RAVEN'S BIKER BLOG: Postings by Leni D. Anderson: 2015

Friday, May 22, 2015

PINNED. 5: Video featuring bands RIDE TO RUIN & GOOD ENGLISH

PINNED is an annual biker gathering in Columbus, OH, and this year marked PINNED OHIO's fifth year. It is held at the Rice Paddy located at 1454 N. Grant Avenue. This video features bands RIDE TO RUIN & GOOD ENGLISH, familiar faces to some, and of course BIKES. To say the least, I had a great time and hope everyone enjoy the vid. FYI, I did not have my video equipment so I recorded the bands using my LG smart phone. Anyway, I have much to write about so watch out for my next entry on Raven's Biker Blog!

Check out PINNED OHIO web page - http://pinnedohio.com &

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pinned-Ohio/119707498102007?fref=ts

Keep the Rubber on Asphlat!

Raven

Monday, March 2, 2015

Just Because.....

Bean're, Bill. Me, & Daniel

I thought I add this fun selfie Bean're took with me, Daniel (left of me), and Cousin It aka Bill (right of me underneath Bean're's hair), three of the Ridin" On Motorcycle Magazine photography crew at the 2015 Easyriders Bike Show Tour.

Keep the Rubber on Asphalt!

Raven

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Bike Season Begins: 2015 Easyriders Bike Show Tour, Columbus, OH

Easyriders Bike Show Tour 2015, photo by Leni D. Anderson

This past weekend the Easyriders Bike Show Tour came to the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, and for me, this officially starts my bike season! Even though the weather and streets are chilled and crappy, there are a number of biker events scheduled for the next month to feed my appetite to get me through till spring. But till then.......

Me & my Bro Colin

This year, like the year before, and the year before that, my Bro Colin and I met up at the show to gander at bikes & babes, see a few friendly faces we have not seen since the last show, and lay down a bill or two for t-shirts and other goods. This year was a bit different, at least for me because the pics I usually take for my memory sake had to be prioritized because I was also there to take pictures for Ridn' On Motorcycle Magazine (www.ridinon.com/home/home.htm). So, the images I am presenting in this blog are not the prime choices of the batch because they were reserved for the magazine. With that said, I, like the times before, had a great time hanging out with my Bro!

Bean're & me, photo by Leni D. Anderson

While at the show I had the great opportunity to meet the awesome Kevin Bean're aka Bean're! If you are not familiar with the biker world, Bean're has become sort of a legend in his own right. Riding his purple Hog and wearing his most excellent top hat around the world. His travels has taken him across the U.S., Canada Europe, Morocco and Australia. We got to talk for a bit trading tales about ourselves, people we've met, and private islands. Bean're has written an autobiography about his life and travels titled "Bean're: Motorcycle Nomad." I just started reading it, so, I cannot jabber too much about it besides I'm enjoyed the ride so far.

Easyriders Bike Show Tour 2015, photo by Leni D. Anderson

The Easyriders show this year, I have to say, was much better than last year. There were more bikes showcased, and a number of them actually looked like they hit pavement and were not just show pieces. It's not that I do not like the show bikes because I do, and I have been inspired to incorporate some of the ideas I've gotten from them on mine. But, the bikes that impressed me the most were the ones I know are hitting "Rubber to Asphalt!"

When all is said and done, this weekend was a good weekend, and I am ready to take my Hog out of the garage, put ass on leather, twist the throttle, and roll out some miles.

Keep Rubber to Asphalt!
Raven

Easyriders Bike Show Tour 2015, photo by Leni D. Anderson

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Ridin' On Motorcycle Magazine Honored @ Motorcycle Ohio Conference

Have you ever worked some place, and had not ever met the people you are working for or any of your co-workers? Well, I have! I have been a contributor to Ridin' On Motorcycle Magazine based in Westlake, Ohio near Cleveland, Ohio for the past year, and until tonight had not met anyone I work with.

It was a great pleasure to meet everyone with the mag, chow down with them for "our family dinner" at Bravo! Cucina Italiana, and lastly but certainly not least, to find out that Ridin' On is the recipient of this year's Distinguished Service Award for an Organization at the Motorcycle Ohio conference.

To conclude, I want to thank Bill Bish, Darlene Bish, Shannon Frederick, James Micheal Godwin Sr,, James Michael Godwin Jr., Sharon Kay Godwin, Lou Denis Griggs, Paula Griggs, and Dar Grodi for making me feel welcomed and part of the Ridin' On Family!

Ridin' On Motorcycle Magazine website - http://www.ridinon.com/home/home.htm

Ridin' On Motorcycle Magazine Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ridinon

Keep the Rubber on Asphalt!
Raven

Saturday, February 21, 2015

MotorCycle Mob: Motorcycle Movie List – Whats your Favorite?

CLICK to see Biker Zombies From Detroit trailer

For all of you Biker Flick lovers out there, here is a cool list of Motorcycle Movies on MotorCycle Mob website. This page features movie titles from the 1970's to 1990's, and each title is hyperlinked to Wikipedia so you can read a bit about each movie. Unfortunately, Biker Zombies From Detroit is not on the list, I guess because the poster is a bit cooler than the movie, but it is still worth a watch and laughs.

MotorCycle Mob: Motorcycle Movie List – Whats your Favorite? Here's a link to their Facebook page if you are interested in checking it out. (https://www.facebook.com/motorcyclemob)

See y'all at the Easyriders Bike Show this weekend in Columbus, Ohio!

Keep the Rubber on Asphalt!
Raven

Sunday, February 15, 2015

OHIO BIKE WEEK 2015

Warm Dayz R A Coming!

Raven

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

2015 EASYRIDERS BIKE SHOW TOUR - COLUMBUS, OHIO

Next weekend is the start of bike season for me with the Easyriders Bike Show Tour coming to Downtown C-BUS at the Columbus Convention Center, February 21-22, 2015. I will be there taking pictures for Ridin' On Motorcycle Magazine, so, if you see me there let me know you check out my blog and/or seen my contributions to Ridin' On, and I will take your pic for the mag. If it doesn't make it in the mag, I will certainly post your pic here on Raven's Biker Blog.

Me at the 2013 Easyriders Bike Show

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Two Wheels + Motor: An International Exhibition

Via Con Dios by Manon Elder

If you have not had an opportunity to visit the American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, I suggest planning a weekend to check it out. The Hall of Fame is somewhat small but is huge with motorcycle history. They have a great collection of road, off road, and racing bikes that spans from the early 1900s to the present; a gallery dedicated to the men and women who have made a major contribution to the motorcycle world; Bike Craft section exhibiting custom bikes; and lastly, a gallery area located on the lower level of the Hall, that is currently exhibiting artworks by local, national, and international artists, whose works deals with the multi-faceted world of motorcycles, titled Two Wheels + Motor: An International Exhibition.

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Gallery

Being a biker that is also an artist, I was pleasantly surprised when I first encountered this exhibit, and had to make a second and even third visit, to fully appreciate the incredible works of art on display. Some of the notable pieces that caught my eyes are Chrissy Mountkapp’s painting ‘Three Kings and Kat Nip’; Manon Elder’s tribute painting of Indian Larry titled, ‘Via Con Dio’; Troy Lee’s painting ‘Magoo’; Eric Herrmann’s tribute painting to the iconic movie Easyrider titled, ‘American, Always’; Mary Watt Yeadon’s ‘1967 Triumph Bobber’; and, Columbus, Ohio based artist Ken Goodson’s paintings ‘Rally In Sturgis’.

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Gallery

To be honest, I was impressed with the entire exhibition, but unfortunately, cannot list all the artists and artworks on exhibit. With that said, take some time from your schedule and plan to visit the AMA Hall of Fame yourself! Two Wheels + Motor: An International Exhibition will be up till March 31, 2015.

American, Always by Eric Herrmann

Flames Grid by Lory Lockwood

Black Rider by Ken Goodson

Magoo by Troy Lee

Three Kings and Kat Nip by Chrissy Mountkapp

1967 Triumph Bobber by Mary Watt Yeadon

Hell Drivers by Michael Siculan

Rally In Sturgis by Ken Goodson

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame
Gallery

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

New Motorcycles & Biker Life Art Series

BROTHERS OF THE ROAD

For those of you who do not know me, I happening to be an artists and have exhibited my work in the U.S., Europe and Japan. With that said, I've been working on a few new art projects, and this is one of them dealing with....wait for it.....Motorcycles and the biker life.This style of painting is different than what I'm known for, and it has been fun creating them! There's some good news about this series, but I feel I need to wait a bit before I announce it.

MOTEL: COLOR TV by RCA

ROUTE: US

HANGAR NO.7

Here are a few paintings of mine and style of paintings I am most known for.

Judgment Calling.

This painting was exhibited at The Smithsonian Institution's International Gallery in Washington, DC in 2010.

Contemplation.

This painting can be viewed on The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts website , and is part of the Columbus Museum of Art permanent collection in Columbus, Ohio. This is The Kennedy Center's website where my painting can be seen - www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=60856

Exegesis 21st.

This painting was created in 2002 during my international residency in Dresden, Germany where I was a Greater Columbus Arts Council fellow and visiting artist at the Hochschule Für Bildende Künste Dresden.

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Hochschule Für Bildende Künste Dresden

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Road Trip Down Memory Lane - 2014 Bike Season

Knowing it is next to impossible to make every bike night, charity poker run and bike show happening in Ohio, let alone wherever you live, there are a special few in Central Ohio I think you should mark on your 2015 calendar.

First is one of the big events that opens every year in mid-February is the Easyriders Bike Show at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. It is a great time to see what some of the best bike builders are churning out of their garages, buy cool biker gear and merchandise, take a gander at pretty women doing their thing on stage, and meet biker celebrities like Michael Ballard, Angie Carlson, and Jesse James Dupree from Full Throttle Saloon and cast members from Sons of Anarchy.

Next is the partnership of QFM96 radio station and Scioto Downs Racino; on July 7, 2014, they had their first bike night at Scioto Downs on South High Street in Columbus, Ohio. And, for reasons that seemed logical to me, having a bike night at a place featuring some of the finest thoroughbreds and jockeys in Ohio was the perfect site for some of the finest iron horses and bikers to congregate, and get their party on! The night's Mistress of Ceremony Kristie Kemper and her crew has put together a fun filled evening with different give always, food, beer and other libations of the gods, tickets to win a Harley Davidson Iron 883, and jamming tunes set under the backdrop of dust being kicked up on the track.

Lastly, there are rides like the One Lap Around 270 for PTSD hosted by Driven With Purpose (drivenwithpurpose.org), an Ohio based educational and personal outreach program committed to helping our veterans and others suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; the Templar Knights MC (charity club) Annual Battle for Breath for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; and, Shaker’s Bar & Grille Bike Night on Georgesville Road and and Ten Mile Inn Bike Night on West Broad Street both in Columbus, Ohio.

So now you know!