Manky Monkey Motors

ok you lot seems we have some interest in doing this so far we have Jan, April, July, Nov, and December taken up i'm keeping a note of who wants to do what but we meed 7 more peeps and tikes/bikes anything  ;D  ;D  ;D
 

Can I wear a floral dress and sit in a field full of buttercups?

  ;D ;D ;D of course you can what ever takes your fancy flap  ;D ;D ;D

*Sigh* not again Mr Flap.

Is he still wearing that floral dress? It's sooooo last year.

Simon, who's soon to be finished black trike's in the frame building articles here abouts, has 2 kids. They're called Laura & Ashley.

 ;D That's just parents having a laugh.


Like mine.  ::)

And mine. Fancy calling such a beautiful child Manky.

I think they meant to write 'Mandy'.

We're back to the dresses again aren't we.

As always.  ;D

i think we should do a centre fold of manky and yoda with their trikes  ;D ;D ;D

Have you seen the size of the tyres on Yoda's trike? We'd never fit it all in.

Have faith anything is possible  ;D

nobody would want a picture of me on there wall - trust me

I already have one*. :)



*This is actually true. Pic of you and Emma on my office wall.  :)

So how much therapy have you needed since you put it up ;D ;D

or is it on the dart board  ;D

It's pinned up next to a picture of Frank James and above one of a good friend of mine with Willie G.  :) And there are no dart holes in it - honest!

~PROUD~

Would that be J.R Wizz?
Trying very hard not to make comments about pictures of willy.

Please can you keep October free!!!

Its Jacko's birthday in October and I'm sure he'd love to take part in this..... but not sure how this conversation started about 2008 Calenders...... I hope the pictures will be in good taste (no naked bikers please) as Jackos whiskers aren't that long!!!!    ;D

May  for me please.

It would. And Mrs JR.

Don't. Seeing as you told me off for doing it.

Suitably chastised.
O.K, you lot, you'd better start thinking of some suitable photo locations then. Something that illustrates your chosen season & the fun of riding? Maybe we can persuade professional photograffickers Wizz or Yodie to do the honours for us?

Ok Janie, and ska thats you both on the list only 5 months to fill and thats a god idea manky  ;D

Only if you pay me, I'm afraid.  :-\ That's what professional photographer means.

I'll start counting my penny collection but, sadly, I think you're beyond my financial means Wizzy.

Not even with a free calender thrown in  ;D

I think I probably am. Same may go for Yoda. Everyone assumes that Yoda will do everything for free - take their photos, build their web sites, design stuff - but he's a professional and it's his business too and it's just plain taking the piss to assume that he'll do it for free because he's a mate.

Rant over.

And I have quite enough calendars.

Ok joking aside how much would you charge to do something like this as it is for 2008 i'm sure something could be sorted and spread over the year, I'm more than happy to chip in but also need to find out printing costs to see if it's going to work so if you have any ideas roughly then thats a start

Bugger, i'll have to think of something else now :o ;D

Would someone like to finance me taking my trike to the Scottish Highlands for a photoshoot? Riding through Glen Nevis or with Urquart castle as a backdrop maybe? And no, I don't mean posting the pieces up there.

 ;D ;D ;D so what month do you want ? you have Feb, March, June, Aug, and Sept to choose from  ;D

hhmmmmm, i could do June  ;D

I'll take you, shove it in the lorry, only a few hours away not  ;D

And June it is  ;D

I think he meant a young lady of that name Hon.  ;)
Hmm, my burfday's in February so if I wanted to get shots of the trike in a late Winter setting for the calendar I'd have to do it soon & I ain't ready, so I'll take whatever month's left at the end.

Ah yes sorry blond moment just read it back but I have still put him down for then, and yes would be a push literaly  ;D

D'oh  ;D

or should that be....My Trike and I would be available to be photographed for the month of June ;D

snigger the first attempt was better at least i knew what you ment its just manky obviously has a dirty mind  ;D

 ??? are you SURE you knew what I meant  :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ::)

A little untidy I must admit, but not actually grubby.

Men I give up, you think women are hard to understand  ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D

What did she say?

Nooooo not me, Ive given up trying  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :-*

cheeky  ;D ;D

But nice !!! ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

well, im outa here while im ahead ;D looking forward to June  ;D ;D :-*

Yeah me too got to go to the bank  ;D ;D

And I'm off to the garage to break work on my trike.
Later dudes!  ;)

Laters  ;D

Right come on guys we are still short on people/trikes/bikes for the calendar.
So far up to now I have on my list:-

April - Twisted Patience
May -  Ska-man2
June- trikerpete
July - Flap
Oct - Janie-postie
Nov - Panthershaun & Bobcat
Dec - Group Photo

as you can see we are missing some months out. I have decided to stand down from Jan as I feel this should have you lot in it, I don't even own my own trike, So stick you names down then we can get the ball rolling for 2008.

Chrissie asks if we are going to be clothed? she says if not she dont want one, dont know what she means :o

I'm happy to go nude, just don't think anyone would want to see it ::) and Triker Tazet, I feel you are as much part of Manky Monkey's as anyone so Jan should be yours ;D ;D ;D

Think nude will be out probably everyone will have to wear a manky shirt  ;D for advertising of course and thanks panther i suppose i could nick pitbull and sit on that  ;D

I have plenty of Manky shirts ;) or so the wife say's ;D ;D.
Tazet, you could always pose by your (work) truck ;D ;D

This is very true i could do that but do you really want to try and spot me against an HGV renault midliner thats a heep of poo, probably not the best choice for a first page, think i will stick to pitbull as its only down the end of the garden  ;D

Well I was holding back as my trike is not of my own building - but I'm quite happy for me an Gertie to be in it - any month will do as both my and gertie's birthday months are taken.

don't think it matters if you haven't built something, you ride it thats all that counts ;D ;D

Hi its me triker-tazet just going as tazet now, and thats what i was trying to say when i said i would stand down i don't own a trike and i don't even ride one so BG if you want jan slot its all yours I'm quite happy just to help with the organising of this little project  ;D

There are 145 registered members on this forum -& about 2 dozen who post regularly. You take an active role in it all so as far as I'm concerned you're as much a part of the Manky crew as anyone else Hon.
-I haven't got anything on the road at the moment either & I own the site!

Noooooooo!  I don't want January!  Far too cold!   Any month will do!

I have a friend who's a good amateur photographer - wonder if she'd like to take some phots for us?  Thing is, are we going to get them all done together (ish) or do they want to reflect the month?  In which case they all have to be done seperately..........  which might be easier than getting peeps together...  tho there is the Monkey nuts run and the Cornish trip as opportunities!

Ok so list so far :-

Jan - Tazet (unless someone else wants it)
Feb -
Mar - Manky (get the trike sorted)
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept -
Oct - janie-postie
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

Just copy and paste your name in the spaces .

October will be Jacko, Janie's Dad, on his VW trike. Janie herself & partner Dave are more than welcome to pick a month though. As they're 50s freaks maybe a nice arty black & white shot of them riding under the railway arches outside the Ace Cafe or something?
If it's a calendar, the pages really ought to reflect their respective months I think. Any ideas for locations?

Thats why I'm going to put on me floral dress and sit in a field full of daisy's. Very July  ;D

More Julie than July.

Jan - Tazet (unless someone else wants it)
Feb -
Mar - Manky (get the trike sorted)
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Floral Flappy
Aug - BikerGran
Sept -janie/Dave
Oct - Jacko (janie's dad)
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

Ok nearly there then, and yes pics as close to the relevant month would be a good idea.

Flappy I will try and sort out a straw hat for yours, sure my boss has one kicking about  ;D

And a nice pair of strappy, open-toed Army boots.

Can't do those sorry  ;D will have to get them himself.

Its ok Flap, you can borrow my blue open-toed work boots  ;) size 13 ok for you? ;D ;D

ooh a man with big feet  ;D ;)

you know what they say about big feet...........you need a big bowl to soak them in ;D

 ;D ;D ;D :o ;D ;D ;D

 ;) ;D 8)

In that case it might be easier if each of us gets someone we know who's a good amateur to do their picture in the appropriate month in whatever they consider to be a photogenic location in their own area?  They could have several, and submit them to the great Manky one to make the final choice?

I agree it would make life a lot easier. So is August ok for you as thats where i have slotter you in

One small problem ;D anyone in the calender after Sept needs to have taken their pics already if Andy wants to get it ready for next year, and I may be a little loose with Sept.
I do have some pics taken in Nov, they don't look very seasonal as we haven't had a season so far this/last year.

Very true was thinking that as he's got to find someone who can actually print them out, and what the deadline would be, so yes thats a good idea for the later months, and also the group on can be taken at the monkey run as everyone will be in the same place just won't be very wintery though

Silly crimbo hats and plenty talcom powder, we will fool them yet ;D ;D ;D ;D

I never been slottered before!

Slaughtered yes - but that's a different matter!

 ;D

Well I guess it may be difficult to get it done for next year if we got to have seasonal pics.....

I dunno. There's snow forcast for February so Winter shots could be taken then. Anyone got a stash of Santa hats for the group photo?! Or are we just gonna take a Summer one but use it as the last image in the calendar -either December or a 13th page.
I'm assuming we need to take high resolution digital piccies.
No idea how long printing & binding takes -can't be that long can it? I used to deliver to a printing business but they've recently moved. I'll try & track them down. How big do we want these calendars? A4? While we're on the subject of printing by the way, Bob the T shirt guy's new machine will print large glossy posters. If you fancy a poster of your favourite piccie it can be arranged. I don't know if he's got the technology to produce calendars but I'll ask.
I thought it'd be nice to have a large colour pic of the bike/trike in a nice location, with a smaller arty black & white portrait shot of the owner, overlapping it in one corner. Just something a little more interesting than one piccie with a blank border around it.
Any other suggestions? 

Are we doing this for ourselves only or going to sell them for charity?

I know someone on another forum who was involved in producing a calendar, I could ask whether they got theirs done by a printer or via the internet - there are various places that do it but they're a bit pricy.  But then we are talking about a lot of large photos!

It'd be difficult taking Autumn photos any time other than autumn cos of the colours.

I'm easy Bobbi -charity, (MonkeyWorld?), or private. I don't mind.
How many do you think we're talking of? 20? 50? Hopefully those left over will sell alongside the normal merchandise. My sister had a one-off calendar of piccies of her son done as a Christmas present via the 'net. May be cheaper to use a proper printer though if we want a large number done.
Critch has got some nice Autumnal shots of his Harley here:
http://mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/Bikespageimages/critch/harley.html
Is he on the list?

Surely the magnificent Mr Yodles & his BMW engined behemoth should be on the list?
Without him there wouldn't be a website.
Spoke to Bob the T shirt guy today. He doesn't do calendars but recommended these guys for printwork.
www.azimuthprint.co.uk
No mention of calendars in their flyer, although they do traditional picture postcards, so I've emailed them. I'll let you know if I get a reply.

Yup Yoda should defo be in it and he can have the Jan spot

Jan - Yoda
Feb -
Mar - Manky (get the trike sorted)
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept -
Oct - janie-postie
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

I will only go in if no one else wants to.

Hi Andy
Thanks for your enquiry,I'd like to be able to help but with print
the unit price comes down with quantity.Our minimum run is well
above the number you require and the finishing prices for even a
simple calendar is very expensive.
A company who might be able to help is called C3,a Bristol-based
firm on 01179 637507,they are digital printers more able to print
small run jobs.
Hope this is of help.
Regards
Dave Robinson

-The trail continues.

I will have a look about and try and get an average pricing for each size thats out there and see if it can be possible and an proffit can go to something like monkey world possibly.

Still 2 months to fill.

To see how much interest there would be in buying one just put your names on then Manky can get a rough ides on numbers to find out cost for:

1. Tazet
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Couldn't some of the proceeds go towards the running of this site Andy?

1. Tazet
2. Panthershaun
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1. Tazet
2. Panthershaun
3. BG
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

woops i'll try again

1. Tazet
2. Panthershaun
3. BG
4. TrikerPete
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1. Tazet
2. Panthershaun
3. BG
4. TrikerPete
5. Manky
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

 

And me.

1. Tazet
2. Panthershaun
3. BG
4. TrikerPete
5. Manky
6.Flap
7.Ska-man
8.
9.
10.

I've found some software that i have kicking about to make calendars so will have a play and work out the costs to get the paper, etc, thats needed and if its not too expensive i will do a rough test run and see how it goes. My printer is a prety good one so that should cope with high quality printing. If it all works at a cheeper rate then it will make the thing cheeper to buy for you guys.  ;)

Sounds good. Would have to be pretty heavy paper. Card really. Plus we'd need to punch it & ring bind it or staple it.
I'm still hunting for printers locally but no luck yet.
Presumably we need pages around A4 size?

as soon as i get a chance i will have a look around, possibly the weekind and see if i can get a rough cost. Think the main thing will be ink. You can buy ring binder thingys quite cheep now.

Looks like you're official calendar monitor then.  :D

seems like it. Someones got to keep you lot on your toes  ;D ;D

Nice to have people willing to take on a few jobs here. I may own the site, but I really hope you lot think of it as yours. It'd be nothing without your input.

 ;D ;D

Oh & it's your turn to sweep up & turn out the lights.  :D

thanks mate  ;D ::)

I'm learning to delegate!  ;)

next you will be re-directing the sticker stuff to me too  ::)

Not unless you have a sticker printing machine too.
Bob the shirt guy's still waiting for delivery of his new machine.
The backing material for the patches is being laser cut by his supplier at the moment. As soon as it arrives we'll be in business.

cool. Get your address book ready  ;D

I'm finally getting organised -just bought myself a rather nice new Mickey Mouse note book just for names & addresses of forum members.

Right- first mock up of the calendar lay-out, as produced by Miss Tazet. We'll shrink the piccies a little to give a wider border for the spiral binding & the hole to hang it up with.
Personally, I also think the oval logo should be on the picture page, rather than the date one. Yes, we know it's this year's dates, not 2008! Any constructive criticisms?

Oh, & by the way, Brit Chopper have just come up with a stunningly original idea -a forum calendar, with seasonal piccies of members' rides. Wonder where they got that from? Gits.

Good layout but i do think the person's Forum name should be on there maybe like

BikerGran (Bobbi)

if you must have the real name.  And if we didn't build it ourselves, do you want the builders name?  What about a few details about the vehicle?

I guess you could inset the logo at some convenient point in the pic but if it's a very arty pic it might spoil it rather, unless it's so small it doesn't notice, which rather defeats the object anyway!

We did think about what to put as far a writing is concirned and like you said not everyone built there own and also not everyone has names for their modes of transport. I thnk you are right about the forum name, but that can be the choice of the person in the pic as to what they want to be called.
I think if we have the vehicle name followed by engine size/type and in your case conversion. As far as other builders other that the owners Andy will have to decide on that as its advertising for another company (for free).

What did you have in mind as the "few details about the vehicle" can i have an example please. We have to be carefull as there is not that much space at the bottom of the picture, and we did think about putting the logo on the bottom left corner so as its on the main picture too.

I will have another play about as Andy wants the picture moving etc.

Looking so KOOL!

Don't look at me >:( >:(, it was suggested by one of the forum members. If they did nick it from here I would take that as a compliment, means they all look to you for inspiration Manky ;D ;D ;D ;D

Im sure June will look good  ;D ::) ::) ::)

Do we have to have a pic of the owner in it? Spoils a perfectly good trike.

Tazet's computer's just crashed big time but hopefully if she's lost the calendar info we can work from the copy she emailed to me. Hope it's not dead, just resting Hon!

Calendar- I was thinking, shrink the pics a little to give a half inch border around them -that'll give room for the binding between the pages plus the hole punched at the top to hang it up from.
Move the text under the photo across to the right a bit then add the red oval logo in the left bottom corner below the main piccie. Realistically, there's only room for about 3 lines of text so what should that be? Owner's name -either real or forum. Vehicle name if it has one & basic model, cc etc info? Giving a builder's business name doesn't bother me -we're not in business, just enthusiastic ammateurs, so not competing with anybody.
On the dates page, remove the small boxes around the numbers so there's just one big box for each day with the number in one corner, (gives more writing room). Remove the red logo strips, make the "January" lettering a little less solid black, (maybe red & cream?), & shift it over to the left then add "mankymonkeymotors.co.uk" on the right.

What does the panel think?
 

Shaun -don't worry mate  :) just grabbing the chance to have a little friendly dig at our "rivals". Also thought it would show that should Brit Chopper produce something similar, we haven't just followed their lead.
Tazet's worked hard on this though -& already invested a wadge of her own money in papers & inks to print it on her own high quality printer, so she deserves to get the credit for adopting the idea & seeing it through. Thank you Tazzie. x
I've spoken to a couple of print firms & they're all talking of several hundred copies minimum -we may only need a couple of dozen, so home printing's probably the answer. Once it's all on file, she can run off copies to order. Bob, our T shirt printer, should also be able to print glossy poster sized copies of the pics on request.

Everyone moans at magazine photoshoots which have a model draped all over the bits of the bike you want to see, so I thought the main pic should be the bike/trike/rod/whatever stood alone in all it's glory. Then a smaller pic of the owner, overlapping the main one. That's more interesting than just one big piccie isn't it? Portraits always look nicer in black & white, plus it'd get visually confusing if both pics were in colour.

I like the layout as it is. I dont think you need a spec sheet bit, if people want to find out what bits you used they can just look at the features on the site. Black and white portraits look cool too.

Yep, no big spec sheet just the name of the trike and the owner and a better photo of me.

Yey back on line now but for how long I don't know as the hard drive has packed up big style and it needs a new one, dare not switch computer off now untill i can get it sorted. Done all the adjustments on the calendar that Manky wanted origionally and printed some rough copies to preserve the ink levels. Sorry about the lopsided picture but it gives you a rough idea.

That looks good tazet ;D ;D ;D

Very professional Tazet Kool!

Where it says "850cc Reliant Trike" - thats the sort of info I was thinking about, was it there on the previous pic?  If so I couldn't see it but that was a smaller pic.

Thank you all  ;D

And yes it was there BG just think it was the angle the first pictures were taken. Now to wait for his lordships approval as he has not seen this update yet. ;D

Sorry, multi-tasking here!
Right, my input then:
I reckon the potrait pic needs to come down a little lower so that the text fits in beside it, rather than extending below it. The red logo to the left needs to be just the oval logo, not an oval on a red background, & in the white space below the main pic, not overlapping it -I'll email you a couple of examples Tazzie.
The logos need to go from the dates page & the "January" should be in red & cream but not too "in yer face".
How's that?
                      Andy, Lord of the Mank.

Anything else you want to add to that  ::). Best you don't send your attempt (will take an hour to re sort it  ;D) Just send me a pic of the round logo and i will do the rest.  ;D ;D

Hang on, I'll go & rummage in MY Pictures. Back soon.
Not trying to impose my tastes on the majority here, just trying to be constructive. Anyone else fancy a different layout? A different style altogether maybe? This one's just how I personally saw it looking. If we go with this, all the bike shots will have to be landscape style, (sideways), & all the people pics portrait style, (vertical). No reason why the portraits can't be in different corners though to suit other bike pics.

Logos emailed to you Missus.

email not got here yet must be snail mail  ;D Just taken ages to sort out the Month lettering. Once i've got your mail shouldn't take too long to get it on and up in here.  ;D

Can we push "January" over to the left, then add "mankymonkeymotors.co.uk" on the right?

Done.  ::) Just waiting on your email with the logos that you want  ::) :P

Thank you!  ;)
Way past my bedtime, so I'm gonna have to sign off for the night people.
Thanks again for all your work on this Tazet. Very much appreciated.
And Mr Flap, the piccies are just examples. We can take something a little more flattering of you for the finished article.

Fattering in a flowery dress and straw hat dancing about in a field  ;D  ;D  ;D

looking good if they work out less than a fiver i'll have a couple

We still have a lot of figuring out to do but will keep the price as low as possible and if there is any profit it will be donated to Monkey World (I think)  ;D

Tazet's producing these with her own money so obviously we need to make sure she's reimbursed. I don't want anyone being out of pocket for the sake of the site.
As she says though, like the other merchandise, not a profit making venture. As cheap as we can make them.

Is there a date we're aiming at?  I'm still a bit concerned about how to get a 'Septemberish' phot when it's not autumn....

Tho on second thoughts I might have a couple that are suitable - prolly more Octoberish but autumn anyway.  Or are we having a mass photo-shoot?  I could find out if my photography-mad friend would like to come to Monkey World?

Once the final design's decided on it'll only be a weekend's work to print them off, (ha! Can you tell it's not me who'll be doing it!), so we've got all year to take & choose the best piccies really.
You lot do realise this calendar's for next year don't you?

Right this is the version his sir ship wanted I think. So here you go Manky what do you think.

Woo hoo!!
Spot on Missus  ;D
Yup. that's exactly what I'd had in mind -or should the oval logo be a bit bigger?
Is it easily readable?
Otherwise though, just what I'd imagined.  Thank you ;D
Err, what does everyone else think though? 

Grrrrrrrrr ;D

Only asking! Don't suppose it can be cos we need room at the bottom of the piccie page for the binding to attach it to the dates page don't we.
Just thought that as it's our website calendar, maybe the logo should be a little more prominent, but I'm quite happy with it as it is if it would cause too much work or look wrong.
Very nice work missus. A+ & a gold star for you.

 ::) I will have a go but will have to edit the logo first as there is a white box around it that gets in the way. God I thought women were fussy  ;D ;)

 ;D
What do you think? Would it look wrong if it was bigger? It'd reduce the size of the binder margin so maybe just leave it as it is? I dunno.

Here is a Pick with the small logo and one with it bigger.

Personally I think that's better, but what do you think? Is that now too small a margin to put the binding in? Don't want the ring binder actually touching the logo -there should be a clear gap I think, but don't know how much binding room we need.

Will have to go shopping and get one I think before we can go any further so we have an idea on spaces ect.

O.K Personally I think the design's perfect now, whichever size logo we use, but this is supposed to be a vaguely democratic forum -so what does everyone else think?
Flappy hates that portrait shot of him. Can you crop this one down? Just as an example. It'll keep him happy.

Will have a go. Back in two  ;D

How about this  ;D

Can you crop it down to just him without the bike?
Only playing about -we've got all year to try & take a good pic of him.

Oooooh!  'E won't like that!  said the owner pics had to be portrait orientated, didden 'e!


I think the one with the bigger logo is unbalanced - the smaller logo is better.

There ya go -some constructive criticism.
I wasn't sure Bobbi, so nice to have another opinion. Fair enough. Smaller logo then please Tazzie!

ok will put the other back on or shall i do one somewhere between the two sizes  ;D and can have a go at cutting him out to just use his pic  :-\

Try the logo size & see what it looks like. Can you cut him down to portrait size by cropping the pic either side of his hands? Like I said, just a test pic. I'm sure we can take something better.

Ok will do back in two again  ::)

 ::) what about this  ::)

Yeah, that's good. Nice shot of him -doesn't look too posed. Have to wait for his reaction cos he's just left for 2 weeks in Scotland, driving 8 wheel drive Army trucks with the T.A, but I reckon he'll like it.
A quick email from Brock. He says the bottom of the logo should be in line with the bottom of the portrait shot. Not sure from your piccie if it is or not, but he's right.
Do you think the logo should be the smaller size? So there's a gap between it & the bottom of the main pic?

On this last one i did shrink the logo a bit as i thought someone would say that. See one step ahead. Will bring the actual prints to you then you can decide for youself as its hard to see properly this way  ;D

Got to go now as going to mums tonight. I Will be back so don't break anything while i'm gone please MM  ;D

I was supposed to be going to the garage this evening but too late now.  >:(
I'll have to work doubly hard there tomorrow to make up for it.
Wasn't me who broke it last time, honest. Drive carefully in your Glof missus.

That was exactly what I meant when I said it was unbalanced with the bigger logo.


Great minds........   ;D

Great minds

-I'm guessing that doesn't include me.  :(
So have we arrived at a layout we're all happy with then?
If you don't speak up, don't complain if it's not how you think it should be!

I was chatting to Shaun on the phone earlier. We were saying this calendar should have cars as well as bikes, as the site covers customs of all denominations. Maybe Shaun's Pop? Or VitaminC's orange Viva?

Maybe if he sends you a pic of bobcat and the pop and one of him then i might be able to fit both on one page.  ;D

Once I get the Pop home and working, I will go to a nice scenic local spot and get some pictures of the Pop and Bobcat together...

Ok that would be good. It would be easier with one pic for me to sort out.  ;D

Yeah, needs to be one piccie of the vehicle, (s), rather than two I think or it'd spoil the layout. Maybe a location that'd emphasise the traditional Britishness of the vehicles? A nice English country lane in Springtime with the Pop pointing in one direction & the Panther leant against a signpost pointing the other way? Or both vehicles sat at a county crossroads? A meadow with a picnic laid out on the grass in front of the Pop with The Panther to one side? I dunno. Or just bite the bullet & choose one vehicle or the other.

 ::) ::) Make up your mind  ;D ::)

Just saying the calendar pic needs to be a single photograph, whether that's of one vehicle or two doesn't matter. Two seperate pics on one calendar page would look wrong.

its going to be one photo with the 2 vehicles if I get my finger out and build my Pop in time. If not it will just be me and Bobcat ;D

Well you are down for November so plenty of time  ;D

Needs to be the vehicle, (s), on their own -that was the idea, cos everyone always moans about glamorous models draped over the bits of the machines they want to see. Then a seperate portrait of the owner as Tazet's done with Flappy.

you mean you DON'T want me draped over Bobcat :o :o :o

How can I put this subtly?
-NO.

I will wear a post office cap, just for you ;D ;D ;D ;) :-*
















but not a lot else ;D ;D

That is just SO wrong!
Post Office caps? Do they still issue those? I used to be the only guy who wore one in our office. Proper peaked army style cap, not the numpty baseball cap type they wear now.

Right the template for the year 2008 is set now all I need is pictures over the course of the year. Just send them to Manky. Obviously they need to be in by the end of November the latest otherwise I won't be able to get them printed, and sent in time for Xmas and new year.
There is still February and September to fill up. I will do one month if needed, and if you want we can put Micky on the other one providing we can get a decent picture of him.

You guys happy with all this then ?? and the lay out ???

As soon as the equipment has been bought and some stuff printed we should have an idea on cost, so as soon as we know we will post how much the calendars will be, and if there is any profit then this will probably go to Monkey World.

You're way too efficient for this forum you know! 11 months early! We usually do things the night before we need 'em.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

That's what you get for putting a woman in charge I guess.
Had a text from Wizz this morning to say Flap's trike's scheduled to appear in next month's issue of Back Street Heroes.

He will be a happy flappy  ;D ;D thats good news

He's bad enough now. He'll be unbearable once he's a media star.  :P

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Capital T required on 'the'. Apostrophes not speech marks around 'The Flapster'. On second line, one space needed between 'Owner/builder' and the dash to match the space between the dash and 'Flap'. (And the 1st January 2007 is a Tuesday!).

Pedantic? Yep. It's my job...   

Thanks wizz will change it  :-[, and we know the date was wrong but it has been altered on my final one on my computer.
Spelling, grammer etc was never my strong point. ;D

It's what I do.  ;D Spotting the date was pure luck because I don't do numbers.

Flap's pictures were guineapigs just as testers. He is going in later in the year wearing a flowery dress dancing in a field  ::). Typical.  ;D

Other than that what do you recon to it  ???  ;D

ok what month is available for my trike

You are in for January but Feb, and Sept free if you want one of those instead.  ;D

Jan is fine  ;D

Brill. Got any snowy pics  ;D ;D Just send a veriety to Manky then he can forward the ones he likes to me to put in.  ;D

Excellent work Tazet!

Thanks BikerGran.  ;D I can't wait to see the finnished product and if this goes well this year then maybe we could make this a yearly thing  ;D

Go Tazie, go Tazie!
I think you'll find calendars generally are yearly things!  :D

I'm waiting for the 2008 version with Flap dressed as a guinea pig in a floral frock.  :)

As for snowy pictures, ask Mr Yoda how to superimpose snow in PhotoShop, I'm sure he knows how to do it.

Yes I'm sure Yoda will come up with something, and as far as flap is concerned I would not put it passed him to do just that  ;D

 ;D
Could'nt find one in a floral frock!

Thats brilliant  ;D ;D ;D ;D (shame its pink)

Found a whole site with costumes for guinea pigs. Its really not right is it! But quite funny! :D

I agree  ;D ;D

The vampire one's actually quite spooky. :o
Makes this site look boringly lucid in comparison.
Not sure what's more worrying. The fact that someone's actually set up that site -or that people went in search of it. :P

It was easier to find than you might think!

I've obviously led a very sheltered life -I didn't know such depraved sites existed. :o

I only put guinea pig in google images! Its these wierdos forcing their animal dressing habits on us! ;D

Right no pictures received as of yet to go on the calendar. Manky has found somewhere that will bind it up for us all I do it print it out for them.
As far as the pictures go Manky wants scenic pictures taken with only your chosen mode of transport in one picture and another of just a torso/head shot of yourself in it and as seasonal to the relevant month as possible. All as good a quality as you can make it please.

Here is a reminder list to jog your memory's ;D

Jan - Yoda
Feb -
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky (get the trike sorted)
Oct - janie-postie & Dave
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

Still 2 vacant places

Hi another memory jog. Are people still interested in doing this?

febuary an march is to cold to be out an about ,brrrrrrrr  ;) :D :D :D

when do we take the pics

you may even get the Pop on the calender!!!! mine that is :P :-*

I'm tempted to tell you to go back & read the whole thread again Dave!
Right, we need a nice, good quality shot of your ride, relevant to the month it's going in, (ie, no good photographing your bike in a snowdrift if it's going to illustrate July -actually, knowing the vagaries of the British Summer, that might be more appropriate). Just the vehicle stood on it's own in a suitably photogenic spot.
Rods are as welcome as bikes & trikes by the way.
We also need a decent portrait shot of the owner, (head & shoulders).
Shauny, I reckon a shot of my part stripped Pop in a dusty old barn somewhere would be pretty good actually!

vagaries ?????????wasssat mean  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) sounds like someones bin readin a book wiv a lot of posh words innit ;)

hay m+m why not ask lightning mc queen for a photo i know she will let you have a quality one ;)

I'm sure she would but we are trying to keep it clean.

Just to let you know, I'd still like Jacko to be October.  But he hasn't ridden his trike anywhere this year for me to photograph!  He was thinking of taking it over to Basingstoke Festival of Transport on Sunday? 

Failing that, anyone know of any good locations for a Hallowe'en themed background?

Jan - Yoda  ???
Feb - janie/Dave
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Floral Flappy
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky ?
Oct - Jacko (janie's dad)
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

Right thats the list full so far as somewhere along the line Jacko got mislayed  :o If there are still forum members out there who would like to go in the calendar then just put yourself down and we (Manky and I) will have to flip coins on who goes in. If you have decided on not going in then please remove your name from the list. If we get enough interest in this then we might make it a yearly thing and those who didn't make the 2008 one will be in the 2009.
Those who are in it can you please send your pictures by the end of October so I can get them printed and sent out to those that want them before the new year.
  Thank you all

We haven't managed to get a decent group shot yet, so December could still be open if anyone wants to claim it. How about a pic of as many Monkies as we can mustor at the Wokingham Christmas toy run?
Janie, re Jacko's Halloween trike pic, you could try The Holy Ghost churchyard here in Basingstoke. Catholic graveyard so lots of gothic headstones. Also a ruined chapel. Might make a nice black & white shot?
Famous for being the spot where the unfortunate Mrs Blunden was accidentally buried alive in 1674.

http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/willis/mrs-blunden.html
 

When is the Toy run? will it give me enough time to get everything done?

2nd weekend in December I think. Just an idea.

Would be pushing it and would have to have all the other pics in so as that month was all that was left to print out.  :-\

Hmm, have to have a think about that one then.

Hang on guys, I think there's been a misunderstanding.

I originally wanted it to be a surprise for Jacko being the October page, so I put my name down for October, just in case Jacko was reading any of the threads.

Can you keep Jacko for October, and remove Janie/Dave for February please.

ok
i am interested
do u want some pics

What about getting Yoda to do a 'Sgt Pepper' type photoshop for December?

Jan - Yoda
Feb -
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky ?
Oct - janie-postie & Dave
Nov - panthershaun
Dec - Group

Sorry Janie sorted now.
Dave what were you thinking as your choice of vehicle?
BG thats a good idea will see what Manky thinks

I don't think Nuffink. I just do as I'm told.  :P
Sounds good to me.

which dave

You Dave  ;D

my trike i guess selling the bikes

Cool then you can have Feb if thats ok. Try and send pics that look like they were taken as close to the month as possible.

Jan - Yoda  ???
Feb - Davesatan
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky ?
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group  ???

are any of theses any good
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/davesatan666/bike%20stuff/colourtrike.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/davesatan666/bike%20stuff/100_7569.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/davesatan666/bike%20stuff/purpletrike.jpg)

i may have to forgo my trike in it this year  >:( >:(

what happend yoda

The first shot's great Dave. That'll do nicely. Could you email me the highest resolution copy of that you've got please. Address on the Contacts Page of the main site.
Not my place to give details of Yodie's trike woes, but he tells me it'll be rebuilt -properly this time. Hang in there Yodles. ;)

Yup Dave the first one is perfect, also we will need a portrait shot of yourself from waist/chest up please as this will go in the corner next to the vehicle picture.

An outdoor portrait shot or one with a fairly neutral background would be nice -don't want to detract from your boyish good looks!

sending them as we speak lol

Not received 'em yet matey. Did you send them by carrier pigeon?

tried again matey
or do you want ones of me dressed lol

well Manky did try and get a kiss off me at Billing on Sunday :o not once but twice :-[ :-[ :-* just cause I had purple toe nails :-[

Yes I didn't want to say anything Shaun but WHY?

Not quite true! Tazet got several kisses from you & I got none. I was deeply hurt. :(
It was the beard wasn't it.
I'll tell her to shave it off.

seemed like a good idea at the time, warm sunshine, quiet French countryside and loads of cheap red wine ;D ;D ;D ::) :-*

Dave, got the shot of you. Tazzie will probably crop it a bit for the sake of public decency! Can you send the shot of the trike please.

see mmm is in bsh this month andy

I'm not happy with BSH at the moment I re-subscribed months ago and I even go the free pot of polish that they were offering when you re-subcribe but no magzine as of yet since they took my money. I've not received this months either. The last one that came through my door was the one with Flap in it. Won't subscribe again if this keeps happening  >:(

Yes Dave got the pic of you thanks and will crop it a bit  ;D
for others out there who are going on the calendar please put some clothes on  ;D

List so far:

2008 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky ?
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group   ???

2009 Calendar-
Yoda

I haven't bought BSH for a couple of issues now. No real reason, just got swamped with magazines & found I wasn't really reading them, just flicking through them & bunging them on the shelf. What are we in there for Dave?
Oddly enough, Blue, (Wizzkitt), was here only yesterday after an absence of several months. If you read this missus, nice to see you back.  :)

ican do some fresh ones if u like mate dressed

no thats ok. I've cropped it so it's just your head so its fine  ;D

i look better dressed

I wouldn't know as I've only seen you with no clothes on now  ;D
 
Ok send Manky a pic with clothes on. Just needs to be upper torso and we will see what is best.

Right dragging this up again.
I have Flap, Ska man, Davesatan and Trikerpetes pictures. If we are really going to do this then I need some more pictures from the rest of you. Also we still have January and March going spare. Bike, Trike or Hot Rod doesn't matter. We were hoping to get this all printed and sorted by the end of November.

List so far:

2008 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky  ???
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group    ???

2009 Calendar-
Yoda

POSTPONED.
We've just run out of time on this one I'm afraid. Not had enough input to go ahead with it. So we'll postpone it till next year, but will need your bike. trike or rod photos, in a suitably seasonal setting relevant to your chosen month, (vehicle on it's own plus a seperate head & shoulders portrait shot of the owner/s), by the end of September by the latest.

2009 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man
June - Trikerpete
July - Flap
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky 
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group?   

2010 Calendar-
Yoda

bugger, ive got orders for 10 2008 calenders :(

To do them we obviously need 12 vehicles & their owners Pete. So far we haven't got half that. It'd be a very short year.

As Manky said we only have 4 members pictures and we still have 2 months with no-one allocated. 2008 calendars are already in the shops and have been for a month or so. We have the paper to do the pages but the cost of the ink is a little over our budget at the moment. Yes it would have been good to have it done for this year but we just can't see how it is possible. We need 8 members pictures and loads of ink within the next week, then I have to set up each page. We want the pictures to be as relevent to the month as possible so old ones taken in the summer, (if you are in a summer month) are fine. Also if we get snow then it gives the winter ones a chance. It's nearly November now and will take a week or 2 to get them all printed, then we have to take them to the place that Manky found and get them bound and I don't know how long that process takes.

awww, such a shame.  I feel I've contributed to the hold-up of this publication.  I'm truly sorry guys.  If I take a picture of Jackos trike, perhaps I can photoshop it onto a graveyard background?  Would that do?

well at least we should be early for next time  ;D ;D

I'm another late one, kept meaning to do it but felt my phots weren't brilliant and.... you know.  Will definitely do it for next year!

 :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ sorry guys :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ just been to busy ::)

Slapped wrists all round, but no point rushing it. Might as well do the job properly if people are gonna be looking at us on their garage walls all year!  :)
Just bear it in mind for next year please guys. If you're out & about & spot a good location, take a few snaps of your vehicle & send 'em in. Remember, we want the vehicle -bike, trike or car, on it's own. Then we'll add a black & white portrait shot of the owner in one corner of the page. Not just nice locations -the weather's important too. We want to show the custom scene all year round, so we'll need a few of you to show your vehicles in rain, snow, dramatic stormy skies, rainbows, etc.
At least we should have a few more machines on the road to photograph next year!

I'll do my very best.

seeing as we've just had hallowe'en, I'm scouring for pictures now.  :D

This was on page 12 so thought I would drag it up to jolt a few memories  ;D

hi, do you still have the photos that we sent in for 2007! :)

i hope so coz i may not have a trike, on the road, this summer. must get around to letting my vw go to new home so i can put money together with that  of our camper (which is going to be for sale soon) that way we can upgrade our camper status for this summer. then i can concentrate on getting to work on my bmw trike, its not going to be a "6 week build" this time as i have some thoughts on the "little touches" to it which will all take time.

Hi Pete, yes we still have pictures of you and your trike. Any chance you could send one of it on it's own as I think the ones you sent had you all sitting on it. We're having the main picture as the vehicle picture and then we're inserting a black & white portrait pic of the owner or in your case "family"  ;D

This calendar is open for everyone. Cars, trikes, bikes, hot rods, anything mechanical.
Still some empty months to be filled.

2009 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan - Got pics
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man - Got pics
June - Trikerpete - Got pics
July - Flap - Got pics
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky 
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group?   

2010 Calendar-
Yoda

Ok so now it looks like we are aiming for 2010. We have Chrisj on the forum who can get them bound but we might have to change the design slightly. We still need photos though as there are empty months to fill.

id be up for it if its finished ;D

your welcome to use any of my bike pic's or come take some more. but i think unfinished project pic's in black and white with the right setting would look awesome ie mankys pop etc ?  ;D ;D

I was thinking the same thing Mr Shabbs. A nice moody workshop shot would look cool. We're planning on having colour pics with a black & white portrait of the owner inset in one corner, so it'd have to be muted colours or sepia or whatever rather than black & white for the main pic.
Taz & I have got 4 projects on the go between us -at this rate we'll be able to fill the calendar on our own!  :P

with my 5 projects :-[ that makes 9 months done ;D ;D

 ;D

i could fill 3 calenders with projects lol  but gonna try an get ya a couple of finished shots for january & march

2009 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan - Got pics
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man - Got pics
June - Trikerpete - Got pics
July - Flap - Got pics
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky 
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group?   

2010 Calendar-
Yoda

is this list still current?

It's something we would love to do. It was going to be for 2008 but as you can see we didn't get enough people. We would still like to do one for 2009 if we can fill it so yes.

2009 Calendar-
Jan -
Feb - Davesatan - Got pics
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man - Got pics
June - Trikerpete - Got pics
July - Flap - Got pics
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky 
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group?   

2010 Calendar-
Yoda

Well Tazet, hows about you take Jan with your trike build & maybe get FLC to cover March with his completed bike?

Could do now I suppose. When I came up with the idea I didn't have anything to out in it and was just a member. I wasn't even with Manky then and was quite happy with just making the thing up and printing it out. I suppose Jan would be good for me as my Birthday is then.
Idealy we would need photos in by the beginning of November the latest to have time to print everything off and get then made into calendars in time for xmas this year. Doubt mine will be ready then,

Maybe not, but you could do one of the build, checked shirt, safety goggles and huge gloves on, angle grinder in hand, sparks flying off a spare bit of tube, after all, we do build stuff in this forum as well as ride it.

That's an idea. I can do all the you've listed.  ;D

go for it! Flashdance revisited! did i just write that? sorry, its been a long day  ;D
But seriously.......Go for it

 ;D

mmmm nice idea ;) maybe I can get Bobcat and the Pop together ;D ;D

I've just seen this subject.

Did / are /  will - any  calendars  come about?

Could be a nice, long term running project.

Yeah so long term it's been what 2 years and not enough members vehicles to add. If we get enough interest then yes we will do this but if not it will just sit here as an idea. We are not going to force people to submit their photos.

erm, i thought we were waiting on you for the final slot??
I have an action shot of me watching paint dry !

Will have a look back at the list. From what I remember we had lots of names but not many photos. Give me a min and I'll have a look at what we have. Luckly it's all on my laptop and not Manky's poorly computer.

Ok just trawled through the last 20 pages and this is the list as last checked.

2010 Calendar-

Jan - Tazet
Feb - Davesatan ------- Got pics
Mar -
Apr - Twisted
May - Ska-man -------- Got pics
June - Trikerpete ------ Got pics
July - Flap ------------- Got pics
Aug - BikerGran
Sept - Manky 
Oct - Janie-postie & Dave
Nov - Panthershaun
Dec - Group?   

2011 Calendar-
Yoda

As you can see lots of names, (one month short) but not everyone has submitted photos.
If you would like to be in the calendar then please add your name and email the photos to me please. We want a shot of your vehicl on it's own in a scenic spot, (preferably with weather to suit your chosen month) and a portrait shot of yourself, (shoulders up) all in as big a size photo as you can please as I need it to be reasonable quality for printing out and it will be the size of A4 ish.

If you want the December slot then it must have a Christmas theme to the photos please.

I was all poised to send the phot of my trike along when the idea of a shot of the rider as well was introduced - I have hardly any pics of me and can't find any that I'd want anyone else to look at!  So I never sent the trike pics along...........

What about the photo of you that you sent in to go on the people section of the main site. If you have a full size version of that I can crop it down a bit.
We are looking for normal people and as it's a forum thing it doesn't matter what you look like so long as you have more clothes on than the photos Davesatan sent in.  ;D

thats a point Taz s the people section been updated?

No it hasn't. Funny you should say that as we were only talking about it yesterday and said we need some more photos to add to it. Also the old biker photos hasn't been added to for a long time. Hint hint everyone  ;D PS cant add them till Manky's computer comes back but could gather stuff ready.

Bobbi. We're looking for shots of the owners/builders, not glamour models -not that you're not glamourous of course! :-*
People always complain about bike & car calendars having models draped all over the vehicles, obscuring the bits you want to look at. We'd rather see real people, with their machines. So we thought a nice shot of the vehicle, whether it's a bike, trike or car, in a photogenic location, preferably reflecting the month of the year that it'll be displayed on, (among Spring flowers for the Spring months, on a sea front or in a meadow for the Summer, in the rain in Autumn, snow in Winter -whatever. You get the idea). Even a nice moody workshop shot of an unfinished project might work well. Then a smaller head n shoulders portrait shot of the owner, looking natural & unposed, overlaid on one corner of the main pic. The layout's already decided & should be around here somewhere. You don't have to look glamourous, or ruffty tuffty, just natural.
The calendar idea's been hanging around for a couple of years now, but obviously needs input from you lot. Too late in the year now to sell them really, but bear it in mind when you're out & about this year & we'll gather together material for the 2010 edition.