CSC Revs Its Engines

The California Scooter Company continues to convert dreams into reality. The factory office areas will be complete this week, our first shipments of components are arriving, and assembly and testing of the production bikes will start soon. There’s a sense of excitement in the air, and even the weather is cooperating. After a week of heavy rain, the skies in southern California were beautiful. It was shirt sleeve weather this week, nothing at all like what our friends on east coast have been experiencing.  That photo on the left, taken just a few hours ago, shows yours truly and Joseph Lee in front of the new factory (or JoeyBee and JoeyLee, as we’re known around the plant). 

The local newspaper, The Daily Bulletin, will be out tomorrow to do a feature story on the California Scooter Company for the business section. It’s not often that a company starts up operations in California and creates manufacturing jobs; we’re making news!  The word is out, and it hasn’t stopped at our borders.  The Internet coverage on the California Scooter Company has been phenomenal, and the interest is international.  Yesterday we provided information to a magazine doing a story on us in Germany; this morning we did the same for a magazine in Russia!  More news…we now have our own top secret Area 51 in Nevada, where a Classic is undergoing extensive dyno and road work to dial in the jetting and gearing.  Our guys are realizing significant performance and fuel economy gains as a result, and we’ll post the new figures here in the near future. 

Joseph Lee, our dealer development director, just got back from making the rounds at the IMS shows.  Those of you who saw our bikes probably met Joseph, Sandy, TK, or Carlos.  The bikes have been well-received at the shows, with great interest from both dealers and riders.  Many people who remember the Mustang’s classic styling look at the California Classic and fall in love with it.  Others who are too young to remember the Mustang see the Classic as a bike that will create memories.  And speaking of memories from the ’60s, I even received a photo from an old high school buddy, Mike Beltranena, checking out the black Classic at the New York City IMS show. Mike and I graduated high school in New Jersey way back in 1969 (just a few years after the original Mustang motorcycles went out of production).    That’s Mike in the photo on the right, taken by his son Matt.  Joseph goes back on the road this week, so look for him at the next shows and at the Indy Dealer expo.

We received a set of laced wire wheels today, which are being photographed before they go into the accessory catalog (the bikes come with steel wheels from the factory; the wire wheels are an option).  We’re putting them on a red Classic for use in our advertising, and we’ll post photos of that bike soon.

Quite a few people are asking about buying these bikes.  We’re already selling them.  You can order one now by calling the factory direct at 909 445 0900.  If you’re U.S. military, fire department, police, or prior military, ask about our “Those Who Serve” program.  If you want to become a dealer, we still have areas open, so give us a call!

Oh, and that visit I told you about last week from Arlene Battishill, president of GoGo Gear motorcycle apparel…well, you have to see it to believe it, and here’s your chance:  Riding the California Classic