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A Complimentary Media and Parking Pass will be postal mailed to you if approved.
Fax (818) 223-8590
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The Show which is open to the General Public on private property. We do reserve the right to refuse or refund admission to anyone.

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Complete LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Story, Bike Contest Results and
Hi-Resolution Photos for media use will be posted on this website following the event for news media use.

The Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show is produced by
Jim Gianatsis
Gianatsis Design Associates
4801 Reforma Road
Woodland Hills, CA
91364 USA

PH: 818 223 8550
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LA Calendar Motorcycle Show History
The first annual LA Calendar Motorccyle Show actually started out as a backyard BBQ at producer Jim Gianatsis' house in 1991 to celebrate the publication of the 1992 Fast Dates racebike, and first 1992 Mikuni Iron & Lace Calendar with custom bikes and models. One of the calendar models, Playboy Playmate Teri Weigel, actually handled cooking the burgers on the outdoor grill.

The first Mikuni Calendar actually pubished in 1990 with my photo of Playmate Teri Lynn Doss on the cover holding a Mikuni carburetor, and inside the "Mikuni Calendar" featured nude model photography from Penthuse photographer Steven Hicks.
This first Calendar was produced by Gianatsis Design for our client Mikuni to replace the generic stock nude photogrpahy which Mikuni had been buying from Japan, imprinting Mikuni name on it and giving it to distributors as a Christmas present each year.
It was our intention (Gianatsis Design and Mikuni marketing director Lee Chapin) to bring out an origional calendar which incorporated Mikuni carburetor products.

Then the next year, 1991 we decided to produce a Mikuni promotional calendar we could sell to the public and featurd Mikuni carburetors on all the top racing bikes of the era.
The 1991 Mikuni Calendar was photographed in its entirity by myself and included cover model and new Playboy Playmate Pamela Andreson with Miguel Duhamel's Yoshimura Suzuki "Big Poppa" unlimited class Superbike.

In 1992 we movied to Mikuni Calendar premier party to Mikuni American and invited all of the motorcycle media and mikuni distributors to attend, along with the models and big builders.
It was such a great party, I suggested we open it to the public the following year, and weith Mikuni as a 50/50 parter to moved to to the Santa Monica Airport's Museum of Flying

The Mikuni Calendar Motorcycle Show remained and grew at the Sanata Monica Airport through year 1999, but at that point the 1-day Show had become too big for the Museum Facility and the available parking.
And Mikuni Corporation felt the Calendar Show was taking time away from the Carburetior Division's main focus of carburetor development and sales. So Mikuni relinquised its partnership in the Calendar Show to Gianatis Design, and in 2000 the Calendar Show was renamed the Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show and it movedto the Queen Mary Park in Long Beach in association with the Queen Mary Corp. The Queen Mary Park location right on on the Pacific Ocean proved to be an incredible event location for a Motorcycle Show in the hot SoCal in the summer, and in 2001 we expanded the Show to 2-days as it continued to grow.

Mikuni American still remains a Associate Sponsor of the Iron & Lace Calendar, and the Calendar Bike Building Championship at the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Weekend.

Click to see the AFT Sentoh featured in the
Calendar Bike Garage

Jim Giuffra / AFT Customs, talks about his 2011 Best of show winner Sentoh -
" I bought a CB750F when I graduated from high school & still have it. The time was right to build a custom. A lot of the details can’t be seen in that picture.Every piece is custom for this bike.

Here are a few of the high points – Our buddy Bryan From TPJ Customs made the perimeter frame & was kind enough to let Cyndi do a little of the TIG welding. Race Tech custom built the shocks using 15 different measurements from the bike. R1 forks with custom trees by our buddy Alan Kraus. We used CRF 450 hubs, foot controls (we modified) And took a CRF 450 K/S & shaft & mated it internally to the 750 mechanism. It has an exposed stator by Cycle X.

All the lighting/instumentation is digital & LED by Clearwater Lights/Grip Ace/Motogadget. The bike is street legal. License plate pivots vertical or horizontal. Steering stabilizer is making a custom bike debut. Some parts are Moto GP prototype ( only 1 in USA) like the remote lever adj from Beringer. Beringer also supplied the Calipers & rotors (super mnoto) & hand controls. It has a Moto Gp quick disconnect front brake line.

The oil tank is the tail piece. Fuel tank holds almost 4 gals. Bars are 1 3/8′ with our Double D risers. We completely went through the engine & added the Wiseco 836 kit & Web Cam. Dynatek provided the ign.system.We wanted to ditch the engine covers phillips screws & go to 8mm head bolts. They don’t make those longer than 45mm that we could find so we had to make our own in lengths above that.

The intake manifold (4 into 1) was probably the hardest piece to make & then the exhaust. We cut the Leo Vince cans down 50% then reassembled them. They lazered the name for us. It weighs 420 with a gal of gas & 4 qts. oil – 10lbs lighter than an 05 R1 Yamaha that we also weighed.

The AFT Girls did most of the sheet metal, welding, engine rebuilding, wheel lacing/trueing and final assembly under my supervision. I like to teach them to do all the labor intensive jobs, then I can just sit back and watch them go to work! I’m very proud of all their hard work & committment to excellance."

Calelendar Motorcycle Show Press Information & Hi-Res Images
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The LA Calendar Show is Moving for 2012!

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys present the
21th Anniversary Celebration! Sunday July 22nd 2012
Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show Concours d' Elegance
Calabasas Country Club, Calabasas, California

Los Angeles, January 10th 2012 - Join us for a beautiful new location in the tree shaded grass hills of the Santa a Mountains, a New Show Day, and Low Admission. The 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show moves from the Queen Mary, Long Beach where it has been held the last 10 year, to the exclusive Calabasas Country Club and Golf Course in Calabasas, California on Sunday July 22nd, 10am -6pm. The Calabasas Country Club is in LA County, nestled in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains, between the popular motorcycle weekend meet-up locations, the Sagebrush Cantina and the Rock Store, located at the Calabassas Parkway exit off Hwy 101, at the west end of the San Fernando Valley in NorthWest LA County.

The 2012 Calendar Bike Show continues its now 21-year tradition as the premier outdoor streetbike event in America with Celebrity Builders, the upscale Calendar Bike Building Championship, selected Vendors and Exhibitors, Calendar Girl Music live performances, and now a Concours d' Elegance. As always the Show marks the world premier of next year's new 2013 FastDates.com Motorcycle PinUp Calendars featuring the world's top roadrace and custom motorcycles with the beautiful Calendar Kittens also featured in the Calendars in attendance at the Show.

With the dramatic change in the motorcycle market the last few years, the Calendar Show is broadening its focus from the American V-Twin custom market which had so dominated bike events the past ten years, but has now been so affected by the economic down turn. The Show will now include the growing Collector Bike Market with Exhibitors and Bike Show classes for classic European, British and Japanese motorcycles, along with American V-Twins. Show Entries will be placed in a Concours d' Elegance display throughout the venue on grass and patio walkways under shade trees at the Calabasas Country Club overlooking the golf course. The Country Club also offers Snack Bar, Liquor Bar and Indoor Dining.

The Calabasas Country Club and Course is part of the Beverly Hills Country Club and Golf Course Group, and offers one of the premier golf courses on the west coast. If you are a golfer you might want to bring your clubs and play a Round or try out the Putting Green and Driving Range. during the weekend. While hard core motorcycle enthusiasts might like to start their morning at the legendary Rock Store on Mulholland Hwy for breakfast, spend the day at the Calendar Show, then wind down (or party up) in the late afternoon at the Sagebrush Cantina just down the street.

The 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show & Concours d' Elegance offers $20 Spectator Admission the day with Free Parking. $30 Admission with Lunch and Beverage. $40 Bike Contest Entry and Admission for Owner with Lunch, and $10 each per additional Bike Contest Entries. The Calabasas Country Club is located at 4515 Park Entrada, Calabasas, CA 91302 / Ph 818-222-8111 / www.CalabasasGolf.com

For additional information and Advance Ticket sales go to at www.FastDates.com/BIKESHOW.HTM. Advance Ticket Purchase and Contest Registration is recommended as event capacity is limited.

The New 2013 FastDates.com Calendars - Incredible Bikes and Beautiful Kittens!
The LA Calendar Motorcyle Show celebrates the premier of the new season's FastDates.com Calendars, the world's premier line of motorcycle pinup calendars. For 2012 the Calendars returns for their 23nd year again with the world's top roadracing bikes, custom bikes, and the most beautiful centerfold and celebrity models. Fast Dates is the official calendar of SBK World Superbike and features all the top factory race bikes including Carlos Checa's 2011 Championship winning Aprilia RSV4, plus the top MotoGP Championship winning bikes of Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and Ducati's Valentino Rossi. Iron & Lace showcases the world's top custom bikes from the annual LA Calendar Motorcycle Show and the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building with Playboy centerfolds and supermodels. While Garage Girls features the hottest, sexiest, wettest Calendar Kittens from our other Calendars but without the bikes getting in the way! If you appreciate the world's best motorcycles and beautiful girls, you need to have a least two FastDates.com Calendars, one for the house and one for the garage!

The 2013 FastDates.com Calendars are sponsored by SBK World Superbike, Mikuni Performance Carburetors and MotoNation Sidi Boots.

The FastDates.com Calendars reveal a full 16 months of the world's top motorcycles with beautiful pin up models beginning in September preceding the cover. Calendars and are printed in full color on 15x15-inch heavy dull coated art stock board and wire spiral bound with a top thumb cut hanger for easy wall hanging. Packaged with a thick cardboard stiffer and inserted in a reseal able clear plastic display envelope for protection and easy viewing. All FastDates.com Calendars are full color 15 x 15" spiral bound on heavy art stock revealing 16 months beginning with September preceding the cover year. You can order online at www.FastDates.com.

To order by mail specify the calendar name, quantity, your name, address, and phone number. Mail with check, money order, Visa/MasterCard info for $16.95 each, plus $6 S&H per US order. International orders use charge card for Air Mail Postal Mail Orders to: FastDates.com Calendars, c/o Van Leeuween, 13275 Paxton Street, Arleta, CA 91331 1-800-461-1226 / 1-818-896-2200

Celebrity Builders Jim Giuffra and the Girls of of AFT Customs
preparing all-new Bike Premiers for 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show July 22nd
Los Angeles, CA, Jan 1st , 2011 - Builder Jim Giuffra and the AFT Customs Motorsports Models return to this year's 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show on a 5-year winning streak which has already seen them take home a Best of Show and three 1st Place Metric Custom titles. All of the custom bikes emerging from AFT Customs shop in Jackson, CA, are the creation of shop owner Jim Guiffra, but are hand craft from the ground-up by the beautiful motorsports savvy trade show models represented by the AFT Modeling Agency. In fact two of the girls, Cyndi and Kristen, recently returned from Miller Electric Welding's corporate headquarters in Wisconsin where they received their TIG Welding Certifications. All of the Agency's girls are fully versed in motorcycle tuning, repair,and custom bike fabrication, making them the perfect spokes models for motorsports manufacturers at trade shows and consumer events.

For additional LA Calendar Motorcycle Show & Calendar Girl Music Festival details visit http://www.FastDates.com/BIKESHOW.HTM

The 2011 LA Calendar Motorcycle Best of Show winner "Sentoh from AFT Customs. From the left: FastDates.om Calendar Kitten Camilla, hostess Emily Jaye, AFT Customs models and builders Shelby, Nalani, promoter Jim Gianatsis, builders Sarah and Jim Giuffra, Show assistant Lee Chapin.

AFT Customs will be premiering two new customs at this year's Calendar Show. "'Senthoh' is based on a 1975 Honda CB750 SOHC,  my first streetbike in high school and the first bike I ever customized, " explains Giuffra. "The name in Japanese means 'beginning' both for me as a builder back then, and for the AFT girls today. I'm keeping the bike's specification quiet for now, but I will tell you it is a cafe racer."

"Our second bike premiering is named 'Azumati' - its a VT750 Bobber/Street tracker being built on commission for the Jackson Rancheria Indian Casino. Asumati is a Miwuk Indian word meaning grizzly bear, the monarch of the forest. In Miwuk stories the bear is a symbol of great strength and courage. This bike will be just as fierce with a Yamaha R1 front end, Race Tech Piggyback Rear Shocks, a hidden radiator, CR450 front hub and brake."

AFT Customs will be premiering another new custom at this year's Calendar Show.

For additional complete details go to LA Calendar Motorcycle Show.

LA Calendar Motorcycle Show #6 Right: "Hot Bikes, Beautiful Girls, Rock 'n' Roll" The 2011 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show shirt design features blond Calendar Kitten Rachel next to the the Queen Mary, ready to take a ride! Matching smaller graphics on front chest. Available in White, Black, and Distressed Military Green T-Shirts. We reserve the right to substitute the color if we are sold out of your selected color in the correct size. MED, LG, XLG, XXLG. $20.00 Size Medium Large X-Large XX-Large Shirt Color White Black Distressed Military Green

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