[mscuddy]

I watched "Dust to Glory" a few months back with Rick "Super Hunky" Sieman at his sprawling hacienda in Rosarito. After the movie we stood around in the garage and payed homage to an ex-Baja '71 8 speed 400 Husky with a few bottles of Pacifico. Seemed fitting.



I don't think DTG will ever have the impact that OAS did. Wrong place, wrong time.



The night time on-board camera bike shots were amazing. I rate it right up there with Derick Bell's "In-Car 959" video.

 

[mscuddy]

Rick’s way cool. It’s rare when you get to meet a boyhood idol and he turns out to be a normal down to earth guy. I’ve been sending beer-induced stories to off-road.com (the Don’t Ask column) for a few years now, guess they amused Rick. So one thing led to another and he invited me to stay in his motor home and hang out with the Off-Road.com crew for the Adelanto GP in 2004.

He moved to Mexico as he put it "because you can get away with pretty much anything if you keep your nose clean". Rick’s got a giant vacant lot (the size of Disneyland) next to his place that has several improvised MX tracks on it, sand washes, whoops, etc. A dirt biker’s dream. He’s disgusted with dirt bikers in the USA ‘cause they won’t stand up for their rights (after the Phantom Duck-Sahara Club deal went down the tubes).

And about the cost of livin’ in Mexico: We ate about 50 lbs. of seafood at La Fonda with a dozen or so bloody Mary’s thrown in, and the tab was 30 bucks. Can’t beat that.

He also thinks you’re a pretty damn fine motojournalist (said something about "conversational journalism"). Check out Rick’s new website at: http://superhunky.com/.

Maybe a new direction for JB?

 

[mscuddy]

50,000 watts out of Mexico....



That's because they have tequlia. Lots of tequlia.

 

[mscuddy]

...sounds like my cat.



On another subject, California HD in Harbor City (Ghost Town) wants to make me a smokin' deal on a NOS '02 Firebolt.



Let's see, should I get the City X or the Firebolt....decisions decisions....??? Does the very low price offset the advances made in the last three years? Maybe so, if you're a cheap bastard like me. Or maybe not. Cripes, this is a tough call.