Time for a break…

Work, work, work…both my wife and I were catching up on things from our respective jobs earlier today, and we both sort of decided at the same time we needed a break.  My wife is a good sport, and when I told her about the March Madness Sale and bike show going on over at Bert’s Mega Mall in Azusa, she was up for a ride in the WRX.   That little Subie is a great car (we don’t need much to convince us it’s time to listen to the turbo twirl), and the fact that we’d have a chance to see the CSC motorcycles on display at Bert’s, take a few pictures, and see a few friends was all we needed.

Wow, did our good friend Art ever do a fantastic job…the event had over two thousand people show up, and there were over a thousand bikes there!  I grabbed just a few photos of some of the more interesting things…and here they are.

Here’s a shot of a CSC Classic on display.  We had three other bikes there, and these little jewels got a  lot of attention!  I had to wait about 10 minutes to get a clear shot of the bikes, and I only grabbed a couple because I didn’t want to prevent anyone from enjoying them…

This is my great friend Art, the event coordinator and a man who’s arm I once had to twist to sell me a motorcycle…

The custom bikes, as you might expect, were over the top.   Check out this Suzuki Hayabusa and its wild paint job…

When Sue and I first arrived, we got lucky and bumped into our friend Ron and his son Zac as soon as we got out of the car.  Ron’s another guy who’s sold me a couple of motorcycles, and he and I once spent a couple of weeks in the same hotel.  That’s another story for another time, but I have to tell you that before we left we enjoyed a fantastic Mexican lunch…come to think of it, it’s my turn to buy next time…

And how about these two choppers…that’s a Pro-One Rogue in the background, and it’s the same bike featured a few blog entries ago.

Here’s an old school Harley chopper…it’s a 1969 shovelhead motor, and that’s what these bikes looked like back in the day…

At just about all of the bike shows, there are usually young models helping to display the bikes and other vendor items.  This is Carina, who graciously consented to a photo…

Custom sports bike artwork seems to be getting wilder and wilder.   Take a look at the airbrush artwork on this Yamaha tank…

All in all, this was a very cool way to spend a Sunday afternoon on a balmy 80-degree southern California Sunday afternoon.   The California Scooters at this event drew more than their fair share of attention (as much or more as some of the exotic customs shown above), and that’s all right by us!