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Hey, you have to check this out…our good buddy Randy (a real adventure rider) just posted a sterling writeup on why he choose the RX3!  It’s a great article, and you can read it here!

Randy, that was a well-written piece!  Our compliments and thanks to you.

Yep, there actually is such a thing.   We saw just two Harleys on our ride across China…a Sportster in Luoyang, and a big twin with apehangars just outside of Beijing (the Chinese guys in our group had a good laugh when they saw those handlebars).   We were on the move both times, so I didn’t get any photos.  Anyway, my son-in-law sent a link to me today with a story about Harley-Davidson motorcycles in China, and you can read it here.

It will be interesting to see what happens when those Harleys hit the magic 13-year mark in China.   It’s illegal to keep a vehicle older than that in China, so when your car or motorcycle is 12 years old, it’s in its final year of life in China.   Shocking, I know, but it’s why you don’t see any older cars or bikes in China.  There’s no exemption for classics, collectibles, or anything else.  I guess it keeps the economy going and gets older (and presumably more polluting) vehicles out of circulation.   But wow, it sure is draconian!

I saw this pop up as a recommended video earlier this evening…it’s good!  Matt, we’ve never met, but I sure would like to.  Your video is awesome!

8mm, to be specific…

I was playing a bit with an 8mm Rokinon lens earlier today.   I’m going to bring it with me to Mariposa…stay tuned, folks!

I’m putting the finishing touches on the two presentations I’m giving this week.   You know, for Horizons Unlimited, about my trips through China and Colombia on the RX3.   Boy oh boy, I sure miss being on the road.   It’s a funny thing…when I’m on the road, I think about getting home, and when I’m home, I think about being on the road.   I shot close to 10,000 photographs on those two rides, and in going through them, I am realizing all over again just how lucky I was.   Both rides were amazing.  Not many people get to do what I did, and don’t think for a minute I don’t realize just how fortunate I am.

Anyway, I’m finding I shot more video than I remembered, too.   One of the nice things about the current generation of DSLR cameras is that they have built-in video capabilities, and that makes it real easy to switch over to video when the mood strikes.    The video you see above shows my good buddy Lu, who is easily the most graceful man I ever saw on a motorcycle.   He’s releasing a batch of confetti, which is something the Chinese do whenever celebrating a major event.  The major event we were celebrating was but one in a string of major events, and we pretty much experienced them two or three times a day, every day, on our ride across China.  We were up on the Tibetan plateau when I recorded this, probably at about 13,000 feet, and the camera crew was grabbing photos and video for Zongshen’s marketing use.  Cool stuff, to be sure.

I hope I’ll get to see you at the HU event.   I’ve got lots of photos to share.  You’ll like them.

Asphalt and Dirt is an online motorcycle magazine I just discovered courtesy of a Facebook post by my good buddy Joe Gresh.   I spent a few minutes on it earlier today and I like it.   It’s something you might want to check out.

Hey, are you planning on going to the Horizons Unlimited meet in Mariposa?  I am, and I hope to see you there!

I’m assembling a new video, and in the process, I found this photo among the 6,000+ shots I grabbed while in China.   I like it a lot, as it captures what it was really like…

Watch for the video…it will be another few days before I post it.

This Saturday, folks:  It’s another Dualsports ‘N Donuts Day at CSC Motorcycles.  Show up for a free donut or two, a cup of coffee, and a whale of a sale.

How good’s it going to be?   How’s 10% off on everything sound?

Yep, you read that right:  10% off.  On everything. 

We’ll be here from 8:00 to 4:00.   Arrive early if you want to score a donut!