The next ride…

Hey, folks…Joe Berk here.

Sue and I had dinner with Steve and Maureen a few days ago and we were talking about the Nethercutt Museum. I mentioned that we had recently visited the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles. That led to a conversation about who was going to organize the Meetup.com rides (you know, the Dual Sports and Donuts rides CSC does on the first Saturday of each month), and Steve asked if I would set up the next ride to the Autry Museum. Happy to do it, I said, and then Steve asked about the new ExhaustNotes website (it’s going well, and I’ll tell you more on that in a second). I asked Steve if he wanted me to do a guest blog for CSC occasionally, and he thought that was a grand idea. You didn’t think you would get rid of me that easily, did you?

So, first, the ride on 4 August: It’s going to be a regular CSC D&D ride, which means we’ll meet at the CSC plant at 9:00 and roll over to the Autry Museum. Sue and I were there a couple of weeks ago and it’s awesome. The Autry Museum has fantastic artwork, an entire wing focused on the cowboy movies and music that dominated the airwaves in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and a world-class firearms collection (including an original Gatling gun). They’ve even got a vintage Indian Chief on display (the motorcycle, that is). It’s a very cool place. On the way back, we’ll stop for lunch at Zankou’s in Glendale (it’s a local treasure and it’s one of my favorites).

Now, on to this business of the new website. Last year, Maureen made a comment that it might be a good idea if Joe Gresh (the Motorcyclist “Cranked” guy) and I started a website that consisted of two razor-sharp guys (well, that covers at least one of us) going back and forth on a variety of issues, mostly related to motorcycle stuff.  Hmmmm.  That might work. So…

ExhaustNotes.us went live last week (note the “.us,” and that it’s not “.com”), and it’s going strong. The idea is that the site is a focus point for links leading to the various articles Joe and I have written, and we have a new blog on the site (doesn’t everybody have a blog these days?). The focus will be on Baja and other motorcycle adventures. And, there will be a lot of banter back and forth between Joe Gresh and yours truly (as is occurring now on camera gear).

ExhaustNotes.us is not a CSC venture, and it’s not going to compete with the CSC blog (hell, the CSC blog is my baby, and I’ll still post on it from time to time). We’d like to invite you to follow ExhaustNotes as regularly as you follow the CSC blog. Think of it as the Dajiu and Arjiu show (or, as Gresh would say, the Arjiu and Dajiu show). You’ll see a lot of original material from both of us there. We’d like you to comment on each post. And here’s a spoiler alert: Gresh’s stuff is a lot better than mine, but don’t tell him I told you that.

Joe Berk