Fly and ride RX-3 home from Cali to East/South

thillskier · 01-08-2015, 01:59 AM

Anyone wanting to fly out/Ride back to East coast/South are welcome to join us. Mike, (wolftrax), myself Tommy (thillskier), and a few others MAY be joining us. We will take approximately a week to do the ride, and camp and inexpensive motel it back across on 65mph type roads. NOT Interstates when possible. I also will start a thread on adv forum as well.
I'm thinking, by the time the bikes get here, we get them sorted and set up, etc, it will be March and be nice weather if we stay south. There will be support in the group for any "new bike" issues as well, as CSC will support the ride back and assist with any issues and or parts anyone may need.
Should be FUN

!

SpudRider · 01-08-2015, 04:59 AM

Thanks for starting the new thread.

You are fortunate you can take a nice, warm, southern route back home.

Huck369 · 01-08-2015, 01:05 PM

I'll post as a maybe, but if my bike can be shipped by the end of Feb, will probably just have it shipped.

thillskier · 01-09-2015, 08:51 AM

Yes, we will definitely be going south as possible

! Also, by the time all gets done, it will most likely be 2nd week of March, anyways, and SHOULD be Spring ...certainly MUCH warmer than February...I'm bringing the heated vest and will install some grip heaters, unless Steve has sourced some of those "mitts" he was blogging about he saw (and was trying to source) in China

!
hehe
Anyone else have a source on those "mitts" for cold weather riding?

Matt, 3rd week sounds even better for me (and weather

! Lets TENTATIVELY set it up for the third week of March..Should be MUCH warmer than in February!, and thus MUCH more enjoyable!!!

thillskier · 01-09-2015, 08:55 AM

Please repost any who are interested in the fly ride as a "sure currently" or "possibly interested".

For Sure
1.Tommy (thillskier)
2. Mark

Possibly Interested
1. Huck369
2. Miss America

SpudRider · 01-09-2015, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thillskier

...I'm bringing the heated vest and will install some grip heaters, unless Steve has sourced some of those "mitts" he was blogging about he saw (and was trying to source) in China

!
hehe
Anyone else have a source on those "mitts" for cold weather riding?

The Tusk Mitts from Rocky Mountain ATV/MC get good reviews and are very reasonably priced at $15.99.

https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p...m=tusk%20mitts

This item is currently out of stock. However, it is expected to be restocked on January 16.

Wolftrax · 01-09-2015, 10:02 AM

My work schedule is set in stone. I work 14 days on and get 7 days off. I'm looking at 02/24 through 03/02 or 03/17 through 03/23. Will probably plan on the last period. I suspect bikes won't be available till the and warmer weather.

katoranger · 01-09-2015, 11:12 AM

We will be requiring daily updates with pictures.

SpudRider · 01-09-2015, 07:18 PM

X2 on the photographs and updates.

Wolftrax · 01-09-2015, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katoranger

We will be requiring daily updates with pictures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpudRider

X2 on the photographs and updates.

You're wish is my command.

SpudRider · 01-09-2015, 08:02 PM

Miss America · 01-09-2015, 08:08 PM

Sorry I've been MIA. Working WAY too much and after staring at computers all day I haven't wanted to log onto anything after work.

I just posted up over on ADV as well, but I was just informed that my vacation plan has changed at work and *might* be changing again shortly. We just got acquired and it seems our HR can't seem to make a logical decision on PTO. My options, as of right now, are ship the bike or do the ride and not get paid. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about how a full-time worker should have to make this decision. :-\

Anywho... if I get good news about the vacation then I'm definitely in for the ride and can be flexible with my schedule. Otherwise I have a big decision to make.

Wolftrax · 01-10-2015, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss America

Sorry I've been MIA. Working WAY too much and after staring at computers all day I haven't wanted to log onto anything after work.

I just posted up over on ADV as well, but I was just informed that my vacation plan has changed at work and *might* be changing again shortly. We just got acquired and it seems our HR can't seem to make a logical decision on PTO. My options, as of right now, are ship the bike or do the ride and not get paid. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about how a full-time worker should have to make this decision. :-\

Anywho... if I get good news about the vacation then I'm definitely in for the ride and can be flexible with my schedule. Otherwise I have a big decision to make.

Good luck with HR. I hope this works out for everyone. I'm only a year out from retire mn and I have half a mind to just say the heck with it and take the entire month off.

thillskier · 01-10-2015, 11:38 AM

culcune,
That sounds great! The timing /mileage will be needing to check the bikes out/up and do the screw tightening, top off fluids, chain adjustment/oiling, etc. and a friendly garage/yard and or driveway with a fellow adv reide is an ideal situation for the group

! Thanks for the offer of help, also!

We'll get by with a little help from our FRIENDS (and fellow ADV riders

!!hehe

These "stops" will be a KEY to maximizing the enjoyment of the trip, IMHO. It will destress anyone worried about any quality issues, as by checking these motorcycles as a group, any recuring issues will be obvious and can be referred back with CSC and within our group using ALL of our experiences for the BEST solution(s) to any issue(s).

I think daily ride and picture "reporting" will be a GREAT idea! I can try to help do some writing (as time will allow), but Mark (and or others

! need to be the photographers! for sure. I'm definitely NOT a photographer, unfortunately, but do love to share in adventure rides by reading the reports and checking the pictures out as well!

With a successfull completion of this trip, we will establish another route to come back West for the next adventure ride CSC does, to Baha next year or ?wherever STeve and Company decides is best

! Maybe you guys can come Visit us East coasters and see (and enjoy) some of our great rides!

Tail of the Dragon and the area around Boone NC to Ashville, is AWESOME riding, ALL of it, really. It would be SUPER Easy to set up a ride using the Blue Ridge parkway and other beautiful and amazing roads/rides from Alabama, through North GA foothills and roads, through North and South Carolina and West Va, also!

When is miserable hot and humid in July/August, those elevations and mountains offer the 4000-5500 foot coolness, especially at night!To be able to enjoy those 60's temps with the lower humidity is amazing camping weather..plus, if Moteling it, prices are VERY cheap as its "off season" in end of AUgust (after Labor day and school restarts) and September as well.. PERFECT weather IMHO then...

Keep those suggestions and ideas coming riders and spectators! We will try and accomodate as many/much as we can... Thanks for the offers to help as well!

thillskier · 01-10-2015, 12:03 PM

Just returned fro Ft Riley (where my son, Ashton, is stationed (Army), and wow! it was UNREAL cold there, especially for a Bama boy! hehe
katoranger we would enjoy your company as far as your route allows coming home...It will be warmer for you also a bit more south

!

I'll post up the initial waaay too early route possibility or a link to a google map if I can't do anything else...hopefully, Mark, Miss AMerica, and the other riders can chime in (you too!) with places to see and go, and interesting things to see and do on the way back East

!

01-08-2015, 01:59 AM	#1
thillskier Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 223	Fly and ride RX-3 home from Cali to East/South Anyone wanting to fly out/Ride back to East coast/South are welcome to join us. Mike, (wolftrax), myself Tommy (thillskier), and a few others MAY be joining us. We will take approximately a week to do the ride, and camp and inexpensive motel it back across on 65mph type roads. NOT Interstates when possible. I also will start a thread on adv forum as well. I'm thinking, by the time the bikes get here, we get them sorted and set up, etc, it will be March and be nice weather if we stay south. There will be support in the group for any "new bike" issues as well, as CSC will support the ride back and assist with any issues and or parts anyone may need. Should be FUN!
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01-08-2015, 04:59 AM	#2
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	Thanks for starting the new thread. You are fortunate you can take a nice, warm, southern route back home. __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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01-08-2015, 01:05 PM	#3
Huck369 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Somerset, KY Posts: 684	I'll post as a maybe, but if my bike can be shipped by the end of Feb, will probably just have it shipped. __________________ Huck 2013 Honda NC700X 2013 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone 2016 AJP PR4 2022 Templar X 250 2021 Sondors Metacycle AMA Life Member
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01-09-2015, 08:51 AM	#4
thillskier Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 223	Hopefully warm;)! Yes, we will definitely be going south as possible! Also, by the time all gets done, it will most likely be 2nd week of March, anyways, and SHOULD be Spring ...certainly MUCH warmer than February...I'm bringing the heated vest and will install some grip heaters, unless Steve has sourced some of those "mitts" he was blogging about he saw (and was trying to source) in China! hehe Anyone else have a source on those "mitts" for cold weather riding? Matt, 3rd week sounds even better for me (and weather! Lets TENTATIVELY set it up for the third week of March..Should be MUCH warmer than in February!, and thus MUCH more enjoyable!!! Last edited by thillskier; 01-10-2015 at 11:04 AM. Reason: Adjusted the date of the ride as per Marks suggestion:)..
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01-09-2015, 08:55 AM	#5
thillskier Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 223	List of Riders Please repost any who are interested in the fly ride as a "sure currently" or "possibly interested". For Sure 1.Tommy (thillskier) 2. Mark Possibly Interested 1. Huck369 2. Miss America Last edited by thillskier; 01-10-2015 at 11:00 AM. Reason: New riders added. AND It was not staying as I wanted the "layout" to be. IE hard to see/read.
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01-09-2015, 10:02 AM	#7
Wolftrax Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Blue Ridge Mtns Ga Posts: 437	My work schedule is set in stone. I work 14 days on and get 7 days off. I'm looking at 02/24 through 03/02 or 03/17 through 03/23. Will probably plan on the last period. I suspect bikes won't be available till the and warmer weather. __________________ Mark 2015 Haosen Hawk 250 2014 CRF250L 2014 CB500X Rally Raid
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01-09-2015, 11:12 AM	#8
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	We will be requiring daily updates with pictures. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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01-09-2015, 07:18 PM	#9
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	X2 on the photographs and updates. __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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01-09-2015, 08:02 PM	#11
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	__________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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01-09-2015, 08:08 PM	#12
Miss America Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Jawja Posts: 24	Sorry I've been MIA. Working WAY too much and after staring at computers all day I haven't wanted to log onto anything after work. I just posted up over on ADV as well, but I was just informed that my vacation plan has changed at work and might be changing again shortly. We just got acquired and it seems our HR can't seem to make a logical decision on PTO. My options, as of right now, are ship the bike or do the ride and not get paid. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about how a full-time worker should have to make this decision. :-\ Anywho... if I get good news about the vacation then I'm definitely in for the ride and can be flexible with my schedule. Otherwise I have a big decision to make. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tiff Fernie - www.ASouthernCyclone.com '93 Yamaha FZR 600 "Captain America" - red, white, & blue '02 Yamaha YZF 600 - dirty '15 CSC RX-3 Cyclone - orange
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01-10-2015, 11:38 AM	#14
thillskier Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 223	Hell yes:)! culcune, That sounds great! The timing /mileage will be needing to check the bikes out/up and do the screw tightening, top off fluids, chain adjustment/oiling, etc. and a friendly garage/yard and or driveway with a fellow adv reide is an ideal situation for the group! Thanks for the offer of help, also! We'll get by with a little help from our FRIENDS (and fellow ADV riders!!hehe These "stops" will be a KEY to maximizing the enjoyment of the trip, IMHO. It will destress anyone worried about any quality issues, as by checking these motorcycles as a group, any recuring issues will be obvious and can be referred back with CSC and within our group using ALL of our experiences for the BEST solution(s) to any issue(s). I think daily ride and picture "reporting" will be a GREAT idea! I can try to help do some writing (as time will allow), but Mark (and or others! need to be the photographers! for sure. I'm definitely NOT a photographer, unfortunately, but do love to share in adventure rides by reading the reports and checking the pictures out as well! With a successfull completion of this trip, we will establish another route to come back West for the next adventure ride CSC does, to Baha next year or ?wherever STeve and Company decides is best! Maybe you guys can come Visit us East coasters and see (and enjoy) some of our great rides! Tail of the Dragon and the area around Boone NC to Ashville, is AWESOME riding, ALL of it, really. It would be SUPER Easy to set up a ride using the Blue Ridge parkway and other beautiful and amazing roads/rides from Alabama, through North GA foothills and roads, through North and South Carolina and West Va, also! When is miserable hot and humid in July/August, those elevations and mountains offer the 4000-5500 foot coolness, especially at night!To be able to enjoy those 60's temps with the lower humidity is amazing camping weather..plus, if Moteling it, prices are VERY cheap as its "off season" in end of AUgust (after Labor day and school restarts) and September as well.. PERFECT weather IMHO then... Keep those suggestions and ideas coming riders and spectators! We will try and accomodate as many/much as we can... Thanks for the offers to help as well!
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01-10-2015, 12:03 PM	#15
thillskier Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 223	Its definitely CCCOLD in Ks! Especially this week! Just returned fro Ft Riley (where my son, Ashton, is stationed (Army), and wow! it was UNREAL cold there, especially for a Bama boy! hehe katoranger we would enjoy your company as far as your route allows coming home...It will be warmer for you also a bit more south! I'll post up the initial waaay too early route possibility or a link to a google map if I can't do anything else...hopefully, Mark, Miss AMerica, and the other riders can chime in (you too!) with places to see and go, and interesting things to see and do on the way back East!
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