receptive of what we need to
have from a production stand-
point and from a factory racing
standpoint. They have brought
their A game. Everything is
made by Triumph.
When did you get involved
with it, drawings on paper and
sketches?
It had already been de-
signed, for the most part, when
I stepped in. I did my first initial
test with them right before Co-
vid hit. So, that kind of slowed
everything down, but we also
know—and this is super impor-
tant for everyone to under-
stand—we only have one chance
at a first impression. I am huge
on the side of, it must be right,
from a production level. It's got
to be right.
Any idea when it should
come out?
I'm just as excited as everyone
else to see it. It'll be here before
too long.
No hard dates, though?
Not yet. It's like a moving tar-
get. But what I can tell you is it's
going to be very soon.
Is it going to be just one
model, or is it going to be
spread across the board?
250s… a wide variety of dis-
placements.
Cool. And different catego-
ries?
Yup. Absolutely. It's going to
be good.
I knew I'd get some infor-
mation out of you.
Nah. A wide variety of displace-
ments. People are going to love it.
So, your
RC Summer Adventure is a
monster you created. You're
going to have to keep going.
How are you going to keep
building these routes and
keep being creative?
Between our group, we've
been thinking maybe we need to
do an East Coast ride this year.
So, we are heavily thinking about
switching it over to the East
Coast. I've never really spent a
lot of time on the East Coast rid-
ing. So, it's looking that way. The
last three years we've done it out
here [West].
I really appreciate you
talking to us and being part
of the adventure guide for
Cycle News. We're looking
forward to more adventures
with you.
I go back to my early years,
and I remember when I was
11 years old, all I wanted to do
was be on the cover of Cycle
News. It's great to see what
you're doing with Cycle News.
I'm excited for you and every-
one else
having an
outlet to do what we're doing
here today.
Next time you're out
here in California, come on
down. We've got all the cov-
ers of you in our archives
room, so it worked out. You
made it. Your goal turned
out okay.
It did. I'm very lucky.
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