featuring 51 of the archives best, most significant and most memorable road bikes from the earliest bike, Serial No. 1, to some of the company’s most popular twenty-first-century models. Photography for both books is masterfully taken by Randy Leffingwell.
This book is part of the First Gear Series and I like the format. I may purchase the First Gear book on Mustangs. Now that I know the cover picture on the book is a replica of the iconic 1968 Bullitt I will definitely be getting it. “Each book features a large number of photo-heavy spreads. A scene-setting overview of the title subject opens the book followed by chapters organized around specific topics (models of certain decades, generations of design, styles of vehicle, etc). Chapters offer 10-25 spreads of 2 or 4 pages each. A single spread showcases 4-6 full and detail photos of a specific vehicle or subject (1967 Camero SS, Vintage Mopar Advertising, etc). Each spread has a concise text about the specific vehicle or subject, a small stat box containing performance statistics or other metrics (original price, production numbers, 0-60 time, etc) and a “Did You Know?” trivia box with an interesting fact about the subject (Elvis Presley reportedly fired a gun at his Pantera when it wouldn’t start. True by the way.).”
Click here for more information on Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces at Amazon.
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