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opportunity to be featured on these
pages. We have some great pointers on
shooting pictures of your bike posted
on GarageBuild.com and American-
IronMag.com. Cellphone shots might
work for our Letters section if you’re
using a high-quality smartphone, but a
digital camera is best.
If you’re like me, and you have
“perpetual projects,” send us some
high resolution snapshots of those too.
We like to see what’s going on in your
garage. Have an idea for a story, or
would like to learn how to do some-
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an e-mail at Letters@AmericanIron-
Mag.com. That’s where we get lots of
great ideas for the stories you see on
these pages.
Until the next issue of Garage Build
Mag, we’ll be doing some riding, lots
of wrenching, loads of photography
(It’s a good thing we don’t have to
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writing. I look forward to the autumn
swap meet season, where I can get rid
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some hidden gems of vintage parts for
future bike builds.
Until the next issue of Garage
Build Mag, please remember to be safe
out there. And I’m not just talking
about safety in your shop, remember
safety on the road. Practice your
riding skills, and don’t ride over
your head. We want to make sure
you’re still around to see your bike in
Garage Build Mag. GBWhile I’m glad for the extra day-
light hours to have fun with family and
friends, it then dawns on me that the
days will be getting shorter from here
on out. Bummer.
But the motorcycle riding season
is in full swing! Bike shows, rallies,
group rides, bring it on! Hopefully
your bike wrenching is done, and you
can enjoy the ride, or at least until
something on your bike breaks. Argh!
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Build Magazine handy. You just might
have the directions for the solution to
your problem in a pile of old mags.
This is issue 419 of Garage Build,
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for 2019. Don’t worry, we’ll be plenty
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tion: American Iron Salute to Heroes
in Uniform. If you’re a faithful sub-
scriber to American Iron Magazine you’ll
automatically get a copy of Salute in the
mail. If you’re not, then look for Salute
on newsstands starting October 29.
In Salute magazine we show special
attention to military personnel and their
motorcycles, custom military-themed
bikes, period-correct service machines,
and veterans events. And Salute mag
is not just for celebrating the armed
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bikes, specially equipped veteran builds,
you name it, we cover it in Salute. After
Salute gets sent to the printer, it’s back
to bike building as we start looking for
stories for Garage Build.
Over the next few weeks and
months we’ll be planning our 2020
production schedule. That’s when we
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our mags come out, and their dead-
lines. I can’t provide the exact date for
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just yet. But based on past history, we
will be working on it in late summer
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uct in your hands this autumn or just
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issue of 2020 on our website: Ameri-
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announcements.
Until then, maybe you can help us
get ready. Consider this a call to action.
We’re looking for cool custom and
classic bikes with a veteran or military
theme for American Iron Salute. And
don’t forget, we need police bikes too.
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[email protected].
And we need to see your bike
builds posted on GarageBuild.com.
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ope. It’s not that time of year yet. Not the holiday gift-giving
season just yet. Actually, as I write this, we just celebrated the
summer solstice, the longest day of the year. It marks the start
of summer, and it always seems to sneak up on me too soon.