When i was in my twenty's, i had a vw bus it was under powered had to adj. the valves more than i would have liked. it helped if you knew the road so you could get a run at the hills, but it would keep up with traffic. the heater sucked it blew up on me once, but it was just dam fun to drive, and i wish i still had it. well my RX3 is not for everyone but i love it and i will never sell it. It's not perfect but it does everything i ask and then some who knows in 5 years the bike might slow down but right now i love my fastest blue TOO MUCH FUN :tup::tup::tup:

Congratulations on the purchase, RascalFlyer! And you got a great deal at 10% off the RX3. What color did you get?

CSC has some great farkles for the bike. The one I'm yearning for the most currently is the upgraded seat (tall seat kit). But one of the many things I really appreciate about CSC is that the entire team has experience with the accessories and the bikes, and can give you input into the farkles to help you decide.

I got the red one, my wife chose the color for me because I could not make up my mind. I got the luggage, skid plate, foot pegs, headlight cover, hand grip warmers, drive lights, side stand wide foot, 19 inch wheel with knobby tires and dash accessory power plug. I am waiting for it to ship since I asked them to install everything for me. I am poor in time so I figured might as well support a great business and have them do all the work.

In the top 10 Youtube search results for CSC RX3, 8 were from Everride.
So yeah...Everride is very popular and influential on the internet.
He is making money from his channel on youtube.

I'm afraid his review will have a bad impact. Because people don't realize he doesn't know much about adventure bikes.

Most people don't realize Everride is more of a DRZ400 dualsport rider.
He's used to riding bikes with 12" of suspension travel.
On his channel, the biggest bike he tested is a KLR.
I don't think he is an authority on adventure bikes.
I want to hear it from an expert rider who owns true beastly adventure bikes.
But most viewers don't know that.
Everride sounds very convincing if viewer is ignorant of his background.

I'm also very concerned about his claim that this bike is "too dangerous" to ride. That'll send a lot of potential china bike customer looking else where.

Wait, he claimed it was too dangerous to ride, but he is selling it ? So knowing something is too dangerous to ride, he's fine with someone else riding this deathtrap? He has an ethical or moral obligation to destroy the bike...instead of having someone else risk life and limb on it. I've sold lots of cars and bikes in my day, and that is typically not a selling feature.

I've not heard him say that, but IF he did. ..he gets a thumbs down from me.

I am more concerned with breaking in the new bike than any review, I don't think his opinion will sway future buyers one way or the other, It's not so much the bike but the rider, I am sure he would find something wrong with anything he rides, there is no perfect bike. It's the ride that counts. I just finished a trip on HWY 1 and I had a blast with the wrong bike. I took my overpriced, over modified DRZ400 and I ran into a lot of riders that seem to really enjoy my bike. I included a picture of the dr and one of the new RX3 that I saw in Azusa.

Seems as though he is now deleting any responses from owners that are happy with the RX3. Brutally honest only goes one way.

William
'15 Mustard

He back-tracked one some of the harsh words in his "for sale" video of the bike. But pity that he's deleting the responses from the happy RX3 owners.

It is unfortunate that positive responses for the RX-3 are being deleted.

Lost all respect for everide. I'm a KLR guy and enjoyed everide's channel very much in the beginning. However,it appears he's gone to the dark side since becoming a full-time vlogger, catering to his sponsors and their ideas of what an adventure/dual sport bike should be. Brutally honest..... not so much.

He also loaned the RX-3 to another vlogger buddy to test ride and bash. He's obviously done no homework on the bike and spews the same CB hater rhetoric.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvw0qyhcL9w

Disappointing.

Rojo

funny you say that.... seems to be very true...

i once read a interview with a bike tester than worked the the now
gone Aust REVS mag.....
he said that they could not be totaly honest about the bikes they were testing if
it was a pile of crap....
as there surpply of free bikes to test would soon dry up if they run them down...




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This is one of many reasons why I subscribe to Motorcycle Consumer News, MCN, they do no allow advertising, but they are still able to review the latest and greatest from the manufacturers. They're not perfect, but then again, who is?

Get'm Joe !!
 

Saw this on the CSC blog today.

http://californiascooterco.com/blog/?p=23145

Now that's what I call BRUTALLY HONEST!!

Rojo

Cool read thanks for the link.

Everide blocked me from his channel for this 'hater' comment ... or one like it.

The guy just likes his echo chamber. And if you don't tell him he's awesome, he blocks you.
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Your review may be honest, but it is incomplete. It's fair to review any bike stock. But it's also fair to give your bike the best chance of success. With a few free or inexpensive mods, it would perform much better both on and off road.

None of the bikes you compare the RX3 to are perfect out of the box. Each benefits from upgrades, both simple and complex, both cheap and inexpensive.

To complete your review fairly, I would recommend the same kind of upgrades you have given other bikes you have tested off-road, to be reviewed by a team of dual sport riders.

* A $13 front sprocket (13T) to widen the power band on and off road.
* 19" front to improve performance off-road and help correct the speedometer.
* Better tires to improve off-road traction.
* Remove the side cases and bars to save weight and improve agility.

It will not transform into the ultimate adventure bike, but will much better reflect what a real rider will do in the real world.

I knew I liked Joe....hard to stop a man that knows he's right, and just keeps on coming.