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And that’s about all I had time for today, but it sure was fun. We have been struggling with relatively cold weather (relatively cold for southern California, that is), and lots of rain. Not that you can’t find stuff cool stuff to do in the rain…I just don’t like to start motorcycle rides when it’s raining. There’s other stuff to do that’s cool, too. For example, I stopped in at Harbor Freight while it was raining cats and dogs yesterday, and I could have spent the whole day just wandering around in that fabulous place. I guess it’s a guy thing.

The sun finally popped out late yesterday, but it was still cold and was getting dark. More fun stuff in the evening…I punished myself on the treadmill at the gym for awhile. I’m feeling it today, but in a weird sort of way it’s a good feeling.

Anyway, today it warmed up a bit, and off I went…

Yep, that’s snow in the background up in the San Gabriels. It was a glorious day for a ride, even though it was a short one. I had a lot of stuff I wanted to do today, not the least of which was cleaning off my workbench in the garage. That took a lot longer than I thought it would, but when I finally could see the top of the bench (I sure hadn’t seen it in while), I pushed everything outside so I could sweep the garage.

When I rolled the old Baja Blaster outside, I noticed the left side of the rear wheel was pretty much coated in oil. Nothing’s leaking; I’m just one of those guys who likes to keep the rear chain a bit on the loose side and very well oiled. I can feel the difference (the bike shifts smoother and it’s faster), but the downside is that the chain throws a lot of oil. This week or next I’m going to find time to give the bike a good detailing, and when I do, I’ll post a cool photo for you. The snow up in the mountains will be gone by then, but my red CSC is so photogenic I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to shoot a good one!

A quick look, boys and girls, at some of the i-Phone photos my good buddy TK is sending back from the Mecum event in Texas!

It is a cold and wet day here in California; hopefully you guys and gals in the rest of the country are having better weather than we are.   I was going to ride my California Scooter in to the plant this morning, but I took one look at the wet roads and chickened out.  Then I noted that one of my frends posted a note on Facebook asking about our top speed.    When I see that question on line, I always post this YouTube video…

I watched it a couple of times myself. I can’t wait for the sun to come out!

Steve and TK are out in Texas selling CSC motorcycles at the Mecum event (you can see us at the Reliant Center in Houston right now), and we’re back here in the plant answering phones, building bikes, and having fun.   TK just sent me this photo of Officer Manny Kin on one of our bikes, along with a comment that this guy looks an awful lot like our own Tony B!

And back here at the plant, check out this Greaser with a shaded California Deuce windshield…it’s going to its new owner later today…

Our Greaser, with that flat black paint and the Deuce windshield, reminded me of the great time we had with Carl and Mary when they were out here in January…

We had great rides up in the San Gabriel Mountains, a super trip down through Baja to see the whales, several great dinners (my personal favorite was Di Pilla’s in Rosemead), and an absolutely super trip to the ’32 Duece car show at the Petersen Museum in downtown Los Angeles.  When I shot that photo of our Deuce windshield on the Greaser, I thought of the show, and I remembered that I promised to put a few more photos from that great event here on the blog.   And since we’re all motorheads…well, here you go…

Bear in mind that each of those engines you see in the above photos resides in a 1932 Ford Deuce…flatheads, small and big block Chevys, Chrysler Hemis, and even the Porsche and V-12 Jag engines!

Yep, we’re there now, in the Reliant Center lobby this week!  If you’re in the Houston area, please stop in to see us!

Fitting music for the guys and the bikes enroute to Houston, Texas!

Check us out at the Mecum Auction!

You’ve seen the flyer below in our last blog entry, and Steve and the boys have the Texas bikes ready to roll!  We’ll be in the Reliant lobby in Houston starting on 11 April, so if you want the deal of a lifetime, please stop by to see TK and Steve.   Those boys are going to be in a dealing frame of mind…and as a reminder, it you pick your bike up while we’re in the great state of Texas, there’s no freight charge!  Wow…no freight charges (that’s a savings of several hundred dollars right there), and with our new financing program, you can get on a new CSC motorcycle for right around $100 a month!  Hey, enough blabbing by me…take a look at some of the Texas-bound bikes I photographed this morning before they went on the truck!

Here’s one last shot of me and the Boss…

All you Texans…stop by and see us next week in Houston!

My good buddies Carlos and Maria just sent this photo to me, of me, doing what I love to do…touring Baja and taking pictures… 

Yep, that’s me, in my Sunday best (note the In-N-Out Burger T-shirt) taking photos in the San Ignacio Mission.   The church is magnificent…it was built in the 1700s and it’s been in use ever since.   We were about 600 miles south of the border when Carl grabbed this photo, and we sure had a good time on that trip.

Stay tuned, boys and girls…I’ll have more info on the Mecum’s event in Texas posted for you here on the blog tomorrow or the next day.  And Carl and Mary, thanks very much for sending that shot to me!

Yep, you read that right!  We’re happy to announce that we now have retail financing available!  The interest rates and all that financial mumbo jumbo will vary a bit based on your credit rating, but on a new Classic (with an MSRP of $3695), you’d be looking at something in the range of around a hundred bucks a month for four years.   That’s a pretty good deal, folks!

To put this in perspective, the last time I filled up my little Subaru, it was about $60, and I do that about once  a week.   Take a look at the last time these guys took me to the cleaners…

I’m going to guess you’re spending something north of $200 each month supporting Big Oil, too.   Wouldn’t you rather be putting half that amount into a new California Scooter, a bike that gets over 90 miles per gallon?