Biking

Most of these ideas can be modified for Motorcycles, Bicycles, Motocross, 4-Wheeling, Off-roading, Go-Karts, etc. Many things in the Car Racing file will also work for bike pages.

Page Toppers

And Awaaay She Goes!
Balancing act
Big Wheels Keep on Turnin'
Born to Bike
Born to Ride (Harley motto)
Breaking Away
Can't Wait to Get on the Road Again
Dirt Roads Teach Patience
Easy Rider
First Set of Wheels
Free Wheelin'
Hot Rod
Go Speed Racer (first bike)
I Can Do It
I Don't Need Training Wheels!
It's the Journey,
Not the Destination!
Look Mom, No Training Wheels
Look Out...Here I come
(new bike, new license)
Makin' Tracks
On a Bicycle Built for (name)
On a Bicycle Built for Two
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go
Pedal Practice
Pedal Pusher
Put the Pedal to the Metal
Ready, Set, Go
Rollin'-Rollin'-Rollin',
Keep Those Wheels Rollin'
Round and Around
Steady as She Goes
There's No Looking Back Now
Two-Wheel Travel
Un-easy Rider
Watch Me Go
The Wheels on My Bike Go Round and Round
Where the Blacktop Ends
Where the Blacktop Ends
And the Fun Begins

Quotes

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. (H.G. Wells)
A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it.
If you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape--it's serious.
To ride or not to ride...THAT is a stupid question!
To say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't racing. Life is the metaphor for the race. (Donald Antrim)
Well-trained reflexes are better than luck.
Winter is Nature's way of telling you to polish.

Page Ideas

Take a small toy tricycle or bike and run the tires across an ink pad or color the tires with a felt pen. Then run it across the page to make "tire tracks".
Motocross - Make a border of triangular flags using bright colors, like yellow, orange, and red. I also used the checkered design line stickers (black and white) to make a border around the page.
Motocross - Cut circles out of brown paper using the circle cutter. Cut out the centers to make tires.
Use a single-hole punch to cut half-circles into the edges of the circles to make them look like "knobby" tires. You can frame photos with these "tires". (Mix different colors - browns and blacks - on one page.)
Motocross - Use trophy die-cuts. Use bright papers to contrast with the colors of the MX uniforms. Cut a photo in a silhouette; use brown paper to make the "whoops" or jumps, and make it look like the rider is flying over the hills. Use die-cut numbers and ABC/123 stickers to brighten up the dirt pictures.
Four-Wheeling Or Motocross - Make circles with the centers cut out to look like tires. Cut the outside of the circle with the scallop scissors backwards
Go-Kart Page Ideas

Bicycles

Bicycle Quotes

The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. (Ann Strong, 1895)
The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. (John Howard)
Bicyclists are real pedal pushers.
Bicyclists have a lot of 'wheel power'.
First Law of Bicycling: No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.
Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live. (Mark Twain)
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. (Ernest Hemingway)
It never gets easier, you just go faster. (Greg LeMond)
Kansas: home of the highway with 318 miles and 11 curves.
Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling. (James E. Starrs)
Pain is a big fat creature riding on your back. The farther you pedal, the heavier he feels. The harder you push, the tighter he squeezes your chest. The steeper the climb, the deeper he digs his jagged, sharp claws into your muscles. (Scott Martin)
Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world. (Grant Peterson)
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. (H.G. Wells)

Riding a Two-Wheeled Bike

I can't believe I'm doing this!
I'm riding on two wheels!
Why, it was only yesterday
My bike had training wheels!

My parent's said, "You're ready now."
"OK", I said, "I'll try."
My daddy ran and held the seat
While mommy said, "Let's fly!"

I'm peddling really fast now.
The wind is in my hair.
I feel as if I'm flying high
Two-wheeling through the air!

Two Wheels

I told you I won't. It's too hard.
I told you I can't. It's too hard.
Didn't I tell you?

My feet, they won't reach.
My hands, they won't steer.
It's too hard.

Watch out--I'm tipping.
Don't let go--I'm falling.
Please; I give up.

Not so fast, not so fast.
I don't like this.
Stop stop stop stop.

Hey, I can't stop.
Hey, I'm riding, I'm riding.
Hey hey hey hey hey.

Did you see me?
What did I tell you?
It was easy.

Different Bicycles

(Dorothy W. Baruch)

When I ride my bicycle
I pedal and pedal
Knees up, knees down.
Knees up, knees down.

But when the boy next door
Rides his,
It's whizz--
A chuck a chuck--

And away
He's gone
With his
Knees steady-straight
In one place . . .
Because--
His bicycle has
A motor fastened on.

Mother's Advice

Guy, seventeen years old, lives for cycling competitions. He trained hard in his cycling club, and the day came when he was to take part in his first real race. His parents went with him to the starting line, giving last-minute advice.
Suddenly, the starting signal was given. His mother shouted, "Guy, be careful! Don't go too fast!"

Songs about Bicycles

Bicycle - Livingston Taylor (1996)
Bicycle Morning - Rebecca Lynn (1976)
Bicycle Race - Queen (1978)
Bicycle Song, The - Dick Baker (1950)
Bicycle Wreck, The - Geezinslaw Brothers (1969)
Bicycles on the Sidewalk - Bryan Washington (2005)
Broken Bicycles - Tom Waits (1982)
Busted Bicycle - Leo Kottke (1971)
My White Bicycle - Nazareth (1975)
Pedal Pusher - The Ventures (1965)
Pedal Your Blues Away - Robert Crumb Band (1993)
Rockin' Bicycle - Fats Domino (1961)
Sickle Riders Rule - The Buddies (1965)
Training Wheels - Suzzy and Maggie Roche (2004)
Tricycle - Cornelius Bumpus (1999)
Two on a Bike - Gordon Jenkins (1950)
Western Flyer - Western Flyer (1994)

Motorcycles

Page Toppers

Biker Chick
Born to be Wild and Free.
Chrome Don't Get You Home
Driven by the Spirit.
Free Spirit
Headin' Out to the Highway
Highway Honey
I Like the Biker Way of Life.
Leather and Steel
The Legend Lives
Let's Ride!
Live to Ride...Ride to Live
Look But Don't Touch.
On the Road Again
Loud Pipes Save Lives
Ride it Like You Stole it
Ride the Wind
This Goddess Rides a Motorcycle
Wild Thing
Work to Ride...Ride to Work

Motorcycle Quotes

200 MPH, no hands. Damn that'd be cool...right before the part where you die. (A. Duthie)
Always back your bike into the curb--and sit where you can see it.
Always replace the cheapest parts first.
The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.
The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.
Beware the rider who says their bike never breaks down.
A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.
Bikers have more fun than people do.
Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory.
Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside.
Born to ride my Harley...Forced to work!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 MPH can double your vocabulary.
A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles.
Don't argue with a 18-wheeler.
Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going.
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
Fire your therapist...ride a motorcycle.
For some there's therapy, for the rest of us there's motorcycles.
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.
A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 a.m. to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down.
A good long ride can clear your mind, restore your faith--and use up a lot of fuel.
A good mechanic will let you watch without charging for it.
Got a $10 head? Get a $10 helmet.
Gray-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck.
Harley--it's not just a word, it's a lifestyle.
Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a few drops of oil on the ground.
If she changes her oil more than she changes her mind--follow her.
If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them.
If you can read this...she fell off! (seen on the back of a t-shirt)
If you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape, it's serious.
If you can't run with the big hogs, stay on the porch.
If you don't ride in the rain--you don't ride.
If you ride like there's no tomorrow--there might not be.
If you want to get somewhere before sundown, you can't stop at every tavern.
If you want to ride a couch...stay home.
I'm not afraid to ride fast, it's crashing and burning that I'm afraid of.
I'm not speeding, I'm qualifying.
It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share a bed.
It's not the destination, it's the journey.
Keep your bike in good repair. Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Learning to do counter-intuitive things may someday save your butt.
Loud and Proud...If I Can Be Heard I Can Be Seen.
Maintenance is as much as art as a science.
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle.
A motorcycle can't sing on the streets of a city.
Never argue with a woman holding a torque wrench.
Never be afraid to slow down.
Never do less than forty miles before breakfast.
Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town.
Never mistake horsepower for staying power.
Ninety eight percent of all Harleys ever sold are still on the road. The other two percent made it home.
Old bikes and good whiskey both get better with age.
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out a car window.
The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rear-view mirror.
Owning two bikes is useful because you can raid the other for parts.
Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling more than twenty seconds.
Practice wrenching on your own bike.
Remember when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous.
Riding faster than everyone else only guarantees you'll ride alone.
Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
Seen on motorcycle rear-view mirror--Warning: objects in mirror are disappearing rapidly.
Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.
Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night.
There are drunk riders. There are old riders. There are NO old, drunk riders.
There are two kinds of people in the world...Harley riders and everybody else.
There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer.
Thin leather looks good in the bar, but it won't save you from "road rash" if you go down.
To ride or not to ride...THAT is a stupid question!
Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway--it's an attitude.
Warning--The surgeon general has determined that messing with bikers can be dangerous to your health.
Well trained reflexes are quicker than luck.
What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor. (David Perry)
What does a Harley and hound dog have in common? They both spend most of their time in the back of a pickup truck.
What differentiates the two? The hound dog can get in and out of the pickup under his own power.
When you look down the road, it seems to never end--but you better believe it does.
Winter is nature's way of telling you to polish.
Yes, it's fast. No, you can't ride it.
You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.
Young riders pick a destination and go...Old riders pick a direction and go.

from Motorcycle Man

(Saxon)

I can beat your street machine
We're taking risks, that's what we mean
'Cause I'm a motorcycle man.
We get our kicks just when we can
Motorcycle man.

If you see me riding by
Do not stop me, do not try
'Cause I'm a motorcycle man.
I get my kicks just when I can
Motorcycle man.

from Motorcycle Mama

(Sailcat)

Tell your Daddy and your Mama, too
You got something better to do
Than stick 'round the house the rest of your life
You're eighteen you can do what you like.
You'll be the queen of my highway
My motorcycle mama.
We'll see the world from my Harley

We'll get matching jackets and helmets, too
We'll get respect from the towns we ride through.
We'll sleep at the roadside in the soft green grass
And if the squares walk by we'll let them pass.
You'll be the queen of my highway
My motorcycle mama.
We'll see the world from my Harley . . .

If the chain don't break.

from Motorcycle Michael

(Jo Ann Campbell)

Hey Michael, hear what I said
I'm tired of lookin' at the back of your head
Sweet baby, you're the one I adore
But I ain't gonna ride two wheels no more.

Come on Michael, trade your motorcycle
And get yourself an automobile
We can't make love on a cycle Michael
Like we could in an automobile.

Page Ideas

Make an enlarged color copy of a picture that is faded or light in color to use as a background, instead of colored paper. (e.g. enlarged photos of mountains in Colorado when we traveled there). I have also done this with a map of where we traveled. Put the pics on top and it makes a beautiful page. You can also make die-cuts of the various states you traveled through.
Cut out the Harley logo from various places, or you can color copy patches and things. Use them in your layouts.
Drawn roads, tire tracks, etc. with the pens to connect pictures across a 2-page spread, or more pages continuing together.
Use black and orange paper to enhance the Harley theme.
Cut out a side view silhouette of someone on a Harley, put it in the lower left corner of the page, and drawn 'streams' to show movement across the page.
For racing, make checkers for a flag out of squares of paper. It can be a background or smaller taking up a quarter of a page.
Use motorcycle clip art as a guide to create your own die-cuts.
Page border designs: A drawn border around the page that looks like a chain; motorcycle wheels in each corner; simple swirls that look like pin striping, or copy what is on the motorcycle.
The American flag and red, white and blue colors are good for benefit runs.
Color copy a bandanna or denim for a background. Fabric copies beautifully.
Take a small toy motorcycle--run the tires across an ink pad or color the tires with a felt pen and then run it across the page to make 'tire tracks'.

Songs about Motorcycles

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson (1991)
10,000 Hogs - Chuck Jonkey (2008)

Angel on My Bike - The Wallflowers (1996)

Bad Motorcycle - The Storey Sisters (1958)
Bad Motor Scooter - The Chi-lites (1983)
Ballad of Easy Rider - The Byrds (1969)
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf (1977)
Biker - The Pretenders (1999)
Biker Chick - Jo Dee Messina (2007)
Biker Like an Icon - Paul McCartney (1993)
Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots - Chris Spedding (1989)
Black Boots and Bikes - The Hondells (1964)
Black Leather Rebel - Johnny Carroll (1974)
Blue Motorcycle Eyes - Havana 3AM (1991)
Boom Shaboom, My Engine Just Went Boom Again - Sirota (1998)
Boots and Leather Jacket - Jack Grunsky (2005)
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)
Boys Are Back in Town, The - Thin Lizzy (1976)
B.S.A. - The Steve Gibbons Band (1981)
BSA 441 - Southern Culture on the Skids (1985)

Call Me the Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Chopper - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1995)
Chrome Don't Get You Home - William Van Dyke (1998)
Cruising Low - Chuck Jonkey (2008)
Cycle Chase - The Hondells (1964)
Cycle Party - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1966)
Cycle-Delic - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1968)

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (1986)
Desert Plains - Judas Priest (1981)
Driftin' Blues - John Hammond (1976)

Engine of Excess - Punishment of Luxury (1979)
Ezy Ryder - Jimi Hendrix (1997)

Fire Lake - Bob Seger (1980)
Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet (1979)
From Here to Eternity - Iron Maiden (1992)
Fuel - Metallica (1997)
Funky Moped - Jasper Carrot (1975)

Get into the Wind - Steppenwolf (1975)
Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue (1987)
Going the Distance - Cake (1886)
Grey Motorcycle - Make Up (1999)

Harley - The Earl Scruggs Revue (1976)
Harley Davidson - Steve Gibbons Band (1990)
Harley Davidson - Brigitte Bardot (1968)
Harley Davidson Blues - Canned Heat (1973)
Harleys and Horses - Turner Nichols (1993)
Headin' Out to the Highway - Judas Priest (1981)
Hell Bent for Leather - Judas Priest (1987)
Hellion, The - W.A.S.P. (1984)
Hell's Angels - Roy Harper (1970)
Hell's Angels on Wheels - Stu Phillips (1967)
Hog Heaven - Chuck Jonkey (2008)
Hog Ridin' Fool - William Van Dyke (1998)
Hold on to My BSA - Rockabilly Five (1991)
Honda Holiday - The Hondells (1964)
Hot Rod Harley - Charlie Ryan (1961)
Hot Rods and Harleys - Buddy Dughi (2007)

I Didn't See the Motorcycle - William Van Dyke (1998)
I Married the Gal With the Cycle - Charlie Ryan (1961)
Iron Horse - Motorhead (1984)

Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder (1965)

Kickstand - The Ventures (1967)
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue (1989)

Last Ride - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1966)
Lay it Down Before it's Too Late - The Hondells (1964)
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-las (1964)
Leather and Steel - The Crawlers (2004)
Leather Jacket - Mick Taylor (1979)
Let it Roll - Little Feat (1988)
Little BSA - The Buddies (1965)
Little Honda - The Hondells (1964)
Little Red Scooter - Tony Conigliaro (1965)
Little Sidecar - The Larks (1951)
Lonely Rider - Hondells (1964)
Long and Lonely Ride - Ian Gillan (1997)

M.C. Baby - Hanoi Rocks (1981)
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (1968)
Me and My Harley-Davidson - Mickey Hawks (1989)
Mean Little Monza - The Buddies (1965)
Midnight Rider - The Neville Brothers (1992)
Motorbikin' - Chris Spedding (1975)
Motorcycle - The Steve Gibbons Band (1990)
Motorcycle - Paul Simon (1962)
Motorcycle Bill - The Willis Brothers (1968)
Motorcycle Blues - Jesse Colin Young (1974)
Motorcycle Driver - Joe Satriani (1992)
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers (1992)
Motorcycle Irene - Moby Grape (1968)
Motorcycle Mama - Neil Young (1978)
Motorcycle Man - Floyd Robinson (1966)
Motorcycle Michael - Jo Ann Campbell (1961)
Motorcycle Mystics - David Stewart (1991)
Motorcycle Rock - Phantom's Opera (1999)
Motorcycle Song, The - Arlo Guthrie (1967)
My Knight in Black Leather - Bette Midler (1979)
My Little Bike - The Surfaris (1965)
My Little Sister Gotta Motorbike - Crazy Cavan (1979)

Neon Knights - Black Sabbath (1980)
New Sensations - Lou Reed (1984)

On the Road Again - Canned Heat (1968)
One Last Ride - The Outlaws (1986)
Open Throttle - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1995)
Outlaw Rider - McGuffey Lane (1981)

Panheads Forever - David Allan Coe (2003)
Pink Motorcycle Helmet - Thunderbirds Are Now (2007)

Rebel Rider - Annette (1964)
Return of the Warlord - Manowar (1996)
Rhonda's Last Ride - Darrell Scott (1999)
Ride - Joe Satriani (1989)
Ride the Wild Wind - Queen (1991)
Ride the Wind - Poison (1990)
Ride Til I Die - The Destroyers (2003)
Ride to Live, Live to Ride - Twisted Sister (1983)
Ride With Me - Steppenwolf (1972)
Rider in the Rain - Randy Newman (1978)

Sickle Riders Rule - The Buddies (1965)
Side Car Cycle - Johnny Bond (1965)
Silver Machine - Hawkwind (1972)
Sister Mary Motorcycle - Girl Trouble (1990)
Sober Harley Guys - by Erica Wheeler (1996)
Speed Ball, the Wild Motorcyclist - Ray Stevens (1963)
Still They Ride - Journey (1982)
Suicide Ride - Buddy Dughi (2007)
Suzuki - The Hondells (1966)
Sweet Hitchhiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971)

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die - Robert Gordon (1982)
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die - Jethro Tull (1976)
Triumph Bonneville - Steve Gibbons Band (1990)
Turbo Lover - Judas Priest (1986)
Two-Wheel Show Stopper - The Hondells (1964)

Uneasy Rider - The Charlie Daniels Band (1973)
Unknown Legend - Neil Young (1992)
Unknown Rider, The - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1966)

Wanda on Her Honda - The Buddies (1965)
War of the Superbikes - The Meatmen (1985)
Warlord - Manowar (1983)
Wheels of Fire - Manowar (1988)
White Line Fever - Flying Burrito Brothers (1979)
Wild Child - Scorpions (1996)

Yamaha - The Buddies (1965)
You're Gonna Ride with Me - The Hondells (1964)