Busy, busy, busy…

The plant is running 7 days a week getting bikes ready for you, my buddy John is in town, we’re getting ready for the Baja trip, and we’re doing whatever it takes to make sure you get the best we can give you in terms of customer service and an outstanding ride on your motorcycle.

When I stopped by the plant yesterday, I saw Michael and Kathleen pick up their new RX3 motorcycles…they are going to have a lot of fun!

While I was there today (Sunday morning, mind you!), things were jumping in the assembly area…here’s a shot of my good buddy Joel assembling one of your RX3 motorcycles…

And another one of my good buddy Rich installing the accessory outlets on John’s new RX3…

Like the title says, we are super busy.  And we are loving it.

Here’s a shot of John and Sara earlier, when John paid for all the extras he bought this morning…

And here’s one of John and Steve behind the plant, pondering the roads we would be riding a short while later…

I was checking the package of goodies our good buddy Geoff sent to us from BajaBound motorcycle insurance when I found this note I had previously missed…thanks again, Geoff!

There sure is a lot happening.  One of my deals is I keep an eye on the Internet forums to see what folks are talking about.   It’s one of the things that helped us to realize the need for a right-sized adventure touring bike a year ago.   We also like to keep tabs on what people say about us, about the bike, and about Zongshen, and I’ll weigh in when people say dumb stuff.  I weigh in on things a lot.

We, the good folks at CSC and you, our loyal riders…we’re in this together.   We’re finding and tweaking things on the bike, you’re sending your great suggestions to us, and folks, we are incorporating them.   We’re acting on every improvement opportunity we find, and every improvement opportunity you find, and we’re not hiding anything from you.   For example, consider el neuvo springo…

Still, some folks feel this overwhelming need to criticize. I read a lot of stuff on the Internet, and some of the comments are dumbfounding.   There seems to be an army of folks out there who feel qualified to comment and criticize anything and everything.   Some people would complain if you hung ’em with a new rope, I guess.

Anyway, on to more fun stuff…Baja John and I were up on Glendora Ridge Road today putting some break-in miles on his bike, and the weather, the scenery, and the riding were breathtaking…

The Internet being what it is, somebody will no doubt study that last photo and tell me I should have gone into that corner at 32 mph, or I should have been in third gear, or whatever.   It’s amazing sometimes.

We had a great ride and a great lunch after.   We stopped in a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican place in Azusa.   I had a couple of chicken tacos and John had camarones.   His plate was so impressive I had to grab a photo…

Like me, John is getting ready for the Baja run, too…you might say we both have a lot on our plate…