Late Night Ramblings

We are getting so close to getting these bikes, but the wait is driving me crazy! I knew I was impatient, but this definitely proves that I lack the ability to not get excited like a kid on Christmas Eve WAYYY too early in the game. Lol. As of right now the boat is still anchored off the coast of Long Beach awaiting its turn to unload (things are still a bit backed up from the dockworker strike a few weeks ago that shut down all of the western ports). Also, Joe posted up that the accessory shipment from the Germany are still waiting to be cleared by customs, so it's looking like once the bikes DO get unloaded that it will still be a while to clear customs. I'm guessing that this will delay our tentative date of Mid-April for the Baja trip, but I'm sure CSC will keep us posted as to the latest plans as they figure it out.

There has been some noise on some of our forums about the lack of warranty coverage for the bike and questioning CSC's honesty about the availability of approved service centers to work on the RX3s. I posted up my thoughts on the forum and will do the same here (again, these are just my two cents). From the moment I first heard about this bike I understood that I will be doing all of my own maintenance and service work on it based on everything I read from CSC. They will be the only location selling this bike and are also the only location that will be servicing them and selling parts. This was understood when I paid my deposit on the bike. I do not feel in any way that CSC has misrepresented this information nor do I feel that I have any reason to question their honesty and integrity.

Ok enough of that. This weekend I will be working on compiling the basic information on the RX3 and posting it up as I have a hard time grasping information unless I write it down. I want to ensure that I fully understand the standard features and information on the bike and am knowledgable about it prior to my trip so I can go into this as informed as possible. I am also creating my mini-maintenance journal this weekend, with the help of my husband, to ensure that I stay on top of the break-in period maintenance as well as the regular maintenance on the bike. I am really looking forward to the learning experience that the RX3 is going to provide me with. I've always done my own minor service work and maintenance on my bikes, but this will really help me to understand how to wrench on a bike plus be able to teach me to diagnose possible issues. Besides the great adventures I foresee with this bike, I think it is going to be invaluable in teaching me many lessons and I am super excited about that!

Also, Joe just posted up a few more pics of the orange RX3 and I am now fully confident that I have made the right decision to go with the orange bike. Considering orange is my favorite color (almost any shade), I don't know why I ever questioned this? Will post up more pics when I can get on a computer. Insomnia and excitement has me up tonight, so this is being written on the iPad and has been a bit challenging to work with as compared to using a PC.

Oh, will someone PLEASE remind me to call CSC during their business hours tomorrow? I have had a meeting on my calendar at work every day for the past week to call, but have gotten so busy that I've missed my opportunity every day. 😜 That would be greattttt (I hope you read that in your best Office Space head voice.)

 I also forgot one last thing. I'm tent camping in the backyard this weekend to ensure I know how to setup whichever tent I decide to take on the trip by myself. Also, I want to make a list of the camping items I will need to pack and will do some test packing runs as well. Since I have the measurements of the stock bags on the bike (I'm not planning on buying the aftermarket luggage just yet), I will grab some plastic bins that are similar in size and will start figuring out packing for the luggage too. I did this same thing before my Alaska motorcycle trip and it proved to be very helpful as I was able to eliminate a lot of stuff that I wouldn't need. It was great because I was doing a similar type of trip where I pre-packed into luggage to take on the plane and then had to repack my stuff onto a bike once I arrived.