Irishman wrote:
So how did that come about? Did Yamaha contact you? Or did you offer it to them? Just wondering if the folks at Yamaha are lurking on this site? Oh, by the way, is there a album with your bike some where I can look at?

Thanks everyone...yeah it's been a pretty cool adventure so far making my bike what it is.... Kinda funny though, i've done frame off restorations on a couple of hot rods, built a rock crawling Jeep, & helped numerous friends on their projects...they've never won a show, or ended up in print...but this is the first street bike i've ever really worked on and it ends up in a calendar! There are quite a few other bikes on this forum that deserve to be in the calendar too!

Irish...I believe Yamaha got the pic of my bike from the starmotorcycles' virtual bike show online contest. I uploaded a pic a while back just for kicks...I know a few of the other members of the clinic have their bikes on there too. I think Curt & Rich have even won bikes of the month. So I guess all those times my girlfriend has walked into the garage & see my bike in pieces..then rolls her eyes at me had finally paid off! HAHA I'll post some pics of star days & hopefully I can get some cool pics from the photo shoot too. Thanks again everyone for the props & the support!