Category Archives: CSC Motorcycles

What’s in a name?

Indeed.  Where do some of these ideas originate? My RX3 still has the original “Speed” decals on the tank panels (along with roughly 20,000 miles worth of other CSC touring decals).   After our first year of bringing in the … Continue reading

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The Moriarty…

So I’m over here in Guangzhou at the Canton Fair, and the Zongshen guys and I have been discussing a new model that evolved out of the reactions they observed when we toured their top secret new product development center … Continue reading

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Dateline: Guangzhou!

After 15 hours in a center seat on a Boeing 777 out of LAX yesterday, I arrived in Guangzhou at around 8:30 p.m. last night.  It wasn’t a bad flight and the food was okay.  It’s funny how many movies … Continue reading

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Shinya Kimura

When I rolled into the CSC plant yesterday, Steve asked me to come along with him to visit a shop a short distance away to meet Shinya Kimura, a man who builds custom bikes.  Our interest was in getting Shinya … Continue reading

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Jim’s Enfield…

You know my good buddy Jim from the Baja ride last month… I grabbed the photo above in the Mulege mission about 700 miles south of the border.  It’s a great shot (if I do say so myself) and Jim … Continue reading

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The fighting rooster…

Building a custom bike?  Hey, you could be like everyone else and go the potato-potato-potato route.  Or, you could start with a 1914 Excelsior V-twin… There’s lots more to come on this story, folks.  Let’s just say my Nikon was … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Classics….

It’s not just the name of one of the best moto magazines on the planet…it also describes a lot of the ultracool motorcycles we service here at the CSC plant, like this 1973 Kawi 100cc two-stroke… As a guy who … Continue reading

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An East Coast event…Ride to eat, eat to ride!

My blog about a CSC event on the east coast (specifically, New Hope on the Delaware River) struck a nerve, both here at home and in our CSC blog readership. There’s been a lot of interest in this and a … Continue reading

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How to write a motorcycle blog…and more

Here’s another interesting article that floated in (I forget where I saw it; maybe it was Facebook) and the topic was one that caught my attention:  How to write a motorcycle adventure touring blog.   Hmmmm….maybe I should read this, … Continue reading

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Baja by motorcycle…another article

I saw this float in a few days ago…it’s another story on riding Baja by motorcycle.  The title is a bit confusing (it includes a tagline that says “no motorcycle required”), but the intent apparently was to push the idea … Continue reading

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