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Motorcycle Views Newsletter for 11/09/2014

By Walter F. Kern

 Motorcycle Views Newsletter

Vol. 8, No. 4, November 9, 2014

Articles of Interest on Motorcycle Views:

This is the fourth edition of the Motorcycle Views Newsletter after a 15-month layoff.

All About Motorcycle Trikes:

Walter KernI know that motorcycle trikes are becoming a growing segment of the motorcycle family. I have owned a 2000 Honda Gold Wing Motor Trike for 14 years and really like riding it. I thought I would introduce you to features I have on my site regarding trikes:

How To Ride a Motorcycle Trike
This step-by-step How-To gives you the major steps to becoming a successful trike rider.

Motorcycle Trikes - A Gallery
Pictures and descriptions of motorcycle trikes are given. Submit your own trike's picture

2008 Thoroughbred Stallion User Review
I test ride a Stallion at Americade.

2000 Honda Gold Wing SE Motor Trike Test
Motorcycle trikes are becoming a booming market. I convert my 2000 Honda Gold Wing SE to a Motor Trike, give you a description of the resulting trike and take you on a road test. Numerous pictures of the trike are given.

Motorcycle Trikes
A strange new vehicle has recently been seen by some motorists. They encounter it at gas pumps and on the highways. They see it glistening way up ahead on the road and can't quite figure out what it is. They speed up to get a better look. Kids roll down the windows and yell, "Hey, what is that thing?" The owner of this likeable 3-wheeled vehicle just smiles back and says, "It's a trike."

Trikes are IN
Trikes are different from motorcycles but just as much FUN. I buy one.

Flat Stanley's Motorcycle Trike Adventure - YouTube Video
I take a ride with Flat Stanley and teach him how to ride a motorcycle trike.

Motorcycle Trike Lifts Off the Ground - YouTube Video
Very short video I took at a trike safety class that shows the rear wheel of a trike lifting off the ground.

More about trikes
Includes manufacturers and other trike-related websites.

Motorcycle Movies:

I have a feature called 10 Famous Motorcycle Movies. Only eight of the movies previously had links to Amazon so you could purchase them online. I just added the remaining two links to Amazon. You might want to check out this article since it is very popular.

Recent Additions to the Motorcycle Views site:

Here are the Most Popular articles on the Motorcycle Views Site. Take a look:

My Books:

I hope you will take a look at my three motorcycle books, available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.com. These books make great, inexpensive Holiday Gifts. In fact, you can purchase all three for less than $30 total.

My first book, Getting Started Riding a Motorcycle, was first published in 2011 but only as a Kindle edition. It was revised in 2014 and also made available in a paperback edition. Click the 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 book cover to learn more about the book and how to buy it on Amazon.com.

My third book, Motorcycle Haiku Poetry, also available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle editions, contains haiku poems about motorcycles. A surprising number of visitors to my site quickly caught on and enjoyed haiku poetry that had been submitted to me over the years from motorcyclists. Haiku is a simple poem of three lines with five syllables on the first and last lines and seven on the second line. They are easy to write, and most riders like to read them. I coupled each haiku poem with a motorcycle picture and description that tied into the poem itself. I wrote seven of the haiku poems. Click the book cover to learn more about the book and how to buy it on Amazon.com.

Polar Bear Grand Tour Pictures:

The Polar Bear Grand Tour season has already completed runs to Cape May, NJ and Lewes, DE. Click the link to see some of the pictures as they appear on Facebook. (All the pictures and videos can be found by clicking the following links: Cape May, NJ, and Lewes, DE.)

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. I've been a Polar Bear member for more than 20 years, and I built and continue to maintain their website.

Side picture taken at Lewes, DE.

Video:

Here's a timely video I found on Facebook and YouTube about a new partnership between Harley-Davidson and The Wounded Warrior Project. Hope you enjoy it..

Help Grow Motorcycle Views:

The Motorcycle Views Website is here for you. We encourage you to submit a story, picture, poem, salvage yard recommendation, user review of your own bike, tattoo, YouTube video you made of your bike, motorcycle tip, etc. These will be evaluated for inclusion into one of our major features. Send us a submission today and share part of your motorcycling experience with our many readers. Read how to make a submission.

Send In Your Pictures:

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.

Social Media:

See me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and YouTube.

My Website:

My website, forum, and blog are all available on your PC or MAC and your smartphone or tablet (in a new format).

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.

Thanks again for coming along for the ride in this new edition of the Motorcycle Views Newsletter. -- Walter.

For New Subscribers:

Expect newsletters on Sunday afternoon every other week.

Please understand that the Motorcycle Views Newsletter is NOT the Motorcycle Views website. The newsletter provides a few links to content on the Motorcycle Views website. Once you click a link in the newsletter, you'll be getting access to content on the Motorcycle Views site.

If you'd like to view some recent newsletters, just go to the newsletter sign-up page and look below where my three motorcycle books are described for links.

Thanks for signing up for the Motorcycle Views Newsletter. Using this Newsletter, I'll keep you up-to-date with what's going on in the Motorcycle Views Blog, the Motorcycle Views Website, and the Motorcycle Views Forum. Not sure what a blog is? It's like a daily readout of what I'm thinking about, similar to a diary at times. Most often, I'm using mine right now to tell my visitors what has been added to the Motorcycle Views site.

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My website, forum, and blog are all available on your PC or MAC and your smartphone or tablet (in a new format).

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