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To John, Angry Bob, Rhino and All Concerned,

The 23rd Annual Antique and Classic Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet will be held on Sunday,

1 April 2007 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at El Zaribah Shrine Auditorium - 552 N. 40th Street,

Phoenix, Arizona.  Registration begins at 0800 and ends at 1100.  Entry fee:  $15.00 per bike

(discount for multiple bike entries); Swap Spaces (8′x 18′)are $25.00.  Parking fee $5.00 for

cars/trucks; bikes are free.  For more information - email: dhogan@sprynet.com

or call Mike (602)841-6064, or Karen (623) 849-3049.

Skid Lid

     The Week magazine had a brief item in the January 26, 2007 issue which

stated as follows:  “20% of  Americans have nicknames for their cars, and 30%

say they think of their car as being either male or female.”  (Associated Press/

AOL Autos Poll.)

     I’ll bet that bikers have a lot higher percentage than 20% when it comes to

nicknames for their motorcycles, and more than 30% for gender designation. 

Let’s have a reality check.  All those motorcyclists out there who have given a

nickname and gender designation to their bikes please so state via comment to

this article.

     Allow me to take the lead in this unscientific poll by offering the gender and

nickname for my last bike, the Kawasaki Ninja 750R.  I called her ”MY GEISHA.”

I’ll bet we top 50% or better for

I’m sure you have seen some really good bumber sticker messages that might be appropriate for motorcycles as well as cars – provided bikes had bumpers, that is.  Well, here a few more that a friend of mine sent for our perusal.  Enjoy! 

BUMPER STICK REVIEW

“Work Harder.
Millions On Welfare
Depend On You!”

“Driver Carries No Cash
He’s Married”

“Can’t Feed ‘Em?
Don’t Breed ‘Em”

“I’m Busy. You’re Ugly.
Have A Nice Day.”

“4 Out Of 3 People
Have Trouble With Fractions”

“The Shortest Sentence Is ‘I Am.’
The Longest is ‘I Do’”

“I’m Not An Alcoholic
I’m A Drunk.
Alcoholics Go To Meetings”

“Jesus Is Coming
Look Busy”

“Gun Control Is
Using Both Hands”

“If Money Is The Root Of All Evil,
Why Do Churches Beg For It?”

“CAT,
The Other White Meat” 

“Drugs Lead Nowhere
But It’s The Scenic Route”

“Guns Don’t Kill People
Drivers With Cellphones Do”

“Keep Honking I’m reloading”

“Where The

A motorcyclist seems to have a certain point of view even on vacation or a trip of any kind.  I just returned from a short visit to Hawaii to see my relatives, especially my mother who is now 93 years old.  I told her to get rid of the Harley, since she can no longer pick it up from a dead-drop and there won’t always be someone else around to help her.  (Just kidding — she’s not a biker).  Anyway, it just seems that all through the trip and everwhere I looked, I saw things with a biker’s eye.

A casual look at riders in the States reveals a heavy dose of Harley- Davidson types.  That’s not unusual, since the Harley is made in

     First to Last (The Tale of a Biker) is a new motorcycle enthusiasts book that I just finished writing this year.  The book may be of possible interest to you, my fellow motorcyclists, but the story behind its publication is just as interesting and is still a work in progress.

     A couple of week ago, I asked Angry Bob if it would be appropriate to put an ad on Motorcycle Bloggers plugging my book.  He gave me some much appreciated pointers on how to do so in a manner appropriate for the blog site by personalizing it as a motorcycle article.  This approach would be better than putting a “canned” ad or public relations flyer, like the one shown below, on the blog site of and by itself.

One such ad/flyer was

     “Classic Abstraction” by Dennis W. Lid was first published on 27 October 2006 by Real Classic ezine of the United Kingdom, email:  tp@realclassic.co.uk and URL:  http://www.realclassic.co.uk/ under the title of Places: “Phoenix Classic Motorcycle Show, 2006.”
     (A meeting of classic motorcycle enthusiasts can be so much more than a simple show-n-shine. Dennis W Lid enjoys an afternoon of classic abstraction…)
     Nothing evokes nostalgia like the sight of mint condition classics. There were plenty of these at the 22d Annual Antique and Classic Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet in Phoenix, Arizona in early 2006. What a grand event it was. The whole extravaganza was organized and operated by a passionate group of classic motorcycle zealots known as the Antique and Classic