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“Time’s fun when you’re having flies,” as the frogs like to say.

Susie and I were headed north in the Subie and we stopped at the In-N-Out in Gilroy.  I had an Animal Style burger.  We had just had a nice telephone conversation with Steve Seidner, CEO of CSC Motorcycles.  The two events had me thinking about the California Scooter Steve donated to the In-N-Out foundation.  I realized that had been 11 years ago.  Time speeds up as we age, I think.  It feels like it was yesterday.

Steve donated a custom built bike to the In-N-Out charity auction every year during the California Scooter days, each one painted with a custom theme, with all proceeds going to the In-N-Out Foundation.  That year, the good folks at In-N-Out asked us to base the color theme on Melanie Troxel’s In-N-Out funny car.

Melanie Troxel’s In-N-Out Funny Car.

The 2011 In-N-Out California Scooter was simply magnificent. Chrome Lucky 13 wheels, custom paint, a painted frame, a custom seat…ah, the list went on and on.  I watched Lupe and Tony put the In-N-Out bike together and it was a hoot.

That year’s In-N-Out dinner and auction was awesome.   I met one of the principals in the In-N-Out founding family who took me in tow and explained what the auction was all about, the prizes, and bit of the family’s background.  She is a most charming woman…bright, attractive, and articulate.  The CSC bike was the major item to be auctioned that year, she explained, and it brought a good chunk of money into the In-N-Out charitable foundation.  I met and chatted with Melanie Troxel, the In-N-Out funny car driver, who is bright, articulate, and attractive (are you sensing a theme?).  I asked her what it was like to pilot a funny car, and with a wink, she told me it was over before you realized it.

That was quite a night.  Those were good times.  And those were interesting little motorcycles.  We rode them all the way to Cabo San Lucas and back.  Yep, we rode to Cabo and back on 150cc motorbikes (you can read that story here).  And it all happened more than a decade ago.  It seems like it was yesterday.  Or did I mention that already?


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