I've deceided to tackle a project I've been thinking about for some time.
A Penton calendar.
I need good quality photos of anyone who wants to be on the calendar. However, there are only 12 months in the year so I will not be able to use all of them. I'll try to pick out the most interesting ones. I prefer color pictures but will consider anything. They can be action shots or just bikes, but only Pentons. Need names with pictures, too.
Send hard copies to PO Box 191, White Cottage, OH 43791. If you want it returned, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
You can also email pics to //
[email protected]Don't put this off. I need to get busy on this so they'll be ready in time.
All proceeds from the sale of calendars will be donated to POG.
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What a great idea! Perhaps some of our more well connected members can obtain some historical pictures from "the day" that you can include.
Richard
Randy, How are you set up for printing the calendar? I took a shot at producing a calendar for our local sanctioning body and few years ago and found that the cost to print it in color, is attrocious. I forged on, with the intention to at least produce the thing in black and white, but despite plenty of advance orders, still could not justify the cost. Hopefully you already have this part figured out.
Good luck. TED
Hi Ted,
I figured on printing them myself. I reproduce lots of pictures & thought I'd like to try it. You're probably right, if you had them commercially done it would cost way too much. We'll see how it goes as a first timer.
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Randy,
That sounds great I'll take one.Let us know when you get them printed.Try to include one from all ten years and the 1/2 years will make 12 but anything will be great.Good luck
Bobby Stults
Randy
Great idea with the calendar. I sent you some pictures, hopefully they don't take long to load.
CU at Mid-Ohio
Rod
Hey Randy, I sent you 2 pics! I hope you get them.Awesome Idea!!
Thomas Carmichael
Randy,
As always such great contribution. If you make a decision on the direction of pictures let me know and I will see how I can help. I just see all types of possibilities. You could do old racing pictures, new racing pictures, new restorations, old unretores bikes or a mixture of all. It might be interested to feature a picture of a a bike with the owner and a bio of owner or bike.......just let me know if I can help.
Ron Carbaugh
Thomas,
Both pictures came through fine.
Ron,
Do you know any swimsuit models??? Penton Swimsuit Edition ??? [^]
Seriously, It will probably will be a combination of pictures for the first time effort. I'm looking at all pics before I deceide. We need everyone to dig out those pictures & email them.
Good answer. I will try to look up some pictures next week.
Ron Carbaugh
Thanks Randy !! I am glad you got them but if you were to take a trip down to Kerrville Texas you could shoot the whole calender in 1 place.You might want to make a coffee table picture book with all of these babies.......it could happen,,,,,you gotta belive.
Thomas Carmichael
Randy
If you want to consider an action shot I can send you the double jump picture that Cycle News ran of me skyshotting at the Berwick Pennsylvania AHRMA National in 2001 on the 77 250 MC5. I think I showed it to you when you were here. It was a jump that was built for Ricky Johnson to practice on back in "The Post-Vintage Day".
Larry
Randy, Go ahead and put me down for a calendar or book now because I am sure these are going to be a hit !! Larry I wish you could post that shot so all of us could see it !!
Thomas Carmichael
Larry,
Send it! Action shots or still photos. I've got some great pics to chose from. I think the hardest thing is going to picking which ones to use.
Randy I have some good shots of me flat tracking ! Are you going to be at Mid-Ohio ? I will be bringing them there,would there be a way we could copy them for you to use?
Thomas Carmichael
Good for you, Randy. It seems obvious from the responses that you should be able to cover expenses on the calendar. Any chance of putting on the cover, that classic shot of Jack, in the water crossing, at the '73 6-Day? That has to be one of the all time greatest off-road motorcycling photographs ever.
Thomas,
I'll be staying at mid - Ohio all weekend. I could pick them up from you, scan them & mail them back to you. Your pics may be just what were looking for.
Randy, That will work !! I got pics of me racing steel tankers and riding a trials bike and flat tracking also. I will be there Fri,Sat & Sun. Also. I will llok you up.
Thomas Carmichael
Thomas
Just tell me how I post a pic after I scan it and I will give the skyshot pic a try. I have not seen a Penton higher than that shot but I am sure it happened somewhere.
Larry
I have seen that photo of Larry's SKYSHOT and it is awsome! Also a shot of Larry's TX Schoolboy Championship Berkishire shoud be in there too!
Donny Smith
Larry, I can't help you when it comes to posting anything like what you are talking about. I sure want to see it !! I will see it here or at Mid-Ohio. Thanks I am sure it is cool.
Thomas Carmichael
Before seeing this post, I had been wishing that we could set up an area at Mid-Ohio with a computer and scanner. Scanning is rather tedious, but we could keep it going all weekend (with enough wine, black coffee and bon-bons, I would be good for several hours [:p]).
I was hoping we could capture some of the best of the best photos and some of the best Penton magazine articles.
Any room to set up something like this?
Come on guys... Don't be bashful... Email your best pictures so I can get to work on the calendar. Dennis J, Kip, Lew, Doug W, and all you other guys... I know there's a lot of great looking Pentons out there.
Randy, you know where my best picture is.
But I sure am looking forward to this calendar.
Lew Mayer
I just received some great bike pics from Dave McCullough. I still need more pictures. Larry Perkins... are you going to email your pic?? Thanks everyone.
Randy,
I just sent pics of the Berkshire and the double jump on the MC5. Let me know if they are okay or if I need to send originals. Thanks!
Larry
Larry,
A-OK
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OK Guys.... I'm on a roll here. I need a real neat pic of a steel tanker for the calendar. email please.
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Randy,
I can probably take one, but do you want a 100 or 125? Restore or original? If I can get one out side I will take the picture. 20 + inches of rain.
Ron Carbaugh
Hi Ron,
I thought about using the polaroid you sent me a long time ago but I don't think the quality would be very good. Send me whatever you like.
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Randy,
I have at the house the flat tracker, the Steve Wise bike, the 100 '68 model unrestored or I can drop by a friends house who has all the steel tankers restored. Your choice.
Ron Carbaugh
Ron,
The flat tracker pic would be great.
Remember... just the bike... no babes.
Thanks
Randy,
I just sent pics of the Berkshire and the double jump on the MC5. Let me know if they are okay or if I need to send originals. Thanks!
Larry
Larry,
A-OK
Thanks
OK Guys.... I'm on a roll here. I need a real neat pic of a steel tanker for the calendar. email please.
Thanks
Randy,
I can probably take one, but do you want a 100 or 125? Restore or original? If I can get one out side I will take the picture. 20 + inches of rain.
Ron Carbaugh
Hi Ron,
I thought about using the polaroid you sent me a long time ago but I don't think the quality would be very good. Send me whatever you like.
Thanks
Randy,
I have at the house the flat tracker, the Steve Wise bike, the 100 '68 model unrestored or I can drop by a friends house who has all the steel tankers restored. Your choice.
Ron Carbaugh
Ron,
The flat tracker pic would be great.
Remember... just the bike... no babes.
Thanks
I still need a couple more nice looking pics of Pentons for the 2005 calendar. I was hoping to get a prototype finished up in time to take to VMD. I'm runnung out of time. If you have a nice pic of your Penton, email it to me ASAP. //
[email protected] Thanks to everyone that have already sent pictures to me.
I saw the preview,guys. It looks great! Randy just needs a few more pictures to finish it out.
Lew Mayer
OK Guys.... I need one more pic to finish the prototype calendar.
HELP !!!
Randy
If you can wait until tomorrow, I can email photos of three Penton's I just finished!
Kip
Randy,
I can send a pic of my 73 125/175 Six-Days if that would be appropriate.
John D.
Randy
I sent you a picture of my 73 Harescrambler but my computer was giving me some trouble. Could you confirm that you received it?
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Matthew
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Hi Matthew,
I haven't received anything yet.
Calendar is now complete & I'm busy assembling a few copies to take to VMD for approval. Thanks to everyone that sent pics.
Great Job Randy, see you at VMD!
Approval ??? How about to sell???:D
Thomas Carmichael
Randy,
I have too busy to check the POG site for quite a while. I have a picture of a Piner doing a wheelie at speed during an AHRMA Cross Country at Casey ridden by yours truely. I'll bring it to Mid Ohio. I bet your calender could easily have two pictures per month.
Teddy
Hi Teddy,
Sorry, we're already in the printing stage now. Bring your pic & I'll keep for a future project. Sounds like a neet shot. You must be pretty busy, I didn't see you in N.Y. last weekend. I'll see you at M-O
Randy , Ted is on to something here .... a Penton weekly racing calendar ..... then we would need 52 pictures ... now thats a calendar :D... Brian T.
Brian Taylor
Great to see everyone at M-O last weekend. Calendars are now available by mail for $15 at: PO Box 191, White Cottage, OH 43791
Profits from the calendar will be donated to POG.
Thanks
Randy, Kudos on your calendar project, I think it turned out very nicely, you've created another "must have" for the sincere Pogger like myself. Thanks very much for your devotion and labor. The check is in the mail. :)
Bob
Randy,
I will be making a order, but I wish you would reconsider donating the money to the POG and instead use the profits to continue making other hard to find stick on labels.
As much as I don't want to be misunderstood on not taking care of POG I think your VERY IMPORTANT work and research on the reproduction of the stickers is a extremely high priority project.
Again just my take.
Ron Carbaugh
Ron & Bob,
Thanks for the kudos. I really enjoyed doing the calendar, and I'll continue to work on the stickers, but I'll still donate the extra to POG so I don't drive my bookkeeper nuts. :D It'd be nice to make the calendar an annual project and get others involved, too. There's a lot of great looking bikes out there, so I don't think we'll ever run out of pictures.
Hi Randy, Thanks for the labor on the Calendar,s Will send a check in the mail. Always looking at the calendar for the dates and appointment,s now a bonus of Penton,s picture,s of member,s how good is that. thanks Randy don howard doho @ ttlc.net