XJ calendar picture ideas

Well, so much for the rat bike look. I'm disappointed and relieved at the same time.

At least next time I'll have a better camera to try and do this with.

 

Ease, that is one b.a. bike. My congrats to you. Terrific pictures too.

 

Thanks Chacal, I appreciate it... Next year I'll have to submit a couple days earlier... with some better pics. I can see the competition will only get better.

The calander is top notch, and true to my word I ordered one tonight.

I'll be putting it up in my cubicle when I get it.

 

Are the pics on the front of the calander the ones that made the cut?

 

Mine really don't qualify for calendar material right now. Mayube after some real chean-up and paint.

 

The calendar is a single-page poster measuring 11x17. What you see is what you get.

 

It looks to me like there are 2 versions available, the 11x17 poster print and the normal multi-page calendar. The traditional calendar has each month's bike shown on the front; you can view the calendar pages on the cafepress.com site.

 

Hmmm.... didn't see the second version.

 

I ordered up my calender, and a t-shirt just for good measure

 

As Did I... about 2 1/2 weeks ago... wierd... CafePress is usually alot faster than that.

 

wow 2 1/2 wees thats a bit longer than the the 11 days it says :S How do they ship to Canada UPS or Regular Mail??

 

I got mine after only a week... And I'm on the otherside of the planet...

I like it when a company under promises and over delivers

 

USPS.

And it usually takes that 11 days... I order stuff from cafepress on a monthly basis.

I have a feeling I just waisted my money.

 

Many places quote shipping times based on the carriers quoted delivery times, which:

a) except for "guaranteed" services, like UPS/FedEx Next Day Air or 2-day Air, or Postal Service Express Mail, etc.---delivery times can vary quite a bit. For example, US Postal Service "Priority Mail" service is not a guaranteed service, and delivery times can be as quick as 2 days to a large city, or up to 5-7 days to rural areas within the USA, and obviously longer (sometimes much longer) outside the country.

b) quoted delivery times are almost always in "carrier days" rather than in calender days.....meaning that weekends and holidays don't count in their quoted delivery times. Thus in the example above, 11 "carrrier days" is two full calender weeks plus one day-----which, throw in a US holiday that we just had, and now you're at 16 calender days......

c) add to the above is the timing of when you placed your order. If you ordered from a merchant on, let's say, a Friday afternoon---well, that order may not get processed by them and into the carrier "delivery stream" until the following Monday....thus 3 calender days have already elapsed even BEFORE it gets into that whole "11 transit days which really means up to 15 calender days" thing..........thus equaling 18 calender days AS A NORMAL DELIVERY SCHEDULE........

The situation with Alive, who is over in New Zealand, is typical: overseas shipments, no matter what delivery service level is selected, goes via air, and thus leaves (for example) the US postal system within a day or two, then takes 1 day to get overseas to New Z, and then however long it takes to get thru NZ's delivery system. Non-priority delivery service levels for overseas shipments wait in a queue for available air cargo transport space IF higher-level classes of mail have already filled up the belly of a plane; otherwise, they travel just as quickly as a priority mail package.

During off-peak mailing times....and right after the holidays is certainly one of them....lower classes of mail delivery service tend to travel just as quickly as the higher levels of service. It's only during normal-or-above mail system volumes that the lower level mailing service choices get delivered more slowly, as it is not uncommon that during a "normal" mail volume period, that all available plane bellies are full, and the lower level service packages just sit in a warehouse somewhere until a lower amount of high-level service volume occurs (or a long enough waiting period has elapsed)----and only then do they get on with their travels.

That's why "standard" mail service levels can have such widely variable delivery schedules: they travel only on a space-available basis. Think of lower class mail service as being akin to a human travelling on a "stand-by" basis on an airline: sometimes you'll get lucky and get an immediate flight; most times you'll be looking at an extended stayover (after all, to an airline, a human passenger is just another form of cargo!).

Let me just say that I know absolutely nothing about, nor am I here to defend or chastise Cafe Express (I don't even know who they are!), but just wanted to outline the behind-the-scenes meaning of some merchants advertised statements, which can be quite ambiguous or, even worse, sometimes intentionally mis-leading------since the merchant wants to "promise" the quickest possible delivery times to the customer, yet, if "delays" occur, they can fall back on the (very real and true) explanations above to "pass the blame" onto the carriers for the delay, and the blame for the "mis-understanding" onto the customer.

 

Yikes!
Someone is in the biz, hah. Thanks for the insider info.

I got the shirt and calendar today. And, as per usual they were EXTREMELY professionally packaged (calendar was on a cardboard backing and shrinkwrapped, and the t-shirt was folded, banded, and individually packaged, all before being placed in a Labelled box... Intense).

Anyway, I'll be sure to hang the calendar in the cubicle (though I kind of regret not getting the single page callendar... would be a better fit).

I forgot about the US holiday on Monday, which is kind of dumb considering I work for Sprint and told about 30 people over the weekend that they would have to wait for UPS, lol...

CafePress usually ships a lot faster, otherwise I wouldn't have questioned the 3 week delivery. I have ordered 4 custom shirts at a time from all different "stores" (within cafepress) and recieved them in under 2 weeks in the past... in december actually. That's why I was worried.

 

The pics were all great. None of them look too bad at all.

The bike with the windjammer is a little out of focus but it just looks Artsy'
... October could be a little clearer too but it's a hillarious pic so I'm all for it!.


Great Job everyone... Save a spot for me Next Year!!

 

I'm wearing my new t-shirt and hat right now. The calendar is in front of me too. May is an awesome month! LOL. My order took exactly one month to show up. Not unusual for shipping to Canada, but I've had faster. The Gov't took a cut for GST, PST and a handling fee. $10.24!
Nice products, well packaged and I'm proud to wear them!

 

One suggestion for next year's calendar. It would be nice to list the model of the bikes in the pictures and maybe the owner's name.

 

... I work in a call center and we recently changed clients... so the cleaning people thought it would be a great idea to steal my XJ bikes calendar and throw it in the trash...

Buggers.

Just figured I'd vent a little.

 

Does anyone know when you will start gathering pics for next year's calendars? I'd like to submit a few this time. Is 5MP enough res?

 

The pictures in the last calendar weren't all that high quality, so I can't see why not... Of course I have nothing to do with the calendar so I guess someone else will answer.

All I know is I'm getting some good ones done for this calendar.

 

This is something i wiped up quick on a photoshop program. I used my bike because i had easy access th pictures.

 

neither LINK works

 

are we doing a calendar for 2009?

i didnt see ANY 550 maxims although the 900R had a good showing in '08...

 

I could probably find a shot or 2 of a modified 650.

 

I'd like to be involved this time as well.

 

Here is a picture.Too lame??

 

put a helmet on them kids...

 

Why? I don´t see any icehockey player´s there..

 

I think I'll get some shots of mine with a nicer back ground and send them in, everyone seems to like the style of it so far. My wifey is a photo grad I'll try to get her to do something cool like paint it flat black did with the year and model

 

You could use any of these from last nights shots of a not quite stock 650.

 

Nice!

Is there another calendar happening??

 

"October"





could also be September, I guess...




Best I can do for November (hey this is Michigan)

 

Here's one for december!

 

I didnt know there was a calender. lol. To bad there is only two seasons in MI; Winter and Road Construction. Its obviously winter. darn. My photographer friend could have got a cool action shot of me on the old 550. I guess this will have to dooooooooooooo.....................


May.

 

I thought this might be a good place to try this

 

I seen this bike on another forum (Fuelslut), Possibly the same? Nice pictures. Would make a nice cover.

 

Ok, this is about as "calendar" as it gets. I'd be happy to send the large file if you like it. There are some other great bike pics here as well.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

 

Here is another that was just born to be in a calendar.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

 

Nice shot that last one, nice and clean, love the reflection on te engine fins and carb bowls

 

We dont have a calendar.... why?
Someone on here MUST own a print shop...
Id buy 4-5!