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Greetings from The Bikers' Den ,

This is the December installment of The Bikers' Den monthly newsletter, a newsletter that we hope all motorcycle enthusiasts will enjoy. Christmas is almost here and Santa's arrival is only a few sleeps away. Although it's getting to the end of the Christmas rush it still is not too late to get a great gift for that motorcycle enthusiast on your list. If you are still scrambling to get that perfect present for a motorcycle fanatic, consider giving a Gift Certificate from The Bikers' Den.

The Bikers' Den Gift Certificates make great presents for motorcyclists and can be used to purchase anything on The Bikers' Den Website (including leather apparel, movies, decals... even products on sale). Valid for an entire year, the Certificates will be mailed to the recipient and can also be emailed to you or the recipient. Emailing a copy of the Certificate will ensure that the present will arrive in time for Christmas. Click Here to Purchase a Bikers' Den Gift Certificate.

Our FREE Fingerless Leather Gloves promotion is still in effect as well as our FREE Shipping on all Leather Apparel for customers in the United States. Please have a look at our Specials and Promotions section below for more details. Whether it is a gift for yourself or a fellow motorcycle enthusiast, there's never been a better time to check out our selection of Men's and Ladies Premium Leather Motorcycle Apparel, Streetbike and Motocross DVDs, OCC and WCC Decals, Harley Davidson Baby and Infant Clothes, plus many more great motorcycle accessories.

As the end of 2004 draws nears, we would like to thank all of you who have supported The Bikers' Den. As a way to say thanks, we have planned some great promotions and sales throughout the new year. We encourage everyone to check back often as we there will be some deals you will not want to miss. In the new year, we will also be adding a whole new lineup of Harley Davidson Baby Clothes, Motorcycle Sunglasses plus many more apparel and accessories for motorcycle enthusiasts. As a subscriber of The Bikers' Den Newsletter, you will always be in the know about our current sales and promotions.

All the staff at The Bikers' Den would like to thank all of our loyal customers and wish everyone a Merry Holiday Season and a Happy and Safe New Year.

Your Motorcycle Articles

Here is your chance to write an article for The Bikers' Den Newsletter. Send us your motorcycle related articles and if we use it in our next newsletter you will receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate valid on anything we carry. You don't have to be a professional writer and you can write about anything you want as long as it is related to motorcycles and the motorcycle community. We're looking for mechanical tips and tricks, ride destinations, product reviews, etc. Let us know how your weekend ride went or the biker rally you attended... Send your articles to The Bikers' Den Newsletter.

Since everyone seemed to busy this time of year, we will be featuring an article we came across on the Internet. The Author is Unknown...

Motorcycle Truth

There is cold, and there is cold on a motorcycle. Cold on a motorcycle is like being beaten with cold hammers while being kicked with cold boots, a bone bruising cold. The wind's big hands squeeze the heat out of my body and whisk it away; caught in a cold October rain, the drops don't even feel like water. They feel like shards of bone fallen from the skies of Hell to pock my face. I expect to arrive with my cheeks and forehead streaked with blood, but that's just an illusion, just the misery of nerves not designed for highway speeds.

Despite this, it's hard to give up my motorcycle in the fall and I rush to get it on the road again in the spring; lapses of sanity like this are common among motorcyclists. When you let a motorcycle into your life you’re changed forever. The letters "MC" are stamped on your driver’s license right next to your sex and weight as if "motorcycle" was just another of your physical characteristics, or maybe a mental condition. But when warm weather finally does come around all those cold snaps and rainstorms are paid in full because a summer is worth any price.

A motorcycle is not just a two-wheeled car; the difference between driving a car and climbing onto a motorcycle is the difference between watching TV and actually living your life. We spend all our time sealed in boxes and cars are just the rolling boxes that shuffle us from home-box to work-box to store-box and back, the whole time, entombed in stale air, temperature regulated, sound insulated, and smelling of carpets.

On a motorcycle I know I'm alive. When I ride, even the familiar seems strange and glorious. The air has weight and substance as I push through it and its touch is as intimate as water to a swimmer. I feel the cool wells of air that pool under trees and the warm spokes of that fall through them. I can see everything in a sweeping 360 degrees, up, down and around, wider than Pana-Vision and than IMAX and unrestricted by ceiling or dashboard. Sometimes I even hear music. It's like hearing phantom telephones in the shower or false doorbells when vacuuming; the pattern-loving brain, seeking signals in the noise, raises acoustic ghosts out of the wind's roar. But on a motorcycle I hear whole songs: rock 'n roll, dark orchestras, women's voices, all hidden in the air and released by speed. At 30 miles per hour and up, smells become uncannily vivid. All the individual tree- smells and flower- smells and grass-smells flit by like chemical notes in a great plant symphony. Sometimes the smells evoke memories so strongly that it’s as though the past hangs invisible in the air around me, wanting only the most casual of rumbling time machines to unlock it. A ride on a summer afternoon can border on the rapturous. The sheer volume and variety of stimuli is like a bath for my nervous system, an electrical massage for my brain, a systems check for my soul. It tears smiles out of me: a minute ago I was dour, depressed, apathetic, numb, but now, on two wheels, big, ragged, windy smiles flap against the side of my face, billowing out of me like air from a decompressing plane.

Transportation is only a secondary function. A motorcycle is a joy machine. It's a machine of wonders, a metal bird, a motorized prosthetic. It's light and dark and shiny and dirty and warm and cold lapping over each other; it's a conduit of grace, it's a catalyst for bonding the gritty and the holy. I still think of myself as a motorcycle amateur, but by now I've had a handful of bikes over half a dozen years and slept under my share of bridges. I wouldn't trade one second of either the good times or the misery. Learning to ride one of the best things I've done.

Cars lie to us and tell us we're safe, powerful, and in control. The air-conditioning fans murmur empty assurances and whisper, "Sleep, sleep." Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride.

Author unknown.

Specials and Promotions

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Featured Products, Specials & Promotions

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Get Geared Up Contest

Enter our Get Geared Up Contest for a chance to win a Complete Set of Motorcycle Leathers (valued over $350 US). Click HERE to get more information and to ENTER The Bikers' Den GET GEARED UP Contest.

Motorcycle Clubs

Thank you to all of the Motorcycle Clubs that have agreed to exchange links with The Bikers' Den Website. We have added more than 400 clubs to our directory from all over the world and we're looking for more. If your club has a website, we'd like to include it in our directory. Please email us at links@bikersden.com to submit your club's details. Every month we will be featuring a different motorcycle club.

New York City Chapter of the Southern Cruisers Club

The New York City Chapter of the Southern Cruisers was formed in May 2003. We are not brand specific and open to all riders. Our primary goal is to have fun. Joining a riding club such as the Southern Cruisers ensures that there is always someone to ride with and share the adventure. We strive to promote a positive image of motorcyclists, safety, and camaraderie wherever we go.

To view all of our motorcycle club listings please visit The Bikers' Den Motorcycle Club Directory.

Motorcycle Related Links

This month's featured motorcycle link is an excellent online resource for all motorcycle enthusiasts. Here you will find information regarding motorcycles, apparel, accessories and more.

Charleston Motorcycle Week in South Carolina

Charleston's first annual Heritage Motorcycle Rally* in Charleston South Carolina roared into life at the Ladson Fairgrounds April 16, 2003. By the time the dust cleared on April 20, 2003 it was clear whether you called it the Charleston Motorcycle Rally, Charleston Bike Week, or Charleston Motorcycle Week a great time was had by most. Browse our photo galleries of bikers, biker chicks and motorcycles and see for yourself why Charleston Bike Week is one of the best South Carolina motorcycle rallies. During the Charleston Bike Week of 2004 from April 14 through 18 it be came apparent this event is no longer about one group or committee as it spread out far beyond Rally Central at the Ladson Fairgrounds. Make plans now to attend South Carolina Motorcycle Week April 8 through 17, 2005 in Charleston.

To view all of our motorcycle related website listings please visit The Bikers' Den Motorcycle Link Directory.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any ideas or suggestions or if you have any questions about The Bikers' Den or any products we carry. The Bikers' Den Customer Service is more than happy to help with any inquiries you have.

Ride Proud and Have a Happy Holiday Season,

Kurt, Jay & The Bikers' Den Staff
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