An East Coast event…Ride to eat, eat to ride!

My blog about a CSC event on the east coast (specifically, New Hope on the Delaware River) struck a nerve, both here at home and in our CSC blog readership. There’s been a lot of interest in this and a few great suggestions (thanks for sending them to us, folks).

The thinking here is we might structure such an event along the lines of a sale, a chance to pick up your new CSC motorcycle on the east coast, and a ride along and across the majestic Delaware River. My preference is for a single-day ride on the weekend.

Some of the ideas we’re discussing include:

• East coast customers could take delivery of their new bikes at the event.
• We might bring along a few new bikes to sell at the event (we find that when people see these bikes, they tend to reach for their credit cards or checkbooks).
• We would need to hook up with a hotel as a staging area, or maybe even an independent shop or dealer.
• I’d take my bike out there, and it would probably be my TT250 (the TT250 is perfect for the rural roads in Pennsy and central Jersey).

You can bet that the Jersey shore and lots of fine dining would figure into this ride, too, as the cuisine we enjoyed during my visit to the east coast this past week was just off the charts. Say what you want about the Garden State, but know this: When it comes to Italian food and seafood, nobody does it better than the restaurants in New Jersey. To my surprise, the Mexican food in New Jersey is world class, too.  Everything we had there was great!

Chips. Lots of chips. They look good!

Pizza on the boardwalk in Pt. Pleasant. Wow!

42 lbs! The seafood on the Jersey shore is the best in the world!

Chocolate covered bacon. They had fried Oreos, too.  As my NJ buddies would say…Hey, you got a problem with that?

Bagels and lox. Nobody does it better. Trust me on this.

Guacamole and cheese nachos. In New Jersey. Who knew?

Shrimp fajitas. Just incredible.

So anyway, that’s where our thinking is today.   We’re tossing around ideas, and if you want yours thrown into the mix, now is the time to be heard.  If you have ideas on our East Coast get-together, let me know at jberk@cscmotorcycles.com.