A note from Russ…

I received a nice note from my good buddy Russ B after I posted the Death Valley and KLR photos a day or two ago.   You guys and gals will remember Russ…he’s got a gorgeous blue accessorized CSC motorcycle with our gangster white wall tires…

Here’s Russ’s note…

Hi Joe:

I check your blog daily and can tell when you are busy and still working for a living (smile)….no news….which this person misses from CSC.  You not only take great pics but with some artistic thought included. 

Enjoyed your Death Valley views.  Coyotes here in Iowa are a different color and of course no Road Runners that I’m aware (was it Plymouth who used the name?).   In Iowa currently we are hovering down with near zero temps and so your tales of riding 2 wheels this time of year causes a bit of anxiety with me.    Would love to ride with you guys sometime but is a bit of a haul from central USA to CA. 

Your wrenching the bolts as a maintenance check is a good suggestion for sure.  One I must do on all of my bikes soon.  Hey Joe, put that license plate on a hinge.  Might rattle? 

Attached here is my Red 1996 Honda Pacific Coast 800 which I did buy from a CA owner.  Great cruiser!  And of course, Lil’ Boy Blue leading the pack. Keep the stories coming!!

Russ

Russ, thanks for your kind words, and for our blog readers, here’s that photo of Russ’s PC 800 Honda…

It was Plymouth who introduced the Roadrunner, Russ, as their low bucks muscle car in 1968.   I remember it well.  My late buddy Bobby O’Connell had one with a 426 Hemi (their base engine was the 383 wedge), and Bobby’s car was the fastest ride in town.   It was really cool.   Bobby’s car was exactly the color you see in the photo below…

The rumor is Chrysler spent a ton of money perfecting the Roadrunner’s horn to sound exactly like the roadrunner in the cartoon series (you know…beep beep).    Cool stuff.

I really like your Pacific Coast, too, Russ.  They’re awesome bikes…a fully faired motorcycle with an 800cc V-twin engine.   I always wanted one.   Someday.   Yours looks great in red.   I would like to find one in their pearl white color, which is one of my favorite colors.

The KLR 650 license plate fix is to move the plate up onto the fender instead of the stock location (where it hangs below the fender).  I just never got around to doing that because I never thought I would ride the thing hard enough to let the tire hit the plate.   Boy, was I ever wrong about that!

That’s it for now.  Thanks again for the kind words, Russ, and everyone…ride safe, stay warm, and stay tuned!