Revzilla and Rider weigh in…

The new CSC San Gabriel is making waves, folks, and both Rider magazine and Revzilla are writing about it.

Interesting stuff.   The Revzilla article added a bit of Spurgeon Dunbar’s thinking on the bike and on CSC, and I thought that made for interesting reading.   There are a couple of things in it that I particularly like…

Over the past few years, whenever we’ve reviewed a small-displacement dual-sport or adventure motorcycle, such as the Kawasaki Versys-X 300 or the Royal Enfield Himalayan, readers have chimed in arguing the merits of their CSC machines. It says something about the brand that the people buying them are going to great lengths to extol their virtues.

Ain’t that the truth?   One thing about our riders that we just love…you are passionate about your CSC motorcycles.  It used to be that whenever someone went on a rant about Chinese motorcycles on an Internet forum, I would respond.   Today, we just don’t get too many negative comments, and when we do, our customers usually answer.

Here’s the other quote from the Revzilla article I thought was cool…

When we ran that first article on CSC back in 2015, I pretty much wrote them off as a novelty. Yet here were are three years later and not only are they still around, but they’re busy trying to figure out how to best expand their model line. In an era of struggling motorcycle sales, a brand new motorcycle shipped to your door for $2,500 might just bring some new folks into the fold or help to entice some older riders to return to the sport.

Yep, here we are.  And here we’ll be.   You may not know this, but our original company was Pro-One Performance Manufacturing, a company that specializes in large V-twin custom accessories.  Pro-One has been around for more than 30 years.  CSC started as a sister company 10 years ago when we were making the Mustang replicas, that led us to Zongshen for their 250cc engine, and that brought us to the RX3.

Revzilla got it right. We are a novelty, because we do things that other companies do not.  Our prices, our online maintenance tutorials, our path to market, our inventory of parts and accessories, and our focus on bringing our customers into the riding experience.  Like the upcoming ride to the Nethercutt Museum.  And the upcoming run to Pinnacles.  And our Baja runs.  And our other adventure rides.  And wait until you see what we have in store for the San Gabriel family of motorcycles.  Good times, folks.

The comments section in the Revzilla article is interesting, too.  The comments are coming in quickly and I have not kept up with all of them, but the China-bashing we saw 3 years ago has subsided a lot.  It’s all interesting.

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My ’78 Bonneville…

It’s raining, it’s cold here in southern California, and those two conditions are enough to keep me indoors today. I’ve been straightening things up here in the home office, and I came across a Triumph brochure from 1978. I bought a new Bonneville that year and as I type this, I realize that was a cool 40 years ago. Wowee. Surprisingly, the brochure scanned well, so much so that even the fine print is still readable…

Triumph had two 750 twins back then. One was the twin-carb Bonneville, and the other was the single-carb model (I think they called it the Tiger). The Bonneville came in brown or black and the Tiger came in blue or red (you can see the color palette in the third photo above). I liked the red and my dealer (in Fort Worth) swapped the tank from a Tiger onto my Bonneville. I loved that bike, and I covered a lot of miles in Texas on it. I used to ride with a friend and fellow engineer at General Dynamics named Sam (he had a Yamaha 500cc TT model, which was another outstanding bike back in the day). I wish I still had that Bonneville.

After I sold the Bonneville, I turned right around and bought a ’79 Electra-Glide Classic.  There’s a brochure buried around here somewhere on that one, and if I come across it I’ll see how it scans.  The Harley had a lot of issues, but it’s another one I enjoyed owning and riding, and it’s another I wish I still owned.

So, back to the present:  We’ve got two great rides coming up.  One is the ride to the Nethercutt Museum on June 2nd, and if you’d like to ride with us, you can sign up for it here.  Our next adventure after the Nethercutt run will be the Pinnacles ride, and I’m also looking forward to that one.  I’m taking my TT250, which has proven to be a great bike for the back roads we’ll be riding.

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Pinnacles: 15-17 June!

Our next CSC multi-day ride is 15-17 June!

We’re riding from Azusa to Pinnacles National Park and back. It’s a 3-day run on California’s best roads: Angeles Crest Highway, Highways 33, 146, 25, 198, and of course, the awesome PCH. If you ride a CSC motorcycle, you’re invited!

This is a great way to experience some of the best riding on the planet, get to know your fellow riders, and have a great time. If you’d like to ride with us, let us know at info@CSCMotorcycles.com.

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BMW service at reasonable prices…

We work on all kinds of motorcycles, including classic BMWs like the beautiful ’83 R100 you see in the photo above.   If you have a BMW (any year or model), give us a call at 909 445 0900.   We will treat your motorcycle like it was our own.

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More Memorial Day goodness…and it lasts to 31 May!

To get to the good stuff quickly and see our sale items, click here!

Want to order a new RX3 at the sale price? Click here!

Want to order a new TT250 at the sale price? Click here!

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A Memorial Day Motorcycle Sale!

Have you been on the fence about buying a new RX3 or a new TT250? Here’s a deal you won’t want to let get away. We’re running a Memorial Day sale from now until the end of May, and it’s a great deal: A $200 discount off the price of a new TT250, and a $300 discount off the price of a new RX3.


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Don’t wait, folks. You could be riding a brand new CSC motorcycle, and at these prices, this is the time to pull the trigger.

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CSC Announces 250cc San Gabriel Motorcycle for $1995

Yep, you read it right…and you can read our press release on the new San Gabriel here.

We’re taking deposits now, and my guess is that at this price the first shipment will sell out before the bikes arrive.  It’s your call, folks.  $1995.  A brand new CSC motorcycle.  Don’t wait too long on this one.

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The Nethercutt (and more)…

The Nethercutt Museum ride is coming up (it’s on Saturday, 2 June 2018), and I am looking forward to it. My good buddy Marty, with whom I’ve been riding for 15 years, will be joining us and he told me about a fantastic Mexican restaurant right there in Sylmar, so that’s where we’ll be stopping for lunch after our guided tour. It going to be grand, and if you want to join us, please sign up on our Meetup.com page.

Marty and I have covered a lot of miles together all over North America (and a bit in Mexico, too). One of best rides ever was the 2005 Three Flags Rally, from Mexico to Canada. I did the ride on a 1200cc Triumph Daytona, and of the 400+ riders who participated in that event, I was the only guy on a Triumph. I thought I might share a few photos from that epic ride (in no particular order) with you…

You might recognize the ancient Native American ruins in Mesa Verde, Lake Louise in Canada, Crater Lake in Oregon, Flaming Gorge in Utah, and there’s even a Gold Wing odo in there showing nearly a million miles on clock.   The Three Flags Rally was an amazing ride.  I used a lot of the places we visited on the Three Flags Rally to plan the route we took on the Western America Adventure Ride on the RX3s three years ago, and in fact, the mileage on both rides was the same (both rides were 5,000 miles long).   Good times.  And there are more ahead, folks.  Like the next multi-day ride we have on the horizon…that’s the Pinnacles Run.  I’m taking my TT250, and it’s going to be a hoot.

Watch the blog in the next day or two, my friends.   We’re going to announce a great sale and a great opportunity to pick up a new RX3 or a TT250 (or, as many of our customers have done, you can buy both)!

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Joe G on the XR1200…and more…

Our good buddy Joe Gresh posted an earlier YouTube video on the Harley XR1200, and like all Gresh videos, it made me laugh when I watched it.   Not just a little chuckle, but big laughs, the kind that makes you worry about spilling your coffee.  You have to watch this one.   And my favorite quote from the video?

“…the bike handles well when you’re out of control…”

It’s classic Joe Gresh and I loved it…

Joe’s done other videos that made my hit parade, too, including his video on the Western America Adventure Ride, the China Ride, and the Destinations Tour…

Gresh is a classic among motojournalists. He’s the best one out there. As a guy who’s ridden with Mr. Gresh, I can tell you that having Joe as a riding buddy makes a great ride even better, and what you see in the videos is what you get on a ride. He’s the real deal. Gresh sees things other people don’t and he describes them honestly, whether it’s Chinese guys trying to find a non-Made-In-China souvenir in a US military museum or a female customer in China telling car wash guys how to wash a motorcycle. It was a laugh a minute with this guy. I have to get him to ride with us in Baja just so I can see what I’ve been missing down there all these years…

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A cool video…

…and it’s about places we know well…

I thought those of you who have ridden with us in Baja (and those of you who are thinking about it) might enjoy this one.   Apparently there’s more coming from the folks who published that video, and I’ll be watching for it.   If you want to know what it’s like riding a motorcycle in Baja, you might pick up a copy of Moto Baja!

Hey, keep an eye on us.  We’re going to announce a big sale in another day or two and we’re going to announce new info about the San Gabriel.   The new San Gabriel cafe racers are leaving the factory in just a few days and they will be here soon!

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