Our good buddy Arizona Craig…

I received this nice note a day or two ago from our good buddy Craig in Arizona…

Hey Joe: 

I figured I’d send you an update on how things are going.  I have almost 1400 miles on my RX3 since Steve delivered it to me on the way to the Overland Expo exactly 1 month ago.  I like this bike more and more as it has broken in.  In fact, I really haven’t ridden any of my other bikes in that time.  The fuel mileage continues to blow me away – consistently high 60s with my commute involving about 7 miles of 75 mph interstate travel per day.  I put the 30 watt LED driving lamps on mine and I have to say – they are really amazing for night travel.  I’ve attached a few photos of my RX3 that may or may not prove worthy of the blog – my cell phone is quite cheap as I spend all of my spare change on motorcycles. 

Also, you may take note that in one photo, my bike has blue handguards.  In the other, it has black handguards.  I think the black guards look much sharper on the blue bike.  Of course that is only an opinion.  

Anyway take care for now, and if you decide you’re coming back to Northern AZ anytime in the near future please drop me a line and I’ll join up for a ride.  Ride safe!

 Craig 

P.S. I know you wrote on the blog that you didn’t get a picture of me – so I also enclosed a good one of me goofing around when I put the clutch in my BMW.  It’s probably far from blogworthy, but it usually gets a good chuckle from my riding buddies​.

Craig, thanks for the note…and your photos are great!   I like them all, including the photo of you on your BMW.   Somewhere I’ve got an old photo one of my friends took of me fixing my Harley…if I recall correctly, I was using a large hammer in that one, which I resorted to a lot on that bike.

I will be in Arizona sometime within the next few weeks…Baja John is moving out there, and Tucson Greg wanted to get together for a ride, too.   I’ll keep you posted.  I really like riding in Arizona, especially on 89A.    How’s lunch in Jerome sound?