{"id":16728,"date":"2022-04-14T06:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=16728"},"modified":"2022-04-14T06:38:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:38:14","slug":"chongqing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/04\/14\/chongqing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chongqing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Other than good buddy Arjiu (that would be Joe Gresh), I&#8217;m guessing most of you have never been to Chongqing.\u00a0 Chongqing is home to China&#8217;s motorcycle industry and it was the starting point for your two blogmeisters&#8217; putt across the Ancient Kingdom.\u00a0 I enjoyed that ride enormously.\u00a0 Gresh and I had some fantastic times.<\/p>\n<p>I first visited Chongqing and Zongshen as a consultant to CSC when we used Zongshen&#8217;s 250cc engine in our Mustang replicas.\u00a0 One thing led to another, and before too long CSC was Zongshen&#8217;s exclusive North American importer, and CSC introduced the RX3 to the US.\u00a0 I was blown away by Chongqing, the people, the size of the city, the photo ops, the cuisine, and more.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been there many times and I&#8217;d go back again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>Good buddy Fan shared this video a few days ago, and I knew I had to share it on the blog.\u00a0 Pro tip:\u00a0 Hit the little button on the bottom right of the video (after you start it) to view it full screen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s impressive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWvzKIHFACU\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can be a China hater all you want. I know more than a few people over there I call my friends. Yeah, the world is going through some shaky times right now, but that&#8217;s not the Chinese people and it&#8217;s for sure not the guys I know. I like the place.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about our trip across China, pick up a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Riding-China-Joe-Berk\/dp\/1537414895\/\"><em>Riding China<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0There&#8217;s a link here on the blog.\u00a0 And take a look at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ExhaustNotes.us\/Rides.html\">Epic Rides<\/a> page, where we have links to posts about that ride.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16728\" data-token=\"6ee8750fff8993003d8d027fad33080f\" data-token-time=\"1792802774\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" >Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-32730-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; z-index: -1000 !important; padding: 0 !important; } #wpforms-32730-field_1-container input { visibility: hidden; } #wpforms-conversational-form-page #wpforms-32730-field_1-container label { counter-increment: none; }' ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.head.appendChild( style );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.currentScript?.remove();\n\t\t\t\t} )();\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"32730\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[time_token]\" value=\"1792802774.bf762edcc4b114cf73acb5327a4d1ca52b69c781df51336a7ee37c4107852f14\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16728\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-32730\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other than good buddy Arjiu (that would be Joe Gresh), I&#8217;m guessing most of you have never been to Chongqing.\u00a0 Chongqing is home to China&#8217;s motorcycle industry and it was the starting point for your two blogmeisters&#8217; putt across the Ancient Kingdom.\u00a0 I enjoyed that ride enormously.\u00a0 Gresh and I had some fantastic times. 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