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Wow, what a day!  The Rumarosa grade, riding across the desert to San Felipe, and swimming in the Sea of Cortez!   The bikes are running great and so are we.   Good buddies Greg and Abe met us in Tecate last night and the eight of us had a fabulous ride!

Check out the photos from a fantastic day in no particular order (I uploaded them to the blog in roughly the same sequence as I took them)…

Greg in downtown Tecate at the start of our day…he’s on his TT250. Like many of our riders, Greg owns both an RX3 and a TT250.

Good buddy Dan 2 at speed on his TT250. Dan owns both an RX3 and a TT250.

The boys on Mexico Highway 2 headed east toward Mexicali.

Willie, the most interesting man in the world, on his TT250. Willie is yet another guy who owns both an RX3 and a TT250.

Good buddy Abe on his RX3.

Good buddy Mike’s highly personalized RX3. This is an awesome motorcycle!

Entering the Rumarosa Grade!

Greg hamming it up for the camera.

Matt on his white TT250 in the Rumarosa Grade.

My bike. The TT250 is a ton of fun. It has to be the best deal on a new motorcycle ever. We are having a blast down here in Baja. If you’re thinking of buying a TT250, hey…pull the trigger. You could be riding with us!

Greg on the rocks…

Good buddy Dan 1 (or is he Dan 2?). Dan is incredibly photogenic. Yep, he’s another guy who owns a TT250 and an RX3!

Greg, our good friend. This is your pilot speaking…

Dan 2? Dan 1? A great shot with the Rumarosa Grade in the background.

The Rumarosa Grade! This is an awesome stretch of highway, and it was one of many highlights on our ride.

After descending through the Rumarosa Grade, we headed south on Mexico Highway 5 toward San Felipe.   We stopped at a roadside taco stand in the middle of the desert for some incredible goat tacos (it’s called birria down here).   Wow, they were fantastic!

This is what riding in Mexico is all about, folks!

A birria taco master chef at work!

Mike and Willie ordering lunch.

They were incredible!

My helmet, my tacos. Life is good.

After lunch, it was an easy run to San Felipe.  We stopped for a photo beneath the San Felipe light house…

El Faro!

We checked in to the El Cortez hotel in San Felipe and immediately went for a swim in the Sea of Cortez.   This is a great ride!

A couple on an ATV in San Felipe….she’s taking a photo of me!

Along the Malecon in San Felipe…we had a great dinner. It’s been a grand adventure!

I couldn’t get a good Internet connection in San Felipe last night, so I’m posting this from Tecate.  It’s our last night in Mexico.   I’ll post photos of today’s ride later.   We sure are having a great time.   I know you’re wondering, and here’s the answer:  The bikes are running great.   It’s funny…our bikes cost $2,195 brand new.  We’re seeing guys down here on $25,000 KTMs and Beemers, and I don’t think they’re having as much fun as we are.

Just $2,195 for a new TT250.   Think about that, and think about this:  It could be you in those photos above.   It should be you!

Oh, one more thing…boy oh boy, am I getting awesome video!   I won’t be able to post it from Mexico, but when I return to the plant you are going to see some awesome stuff!

Later, my friends!

Where to begin?

Wow, what a day!

Here’s a strong statement:   My ride through southern California today was the best motorcycle ride I’ve ever taken in the Golden State.    It was that good.

There are six of us on this run…five on TT250s and one on an RX3. We went from Azusa to Tecate (in Baja, where we are now), and we did it on surface streets all the way (not one inch on freeways).   It was roughly 250 miles through towns, deserts, and glorious mountain roads, and it was just great.   I almost collided with a redtail hawk.  We saw a bobcat walking along a trail by the side of the road like he owned the place (maybe he did).  We saw two flocks of wild turkeys and I got photos and video of them.  We had a great lunch up in the mountains in Idyllwild, we stopped for pie and ice cream in Julian, and we just returned from a great dinner in downtown Tecate.  Wowee!

I’ll just post a few photos and one short video for now, folks…it’s late and I’m tired. I’ll post more when I get back to the US.    Boy oh boy, are we having fun!

The boys, less yours truly. From left to right, that’s Willie, Mike, Matt, Dan 1, and Dan 2. Well, maybe I got the Dans mixed up.

The TT250 San Felipe Run decal on my TT250. It looks cool!

Where we stopped for a great Italian lunch in Idyllwild earlier today. You need to ride with us!

On the road south of Julian, with my iPhone doing a great job as a GPS! It’s tied in to our standard underseat accessories plug!

Our good buddy Matt! This is the first time Matt rode with us. Matt bought a new TT250 and he is putting it to good use. We love this guy…he is a great rider.

Our good buddy Willie! Willie owns an RX3 and a TT250! He is the most interesting man in the world!

The bottom line: The riding was fantastic today (incredible, really) and the bikes are running gloriously.   Everybody loves the TT250, and it is showing itself to be a great motorcycle.

Hey, did you think I was kidding you about those wild turkeys?   Take a look at this!

That’s it for today…we’re headed for San Felipe tomorrow. We are having fun.   You should be here doing the same.   Stay tuned…as always, there’s more coming your way.

With deep regret, we announce the passing of our good buddy Jim Cavanaugh.

Jim Cavanaugh passed away last night at the tender young age of 84.  He was a key advisor to the California Scooter Company during its formative years, and he occupied that role for several very good reasons.   Jim had a strong sense of what makes for a good motorcycle, and that was rooted in his experience as the Production Superintendent of the original Mustang Motor Products Company.  Yep, Jimbo ran the original Mustang factory in Glendale back in the 1950s…

Rest in peace, Jim.   We miss you already.

Hey, what would a CSC adventure tour be without a decal to commemorate it?   This just in, folks, thanks to the efforts of the boss…

Ride with us on any of our adventure tours and you’ll get one for your motorcycle!   Mine’s going on my TT250 tomorrow!

Wow, we’re already getting requests on the next Baja foray! We’re leaving on 4-day TT250 trip into Baja this Thursday, but folks are already asking about the longer trip we do in the Spring. The Spring Break trip to Baja will be the week of 20 March 2017. I’ll post more details as the date gets closer. Here’s the deal…you buy a CSC motorcycle, and you get to ride with us! We don’t charge anything for this, and the folks who ride with us love it!

Here’s the video from our last Baja foray…

No, it’s not a triple…but that muffler is pretty cool!

We get some interesting motorcycles in for maintenance, and with Gerry’s BMW background, a lot of them tend to Beemers.    Check this one out…

It’s actually an R50 (that’s the 500cc boxer twin), but this one has the R69S 600cc engine and Gerry told me it’s a real hot rod.   I love the looks of these old bikes, and that sidecar!  Wow!