Motorcycle Views

This is the time of year that motorcycle manufacturers release their new models and update their websites. I've updated my site this month to provide links to all the 2015 models for Honda, BMW, Kawasaki, and Suzuki. See links below.

I have a motorcycle salvage yard (boneyard) feature on my site that is quite popular. This month, I added a few more links and brought in three more states (see below). When I started the feature many years ago, I asked users to submit their favorite local salvage yards. If you know a great local motorcycle salvage yard, please submit it to me so we can get even more states in the feature. (I now have 35 states and three foreign countries.) I'm also hearing that some salvage yards are tired of waiting around for people to drop in. They have begun to part out the bikes they have and place their inventory online. That way, the whole world can come to their door and buy parts or even complete bikes in whatever shape they are. The Internet has made their motorcycle salvage business a more profitable endeavor. How about you? Do you see this trend where you live? Drop me a note at walter@motorcycleviews.com or go to my Forum or post on my Facebook page. I want to hear from you.

The Polar Bear Grand Tour season is starting up this month and will last until next April. The Polar Bears consist of 550 riders from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware, who ride each Sunday to a different prescribed destination where they sign-in and receive points. There is, usually, a restaurant at or near the destination. It gets cold, windy, and snowy on these rides. Last year, in particular, some of the rides that should have been two-hour round trips turned into all-day rides under unexpected heavy snowstorms for some intrepid riders. Every year is different. Some years have no snow. I've been a Polar Bear member for more than 20 years, and I built and continue to maintain their website. I will be reporting on these Polar Bear rides as well in the newsletter.

Here's an interesting video I found on Facebook and YouTube. It's a couple of years old and has received nearly eight million views. It shows how a craftsman built a tiny, hand-sized working V-12 motor. You may have seen it before, but it's worth another look. Watch the video.

• Added Illinois, Indiana, and Maine to Motorcycle Salvage Yards
  

• 2015 Suzuki Models
  

• 2015 Kawasaki Models
  

• 2015 BMW Models
  

• 2015 Honda Models
  

• Missouri listing for Motorcycle Salvage Yards
  

• Nevada listing for Motorcycle Salvage Yards
  

• Picture of the Month - Lisa
  
  

We love pictures of your motorcycles. Even better is a picture of you with your bike. We also like descriptions of bikes so tell us all about your bike. What accessories do you have? What special paint job do you have? How long have you been riding? Tell us more. Women riders are especially requested to send their pictures in. Submit a Picture.

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Be sure to check out the Home Page on Motorcycle Views. It keeps changing daily, now containing links to hundreds of my original articles and features including Makes and Models, Picture Galleries, Motorcycle FAQ, Motorcycle Tips, Motorcycle How-Tos, Rallies, and Videos and Movies, and User Reviews.

My Books:

I hope you will take a look at my three motorcycle books, available in paperback and Kindle editions. My first book, Getting Started Riding a Motorcycle, was published in 2011 but only as a Kindle edition. It was revised in 2014 and also made available in a paperback edition. Click the following book cover to learn more about the book and how to buy it on Amazon.com.

My second book, 50 Wild Motorcycle Tales, contains a collection of stories that originally were only available on my website. Fifty of these stories were selected, intensively edited, and compiled into the book. I wrote five of the stories. The book is available in both paperback and Kindle editions. Click the following book cover to learn more about the book and how to buy it on Amazon.com.