More good stuff…

Arlene's Go Go Gear Bike in Baja's Vizcaino Desert

Arlene’s bike has one of our corporate custom paint jobs on it to match the Go Go Gear logo, and it’s a real honey.   Arlene will post a comprehensive trip report on her Go Go Gear blog this weekend, so keep your eye on it…I guarantee you her blog will be great!  

Arlene, John, and Desiree made it all the way down to Catavina on their first night (that’s a long haul!), and she grabbed this great shot of her CSC motorcycle parked among a few other bikes…

Parked among the Harleys in Catavina...

One of my Vizcaino Desert buddies

Susie and I are having dinner with Arlene and Desiree at our favorite Italian restaurant tonight (it’s Di Pilla’s in Rosemead), so I’ll learn more about this latest adventure over my angel hair pasta with pesto sauce and mushrooms.  But I’ve already heard a great story from Arlene and John… 

When we did the first big CSC Baja trip, it was the first time Arlene was going deep into the heart of Baja.  She sent an email to me asking about snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawley critters.   Not wishing to miss an opportunity, I sent Arlene a long email about how dangerous it was down there because (I told her) the rattlesnakes, the tarantulas, and other venomous desert demons are everywhere.  I told her that every time you stop your motorcycle in Baja, you better make sure you look where you put your foot down, because there’s no telling what kind of critter might be waiting to strike.  I was laying it on pretty thick, but it was all baloney.  Arlene realized that and we had a good laugh about it. 

So what happend on this trip?  When the crew arrived at John’s place in Bahia de los Angeles on the Sea of Cortez, they looked under a tire by John’s house and…you guessed it…there was a very nervous rattlesnake staring back at them!   Ah, if only I’d been there with my Nikon!

Building the In-N-Out bike was a blast!

Okay, so, back to more good stuff, and in particular, our corporate customs.  You may remember that we build these special bikes from time to time.  Our guys can build and paint a bike to showcase any organization’s logo, theme, colors, etc., and we’re really good at it.  We love doing it, mostly because we love building bikes and we especially love doing customs.  It’s just plain fun.  

One of the most exciting ones we’ve ever done is the In-N-Out burger bike.   That was an enormously fun project, and the resulting bike was magnificent.  Well, as I mentioned a few blog entries ago, we’re doing another project bike for In-N-Out, and the excitement around the plant is incredible.   

Going once...Going twice....Sold! For over $8K! All going to the In-N-Out Charitable Foundation!

Many of you who live in the southwestern US already know about In-N-Out, but some of you who do not may not know the story of this fine organization.   In a word, they make the best burgers on the planet.  That’s not hyperbole; it’s fact.  In-N-Out is an organization that lives the words “quality” and “service,” and if you’ve ever been there, you know what I’m talking about.  They’re small (they are not a giant chain), they don’t franchise, and they are fanatics about treating their guests right, keeping their quality ultra high, and having the cleanest restaurants in the world.  And the burgers…wow…they are delightfully delicious.  I just can’t say enough about how good they are.   Going there is always a treat, and it always makes me feel like a kid again.  It’s the Epicurean equivalent of riding a California Scooter!

Only yesterday there was a big story in the LA Times about a new burger chain that the Times thought might challenge In-N-Out’s top rankings in the restaurant business.   The LA Times gets things wrong a lot, and this was a story that was clearly in that category…no one can approach In-N-Out’s position in the industry.  Just last night my daughter told me she tried the other chain, and I asked her how it compared to In-N-Out.  “It’s no contest, Dad.  In-N-Out is hands down the best!” 

So, keep your eyes peeled on this blog, boys and girls, and we’ll keep you updated on the next In-N-Out bike as it comes together.  Oh boy…this is gonna be fun!

Okay, one more bit of info before I sign off for today.   From time to time we get questions about how we ship the bikes…so here ya go.   Here’s a photo I grabbed yesterday of a bike just before we put the cardboard cover over it…

A Grabber Orange CSC, headed east...

Boxed up, and snug as a bug in a rug...