NEW! FAST 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Calendar Digital Yearbooks
Go behind the scenes of the FastDates.com Calendar photo shoots at the SBK World Superbike races, the Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show & Concourse d' Elegance, and inside the FastDates.com Studio of famed photographer Jim Gianatsis. Meet the official SBK World Superbike Calendar Kittens who also serve as the official SBK podium and grid girls, the top factory riders of World Superbike, and America's top custom bike builders.  You'll find detailed editorial photo features on the Calendars' top Custom and Race bikes, and on the Calendar Kittens.

Did we forget anything? - Oh yes! The new FAST 2015 Calendar Yearbook Digital Edition features in high resolution every page in the new 2015 Fast Dates World Superbike, Iron & Lace Custom Bikes, Garage Girls and Cafe Racers Calendars featuring the world's top race and custom bikes and the beautiful Calendar Kittens!    Now in Members Corner

Go behind the scenes in the new FAST Calendar Digital Yearbooks available for viewing now in
FastDates.com Members Corner

Richard Pollock and Sara Balint 2019 Calendar shoot
Los Angeles, CA , May 2nd, 2019 - Legendary FastDates.com Calendar Bike Builder Richard Pollock of Mule Motorcycsles.com brougth two of his newest custom Street Trackers to the FastDates.com photo studio this week for Jim Gianatsis to shoot for the Websire and Calendars. Richard's two newest bikes included thisbautil Harley_Davidson XR-1000 custom, and a cool Yamaha SR500 single, both customized in Pollock's Streetmaster style. The Calendar Kitten wasagain beautiul Sara Balint who was first featured in the 2012 Calendars, and who again shot with us last year and for the new 2019 and 2020 Calendars.

This Bike and Sara are Featued in the Calendar Bike Garage

We'll let our readers decide who should model this new Mule Harley-Davidson XR-1000 Street Tracker in the next Iron & Lace Calendar, Richard or Sara?

Click to enlare this concept drawing of the new Curtiss V-8 where the mock V-8 Cylinders are actually the Lithium storage batteries for the electric motor.

Matt Chambers Introduces New Curtiss Zeues V-8 Eectric Custom Motorcycle
CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2019 -- Fast Radius and Curtiss Motorcycles today announced a partnership to utilize hybrid manufacturing processes to create the highly-acclaimed Zeus 8 motorcycle. The innovative design of the Zeus 8 is highlighted by its distinctive V8-style battery housings and its modular monocoque frame made with aluminum and enhanced with carbon fiber.

Curtiss is the new electric custom motorcyle company created this year by Matthew Curtis, former owner and designer at Confederate Motorcycles. Matt sold off the rights and bike designs of Confederaet, the world's premier V-twin internal combustion engine powered custom bike manufacturer, to go "Green" with an all new high-end custom motorcycle company Curtis using electric propulsion,the new company named after his great grandfather who inventd the Cutris V-8 motorcyce back in the early 1900s.

Using three separate legacy and additive manufacturing processes, Fast Radius produced more than 60 parts and components for the bike at more than 95 percent yield. Curtiss unveiled the Zeus 8 at the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel, CA, on August 16.

Matt and Jordan of Curtiss Motorcyces with the Zeus 8 Electric Prototype at the Quail During Pebble Beach
Collector Car Weekin Monterey / Carmel, California.

“Curtiss’ mission is to ‘create sustainable, desirable, intergenerational, mean, clean, and green future-proof hot rod motorcycles,’” said H. Matthew Chambers, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Curtiss. “Fast Radius’ best-in-class hybrid manufacturing approach and operational efficiencies will enable us to deliver the Zeus 9 on time—satisfying the strong demand from our global audience.”

Fast Radius and Curtiss are already in production on the first 100 Zeus 8 bikes, available to the public in 2020. Both companies expect to collaborate on future iterations of the Zeus, as well as Curtiss’ upcoming models including Hades, Psyche, and Eros—the latter two of which will be priced competitively with Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire electric motorcycle. Fast Radius and Curtiss plan to utilize both legacy and additive manufacturing processes in the creation of these machines.

“Bringing Zeus’ advanced design to life wasn’t easy,” continued Chambers. “We knew that we would need a partner like Fast Radius, who could innovate with us, not just make the parts.”

“Our partnership with Curtiss is ideal because it allows them to do what they do best—designing stunning motorcycles—while we do what we do best—matching the project with the right technology and getting quality parts made quickly,” said Brian Simms, VP of Sales at Fast Radius. “We’re looking forward to innovating with Curtiss as they grow their brand.”

Fast Radius helps make new things possible for today’s leading product companies – whether that’s unlocking new business models through legacy or additive manufacturing, helping them make formerly “unmakeable” products.

About Fast Radius
Fast Radius is the leading provider of additive manufacturing solutions, including application discovery, product design and testing, and production-grade manufacturing. From entirely new products uniquely enabled by additive manufacturing to global supply chain solutions leveraging a virtual warehouse, Fast Radius brings the future of manufacturing and the supply chain to its clients. Last year, Fast Radius was recognized as one of the 9 companies best “implementing technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” by the World Economic Forum (WEF)—the only company honored that is based in North America. Fast Radius is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Atlanta, GA and Singapore, as well as a production hub on-site at the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, KY. Visit www.fastradius.com for additional information.

Actor and director Peter Fonda, who rose to fame with his role in "Easy Rider," died Friday, his manager, Alan Somers, told CNN on Friday. He was 79.  Fonda died of respiratory failure due to lung cancer at his Los Angeles home, the family said in an emailed statement. 

"It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that Peter Fonda has passed away," the family said. "... In one of the saddest moments of or lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our hearts." Fonda was a member of the Hollywood powerhouse Fonda family, as the son of legendary actor Henry Fonda and the brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda. His daughter is actress Bridget Fonda.

Jane Fonda, in a statement, reflected on her relationship with her younger brother. "I am very sad. He was my sweet-hearted baby brother. The talker of the family. I have had beautiful alone time with him these last days. He went out laughing," she said. 

Fonda broke out as a star with his turn in the 1969 blockbuster "Easy Rider," which marked its 50th anniversary this year. The film also starred Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper.  Film critic Roger Ebert called the film "one of the rallying-points of the late '60s," saying it was a buddy picture that celebrated "sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and the freedom of the open road."

Fonda's film was the catalist, together with Bruce Brown's legendary motorcyle racing film "On Any Sunday" and the TV show "Then Came Bronson" all released around the same time, which made motorycling in all its aspects from cusrom bike building, to dirt bike riding and racing, to streetbike riding, one of the most popular sports in America for the next 40 years.

Coverage of the 2019 Outliers Guild Moto Show 
Report & Photography ©Jim Gianatsis / FastDates.com
Complete Report Here

Los Angeles Downtown Arts District, CA - Saturday March 23rd 2019 -The 3nd annual Outlier's Guild Moto Show was again held in the old warehouse district of downtown Los Angeles, now being revitalized by the City as the "Arts District" with upscale Apartments,Restaurants and Art Galleries. It continues to be a well produced event featuring the retro / custom / cafe bike scene, drawing a good turnout of spectators and the nicest turnout of custom built bikes on the West Coast since the heyday of the legendary LA Calendar Motorcycle Show, when the 2008 Economic Recession ended America's big ticket custom bike industry. 
Continued Here...

The 2018 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show's Calendar Bike Building Championship continues its now 28-year tradition as the premier outdoor streetbike event in America in partnership with legendary Calendar Bike Builder Russell Mitchell / Exile Cycles's Rider RoundUp at the Ranch at Paramount State Ranch western movie set in Calabasas, California on Sunday October 17th.

Events will feature top Celebrity Custom Bikes & Builders, selected Vendors and Exhibitors, Live Music performances. And the world premier of next year's new 2019 FastDates.com Motorcycle PinUp Calendars featuring the world's top Sport and Custom Motorcycles with the beautiful Calendar Kittens in attendance at the Show. Select Builders and their Bikes will be invited for Monday the 8th after the event to be photographed by producer Jim Gianatsis for the next FastDates.com Calendars.

Calendar Kitten Corle Bunch with Anthony Robinson's 2018 Calendar Bike Building Championship Best of Show Winner

Complete Coverge 2018 Rider RoundUp Calendar Bike Building Championship HERE

Richard Pollock built the Sportster XR Replica bike with the deleted lower frame section, as a street legal Streetracker. However, after Richaed complte the bike anrhw owner saw it, the owner decided he want to race it in Hooligan Racing. When Hooligan racing promoter Roland Sands saw a picture of the bike he told them the bike would not be eligible to race without a full frame. Plus the owner wanted some additional mod's made to the engine to increase the power, which would not work well if the Sportster engine really was used as a stressed member wwithout a full frame in a racing bike. .

So Richard is preparing a new full frame for the bike to make it eligible for Hooligan Racing, and the current cut down frame will be used in another street bike only project. You can contact Richard and buy it from him for your own project street only Sportster.

Look for photo features of both Richard Pollock Mule bikes with Sara in the Calendar Bike Garage.

Beautiful Sara Balint, builder Richard Pollck and photographer Jim Gianatsis having fun in the studio!

Calendar Kitten Corle and Max Hazam's Show Winner! See complete detaisl of this radical custom cafe racer with full size screensavers pictures in the Calendar Bike Garage.

Max Hazan's Supercharged Husqvarna Replica Board Track Racer
Takes Best of Show at the October 15th Rider RoundUp at the Ranch

Report and Photos by Jim Gianatsis • Click on any Picture for Hi-Resolution

Paramount Movie Ranch State Park, Agoura, CA, October 15th, 2017 - Our Calendar Bike Building Championship joined the Rider RoundUp at the Ranch produced by celebrity Calendar Bike builder Russell Mitchell and wife Rachel / Exile Cycles at the Paramount Western Movie Ranch in Agoura, CA, just down the road from the legendary Southern California biker hangout The Rock Store on Mulholland Highway. It was an exciting day of beautiful Custom Motorcycles, Activities, great tasting Food Truck, BBQ and Craft Beer, Venders, Manufacturers and Live Music. The Rider Round Up at the Ranch was the second year celebration of Exile Cycles’ 20th Anniversary Party held at Paramount Ranch the year before, now continuing on an annual basis. And again it was a benefit to raise money to Fight Leukemia by auctioning off products and services, together with money donated by the Vendors and Sponsors, this year raising $7000 for the Cause.

Taking Best of Show at the 2017 Rider RoundUp Calendar Bike Building Championship was Max Hazan's hand crafted Supercharged KTM Single Cafe Racer. Max, who has a storefront custom bike shop in Venice Beach, CA, built this latest customer consigned bike bike from scratch around a 420cc KTM / Husqvarna 4-stroke single cylinder dirt bike engine. Max fabricated a belt drive system off the engine's crankshaft to run a mini dual rotor Supercharger fed by a Keihin FCR39 Racing Carburetor.

The KTM single's steel tube rigid frame chases hosing the water-cooled motor was built around 26-inch classic car tires with
custom built spoked wheels. The tiny rear disc brake located behind the rider's right foot, operates a shaft through the frame
with a fixed primary sprocket on the other side, engaged with the drive chain, to slow the rear wheel down when the foot bake
is pressed. Very original! The hand made springer front forks with hydraulic damping and a front headlight that turns with the
steering stem is also unique. The bike is finished off with a beautiful had made aluminum fuel tank, handlebars and many other components. It was unanimous by anyone who saw it, that Max’s Supercharged KTM Board Track Racer Replica was the Show
winner, one of the Calendar Bike Building Championship’s best ever builds in its 26 year history.

Coverage 2017 Calendar Bike Builder Party Here

Coverge 2017 Rider RoundUp Calendar Bike Building Championhip Here

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New Calendar Kitten Art by Amy Mathews

For the last five years were been using as our FastDates.com logo art a really beautiful Calendar Kitten pinUp drawing by artisit Amy Mathews of Carton Pink. One of our newest Calendar Kittens is adult str Riley Annd, and we thought it would be really exciting to use Rily as the model for a more motorcle themed Calendar Kitten artwork. So during a recent photo shoot with Riley, photogrspher Jim Gianatsis posed Riley in a skimpy motorcle garb for upcoming new FastDates.com Calendar Kitten artwork by Amy Mathews.