Calendar News - Summer / Fall 2003 page 2

A very happy Jesse Rooke, our Performance Machine Best of Show Winner with his retro Roadmaster bicycle styled custom "Rockett", surounded by the beautiful and talented Beu Sisters and FastDates.com Calendar girls Miss Great Britain Nicki Lane and Chandi Mason.

Performance Machine presents the 2003                   
The Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show
Super Moto National Championship Races, Cool Bikes and Beautiful Girls

Long Beach CA, July 21st & 22nd, 2003: The 2003 edition of the Performance Machine sponsored
Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show, sponsored by Iron Works magazine, Corona Extra Beer, Russ Brown attorney, Bikernet.com, FastDates.com, The ReCycler/Cycle Buys/LA Times newspapers, Trader Publications and Quick Throttle saw the continued growth of America’s premier outdoor custom and high performance streetbike event. Produced by Gianatsis Design which also produces this the world famous FastDates.com website and motorcycle pinup calendars, this year’s event at the beautiful Queen Mary Event Park and facility in Long Beach saw the Show to be another sellout success and packed to capacity.

Exhibitor participation for the Show was a sell-out weeks in advance at 140 Exhibitors and included a balanced mix of major motorcycle manufacturers including Titan and American Iron Horse, plus premier component manufacturers and distributors including show sponsors Performance Machine, together with Drag Specialties, Jim’s Machine, Edelbrock, Jardine, Pro One and many others. The top custom bike builders and race teams in America included Ron Sims, Paul Yaffe, Harold Pontarelli, Jesse Rooke, Chica Custom Choppers, Mike Powers, MGS Customs and many others.

Performing throughout the weekend were two incredible live bands. The Show's featured act was the world's premier new pop vocal group The Beu Sisters (TheBeuSisters.com), four beautiful sisters -Danielle, Candice, Jilaine and Christine- flown in from from their home base in Florida especially for the Show for their first west coast perfomance of their critically acclaimed new first album "Decissions" with their songs also featured on the sound tracks of 2 hot new movies "Lizzie McGuire" and "How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days." Also performing live both days was LA's hottest blues band, 2000lbs of Blues.

And of course, the annual Calendar Bike Show marked the premier of the new 2004 FastDates.com Calendars including Iron & Lace sponsored by Performance Machine and Mikuni Carburetors with the beautiful FastDates.com Calendar girls on hand both days to meet their fans, sign autographs, pose for photos and assist with trophy presentations. The calendar models included our own Miss Great Britain 2003 Nicki Lane, plus Chandi Mason. And adding to the popular pinup theme of the Show both days was the Calendar Girl Pageant sponsored by the FastDates.com Calendars which drew many more beautiful girls to the event. The Show's on-stage activities were hosted throughout the weekend by Miss Los Angeles Ashley Esqueda, last year's Model Pageant winner and a recent finalist on ABC TV's All American Girl who is also featured in the 2004 Iron & Lace Calendar. This year's FastDates.com Calendar Model Search Pageant winner was beautiful Anel Rossouw from Costa Mesa, CA.

Ted Sands (left) awards the coveted Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy again at this year's Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show to America's hottest new builder Jessie Rooke for his radical new hardtail bike "Rockett" styled after a classic 50's bicycle and featuring his now trademark "Single Sided" suspension. Jessie is flanked by FastDates.com Calendar girls Chandi Mason and Miss Great Britain Nicki Lane, together with Show MC Ashley Esqueda.

The LA Calendar Motorcycle Show again played host on Sunday to America’s premier Custom Bike Contest. Ted Sands from Performance Machine assisted with trophy presentations at the end of the day which featured some $50,000 in gift awards and the Show's renown working Mikuni Carburetor trophies. The coveted Performance Machine Best of Show Trophy (this year featuring a PM polished aluminum drive belt wheel on a base plaque) again at this year's Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show to went to America's hottest new builder Jessie Rooke for his radical new hardtail bike "Rockett" styled after a classic 50's bicycle and featuring his now trademark "Single Sided" suspension. Radical design innovations on Jesse's winning custom included an under-the-seat gas tank to maintain the retro bicycle look of the machine, an oil tank hidden in the swingarm, and a retro style bicycle front fork spring. Jessie built the innovative bike from scratch in just 6 weeks before the Show, working non stop day and night in an all-out attempt to retain his title as America's premier builder at America's premier custom Bike Show.

More coverage and photos of the 2003 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show is HERE

Join us at the 2004 LA Calendar Bike Show July 17 & 18th, details HERE

|Above: Our beautiful 2004 Iron & Lace Calendar Angels (left to right) Miss Minnesota Janelle Perzina, Joanna Krupa and Chandi Mason. See more of our girls in Meet the Models.