A 3-day weekend, a few photos, and more…

I’m really looking forward to the weekend.   You can bet I’m going to get out on the RX3, and I’ll probably fire up my CSC-150 Baja Blaster and run it around for a bit just to keep the juices flowing and the carb clean.  I don’t know where I’m going yet, but I’ll have the Nikon with me and I’ll grab a photo or two.  And I’m going to get out on the rifle range.  I’ve been so busy with other things I haven’t done any shooting lately, and a Memorial Day weekend just wouldn’t be right without sending some lead down range from the Garand and my trusty 1911.   Yep, I think time on the motorcycles, some shooting, and grabbing a few photos is just what the doctor ordered.

Speaking of photos, when I rode my RX3 to the plant yesterday and parked it, I looked down and there was a huge dragonfly right under the bike.  I had to grab a photo or two…

I had the Nikon D3300 with me and its general purpose 18-55 lens, which is okay for most things.   For a macro shot like the one above, I wished I had the D810 camera and its Sigma 50mm macro lens.   With that setup, you can get incredible closeup shots.    The little Nikon D3300 does a great job, though, especially on motorcycle trips due to its light weight and small size.   All of the recent shots you’ve seen from the Overland Expo and Baja trips have been with the D3300 and the 18-55 lens.   It’s an awesome travel combo.

I had the D3300 with me today when I stopped by our local Chevy dealer.   Folks, I am most definitely not in the market for a new car, but I like to look and I guess you could say I’m a Chevy man.   I am especially intrigued by their SS model, which is a high performance sedan with a Corvette engine.   It’s nice.   It gets terrible gas mileage (you even have to pay a gas guzzler tax) and it costs $50K (which is hard to reconcile for a Chevy), but it is an awesome car.  The sales dude was cool with me snapping a few photos, and here they are…

And I have more photos to share with you.  Our good buddy Bill had one of his several CSC-150 motorcycles up in the mountains last week.   Bill has an impressive vehicle collection including a real military Jeep.   When he bought his first CSC-150 and then his second, he sent me a photo of his Jeep and I told him he needed one of our Military Series “Sarge” models to go with the Jeep.  It was all the encouragement Bill needed to pick up a third CSC motorcycle, and here are his photos from his most recent ride…

I need to fix one of the rear turn signals on my CSC-150 (I broke the stem when I was taking my old KLR out of the garage a couple of months ago).   Well, as luck would have it, my good buddy Baja John sent me a suggested fix he used for a similar problem on his KLR…

It’s kind of a running joke among KLR riders to be as cheap as possible in everything associated with that motorcycle.   John may have set some kind of a record with his turn signal repair.   I had a good laugh when I saw it.

Later, folks….watch for more photos and stories, ’cause I’m getting my knees in the breeze on my CSC Cyclone this weekend!