A Spooktacular Suprise

Thank you to Joanna from Drag Specialties/Parts Magazine for getting everyone at RSD in the Halloween spirit! We all had spooky surprises on our desks this morning. Thanks Joanna and Happy Halloween!

Nitro Circus

This behind the scene footage of our shoot for Nitro Circus is narrated by the one and only Pepper, aka Mayor of Skid Row aka Leader of the Homeless. While he shares his thoughts Roland Sands and Andy Bell jump the L.A. River!


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MTV’s Nitro Circus is a television show featuring highly skilled, adrenaline-fueled mad men. Some would say this motley group has a death wish.. maybe. This week’s episode will feature Roland and the Nitro Crew thrashing the RSD stable of bikes in the LA River. Watch Roland and Andy Bell attempt to jump the LA river on Big V Twins! Take a peek at this week’s all-new episode, airing Thursday at 10PM ET/PT on MTV.

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RSD Trike?

I used to ride ATC’s when I was a kid. This was in the days before quads existed. ATC’s were a unique and dangerous 3 wheel creation that mangled many of kid, me included. I was in Glamis when I was 14 and launched off a sand dune on my Honda 250R. I landed front wheel first, flew in front of the bike and the bike landed on me breaking my pelvis. I have hated all 3 wheeled vehicles since that day. Today I designed my first Trike, I still have a strange taste in my mouth.

Building

In our daily life we are always building. We build relationships, we make enemies, we have successes and we endure failures. Sometimes we get hurt from building but we learn through the pain. These experiences make us better. We are builders. Teach your children to build it is key to having a strong foundation.

Rodneys thought of the day

Life is funny at times.

Sometimes we try and communicate but we feel like no one can hear us. Today I took a step back to note of some of the individual voices that reside around RSD.

Jeff will talk and babble all day and you swear nothing good came out of his mouth. He looks off into space at a 60 degree angle and you wonder which aliens he is trying to communicate with. Well today I finally got it. Here is an example of the voice in which Jeff speaks eloquently and to the point. I believe this might be his signature.


Chris often will talk motorcycles until it makes you want to puke. I sit and nod like I’m interested and wait for the verbal motorcycle beating to be over. In pain I walk away an think of the good old days when motorcycles didn’t engulf my life they merely were a vehicle to escape on. While thinking of Chris and his conversation he brought over to me a piece he just pulled out of his machine. I now can step back and enjoy Chris’s voice.


Take time to look around and enjoy the voices around you, you might just hear something nice.