Lonerider:

Thanks for the question. By way of full disclosure, I write the blog for CSC, so I wouldn't want you to take my word on the bike's goodness without checking around a bit on your own. But since you asked....

The bikes performed flawlessly. We did 2600-km mostly in the Andes Mountains on this trip. I've also led rides in the Western US (that was a 5000-mile ride with 10 RX3 bikes) and Baja (15 bikes, that was a 1700-mile ride). We had a few teething problems with the first shipment (bad batteries, since corrected). If you'd like to know more about those rides and the bike, you can read this book (available on Amazon.com):



I'm told the book is pretty good. I know the author and he's a bit much sometimes, but the book is good.

The RX3 is a great motorcycle, but like I said, don't take my word for it. Check us out on ADVRider, Chinariders.net, and elsewhere and see what RX3 owners say. Also, Cycle World, ADVPulse, ADVMoto, Motorcycle.com, and Motorcyclist magazine have all reviewed the bike and given it high marks.

I'll post the last four days of the Colombia ride in the next day or so. Thanks for your interest. In the meantime, a shot I really like (by Juan Carlos of Colombia's Demotos magazine) of me leaving the ferry after a very cool ride down the Magdalena River to Mompos.