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I have also updated my "47 Years of Sportster" Gallery.

In 1957, Harley-Davidson introduced the Sportster. It has continued in production ever since. Take a look at Harley-Davidson Sportster models from the first model in 1957 to the present as provided in pictures submitted by visitors to the site.

Check out 47 Years of Sportster.

If you own a Sportster, send me a picture and description, and I'll place it in the gallery. Submit a Sportster picture.

My Book, 50 Wild Motorcycle Tales, is in Production to be an Audible Selection:

Within the next few months, I will have another ordering option on my 50 Wild Motorcycle Tales book: Audio.

Audible is another Amazon company that is producing books you can listen to while you're driving or riding your motorcycle or anywhere else you don't have the option to read. I'm happy to be supplying books to this new listening audience.

The audio version will meet requirements for Whispersync for Voice at Amazon. That means you can synchronize the audio with the Kindle version so you can listen on your bike or car and when you get to your destination, continue on with your Kindle version. In fact, you can even put the Kindle version on your tablet, listen to the Audible version on your smartphone, and see the text highlighted on the tablet. That's called immersion reading.

I have already lined up both a male and a female narrator for the book, and I've also been asked to narrate ten of the stories myself. Check out the new book cover, shown here. It will soon be used on both the paperback and Kindle editions of the book, as well.

• Piaggio Recalls 2014-2015 Aprilia Shiver 750 and 2015 Aprilia Caponord 1200 for Possible Rear Wheel Lockup
  The bike may crash.
  
  
• Polaris Recalls 2013-2014 Victory Cross Country, Cross Roads, Hammer Eight Ball, High Ball, Jackpot, Vegas Eight Ball, 2014 Victory Cross Country Eight Ball, Cross Roads Eight Ball, Ness Cross Country, 2015 Victory Gunner, and 2013 Victory Hardball Motorcycles for Fuel Pump Seizing
  The fuel pump may seize.
  
  
• Shark Recalls RAW Motorcycle Helmets for Failure to Conform to the Impact Attenuation Requirements
  The user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash.
  
  

I have reduced the price of my three Kindle editions to $0.0 (FREE) IF you also first purchase the corresponding paperback edition. That way you can always have the book with you if you have a tablet or smartphone with you. None of the paperbacks has color pictures in them owing to the high price of producing a book with color. However, every Kindle edition has color pictures, so the Getting Started Riding a Motorcycle and Motorcycle Haiku Poetry Kindle books are in full color.

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 gifts. In fact, you can purchase all three for less than $25 total. As I mentioned above, you will also be able to download each of the three color Kindle books FREE IF you buy the corresponding paperback first.

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.

Since the last Newsletter, the Polar Bear Grand Tour has completed two more runs: De Thomasi's East 5 Points Inn and the Upstream Grille. Click this link (or the picture) to see some of the pictures as they appear on Facebook.

All the pictures and videos can be found by clicking the following links: De Thomasi's East 5 Points Inn and the Upstream Grille.

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.

The picture to the right was taken at the Upstream Grille destination.

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