It’s that time of year to purchase a new 2012 pin up girl motorcycle calendar for your man cave. Click on one of the three pictures to make a purchase through Amazon.com
Click here for the 2011 December issue of East Coast Biker Online. See Diana’s article on page 26 called Endorsement. You may have read this story before. If not, I am sure you will enjoy it!
Art of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle is my favorite so far in this catagory of books specializing in Harley-Davidson. When it comes to motorcycle books they usually fall into one of several catagories and although I would personally call this catagory “coffee table books” a better catagory name might be “portrait photography” or “pictorial”. These are books featuring high quality photography reproduced on fine paper with attention to color reproduction on large pages that illutrate the beauty of motorcycles. I think all Harley-Davidson enthusiasts believe motorcycles to be objects of beauty and definitely find many models to be rolling pieces of artwork.
This book is a collection of portrait photography by David Blattel featuring over 100 stunning machines from the 1900’s to today’s high tech two wheeled mechanical accomplishments from America’s most successful motorcycle company. David Blattel has been a professional photographer since 1978 and has been shooting Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the MoCo since 1989 when he was chosen to shoot for the Harley-Davidson calendar. What I find unique about this work is that David first identifies a motorcycle that is a piece of art and then finds a location that matches the personality of the machine for a very artful representation of our favorite Harley-Davidson’s. There are vintage pieces of two wheel machiney in front of old barns, rail road trains and prop driven planes. Bikes are shot on beaches, in mountains and in front if city scapes.
This book is organzied into 11 catagories or chapters. Each two page spread has a beautiful picture of a noteworthy artistic Harley-Davidson in stock form as would be on display in the Harley-Davidson archives. The motorcycle is set in a scenic spot picked just right to show off the motorcycles personality and each spread is accompanied by a short easy to read but insightful and informative article about the motorcycle from H-D expert Dain Gingerelli. Dain Gingerelli also worked on Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces that I reviewed a year ago.
Especially clever and attractive is the die cut window through the front cover showing a color photo from the inside of the book of the same picture depicting the same motorcycle in black and white on the color. The spine of the book has the title boldly foil stamped in shiney chrome like silver. The book and it’s contents are truley art! For more information on this book published by Motorbooks click here.
Have you ever purchased a new product that you thought was awesome?! Something new that you wanted to get in on the ground floor and help market. Well my friend Bob Van Ess goes to Sturgis every year and came across such a product which is being promoted mostly to hunters and other gun enthusiasts. He purchased the Sportsman Eyewear AV glasses at Sturgis and is now distributing them for the American company out of Waynesboro, VA focusing on the motorcycling market.
The Sportsman Eyewear are sunglasses with high quality built in video camera and audio capability for taking pictures and video sans hands! That’s right! No more carrying cameras or video cameras; perfect for motorcyclists! The glasses take a smoother picture than the mounted types because they do not suffer from the vibration of the road and motorcycle. How often have you wished you could be taking a picture or video of exactly what you are looking at while riding?! This is the answer to your wish. Perfect if you don’t wear a helmet and fit comfortably with shorty and half helmets. Might not work as well with a full face or three quarter.
“My name is Bob Van Ess. I am an avid motorcycle rider, riding motorcycles since I was 15. Started with dirt bikes, as I got older started purchasing & riding street bikes, now at the young age of 54 have been on a lot of adventurous rides. The past 3 years I have been attending and enjoying the Sturgis motorcycle rally experience. While there this year, wanting to record my trips while riding to all the fabulous places in South Dakota (Spearfish Canyon; Deadwood; Mt Rushmore; Custer park; Needles National park; The Badlands; Black hills; Wall) just to name a few. I was introduced to a distributor who markets a “hands free” recording Video/Audio sunglasses. A very user friendly pair of sun glasses that records video as well as still shots with the press of a button on side of a pair of sunglasses. I talked to several guys & gals who had purchased them the previous year and everyone I spoke to loved them and was very satisfied with them. I purchased them and have to agree they are All That! Love them and they are very easy to use.”
Sportsman Eyewear continues to be the technology leader with their second generation dual technology video recording sunglasses featuring 720 x 480 Audio/Video Recording plus a 1280 X 1024 Digital Camera. Their processors are custom built to exacting design specifications utilizing the finest US made TDK components and producing the finest audio/video quality with bright bold colors and crisp resolution. The Sportsman A/V glasses use the industries best Kingston Micro SD Card as recording media. Also included at no additional cost are the 115V Wall Charger Adapter, 12V Vehicle Adapter and a Micro SD Card/USB Thumb Drive Adapter. The lenses are ANSI safety rated while providing UV protection. When you purchase Sportsman Eyewear your warranty is immediately in effect and there are four full service repair facilities in the US.
Video/Audio recording eyewear, great for recording motorcycle rides, hunting trips, archers, anglers, traffic police & travelers. Power duration of 3 to 4 hours. Purchase of Video recorder sunglasses & digital camera will includes three separate interchangeable lenses- dark sunglass lenses, Yellow lenses & Clear lenses. Will also include: AC adapter, card reader, USB cable, car charger, cleaning cloth, carrying case, lanyards, user instructions. The glasses plug directly to your computer (PC or Mac) via USB cable and do not require any special drivers or software. Video recording download and playback are easy.
WARRANTY - 90 days free parts and labor against factory defects and workmanship. Warranty doesn’t cover damage/breakage to the frame. Warranty doesn’t cover damage/breakage to the frame due to dropping or mishandling. The warranty doesn’t cover electronic damage due to water, over/improper charging, including the Micro SD Card. Extended Warranty must be purchased at the time of sale. Shipping cost for repairs will be borne by both parties.
EXTENDED WARRANTY - A one, two or three year Extended Warranty is available at the time of purchase for $29.00 per year. Extended Warranty must be purchased at the time of sale. Shipping cost for repairs will be borne by both parties.
You can place your order with Bob using the PayPal button below and choose the standard 90 day warranty or one of the extended warranty plans. Shipping and handling is $9.95 addtional. Contact Bob with any questions at 610-533-2060
While checking out the quaint town of Oakland, MD just outside Deep Creek Lake I wandered into a fantastic bookstore that had great travel books and small town personal service with a smile. The store is the Book Mark’et & Antique Mezzanine. I was pleased to find this resource of backroads and byways in Maryland. The book is called Backroads & Byways of Maryland and includes all the great destinations in Maryland. The book has alot of interesting information about the history of these places, restaurants and inns. Personally I think it should be called something more like Great Destinations In Maryland because it is more about the destination spots than the Backroads and Byways. In fact I would say it isn’t about byways at all. As far as docovering new scenic roads it is no help but it is still a good resource, especially if you are new to traveling in Maryland. Click here for more information.
Diana sitting on a bench outside the Book Market & Antique Mezzanine in Oakland, Maryland
East Coast Biker Online November 2011… we contributed nothing. Sorry folks. Just too busy last month to submit articles.
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