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Started by Kaveh, June 24, 2008, 03:20:29 PM

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Kaveh

June 24, 2008, 03:20:29 PM Last Edit: July 01, 2008, 06:00:37 PM by Kaveh
***UPDATE***

From CRG's website: http://www.constructorsrg.com/
QuoteCRG Burns - But We're Already Back!

On Friday, June 20th, a fire burned through the rural valley where our fabrication shop was located. Our shop was destroyed.

While this is a big challenge, we want to let everyone know that we are already well into the process of getting our shop up and running again. It takes more than fire to slow us down!

We expect that by Monday, June 30th we will have five mills running, so we will continue to supply the finest parts to racers and enthusiasts. Thank you for your past and future support!





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From another moto forum: http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253550
QuoteThats right folks you read that right. Just got word that the wild fire in the area took out the building. So if you need CRG parts get them ASAP so you will get them period. I don't know the full extent of the damage but it didn't sound good.

This is a bummer for a lot of people. I hope this doesn't bugger up CRG for too long.
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Oh make the beast with two backs, just realized that he was right off Larkin Valley Rd. Exactly where the fire was. I was up at his place a few years ago when he needed to fit prototypes to bikes (I got the first set made for the F4i).

That sucks, I'd hate to know how much money he lost in equipment alone. That shop was state of the art!


:-\

Speeddog

#1
June 24, 2008, 03:34:01 PM
Ahhhhh make the beast with two backs!  :'(
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El Matador

#2
June 24, 2008, 04:10:10 PM
Damn that sucks... CRG makes a badass product...

ducatiz

#3
June 24, 2008, 07:13:47 PM
i smell an insurance scam

Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Speeddog

#4
June 24, 2008, 07:35:53 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on June 24, 2008, 07:13:47 PM
i smell an insurance scam


I knew we could count on you.
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Reseda, CA
(951) 640-8908

~~~ "We've rearranged the deck chairs, refilled the champagne glasses, and the band sounds great. This is fine." - Alberto Puig ~~~

Stangman

#5
June 24, 2008, 07:38:52 PM
I'm already sporting my lanesplitter mirrors so I'm good.

[popcorn]

ducatiz

#6
June 24, 2008, 07:45:20 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on June 24, 2008, 07:35:53 PM
I knew we could count on you.

well, someone is going to have to defend it!
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Kaveh

#7
June 24, 2008, 10:55:05 PM
From what I understand it was a wildfire that took the factory along with a bunch of houses...

ducatiz

#8
June 25, 2008, 04:08:34 AM
Definitely fishy..

ok. just kidding, but it sucks for them. 

Surely they have business insurance and will be up in a while with better stuff.  All that stuff they make is CNC anyhow, so let's hope they backed up their hard drives
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

johnster

#9
June 25, 2008, 04:52:50 AM
AAHHHH That blows!!  :(

I'm glad I was able to give them some business + order a pair of Hindsights before this happened.  :-\
2001 MS4; Full Termi w/airbox, ECU, SPS cams, CycleCat ClipOn Adapters, Apex clip-ons, CRG's, MW open clutch, Sargent Saddle, CF aplenty.. NOT RIDEABLE FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO MY STUPID LACK OF JUDGEMENT!!

beelzebub

#10
June 25, 2008, 04:56:06 AM
great timing - got my mirrors delivered yesterday.

hope things work out OK for them - they even threw a free schwag cap in my box...

duckwrench13

#11
June 25, 2008, 08:38:01 AM
Well, it's just another sign that cars are truly evil [evil]... The cause of the Watsonville fire, that destroyed CRG... hold on to yer socks kids.... fire investigators determined it was started by car exhaust. >:(  Just saw it on the news.

Damn.  [bang] [bang]
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

Gettin' blow'd up sucks!
Combat Veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan 2006-2007

ducatiz

#12
June 25, 2008, 08:40:18 AM
Quote from: duckwrench13 on June 25, 2008, 08:38:01 AM
Well, it's just another sign that cars are truly evil [evil]... The cause of the Watsonville fire, that destroyed CRG... hold on to yer socks kids.... fire investigators determined it was started by car exhaust. >:(  Just saw it on the news.

Damn.  [bang] [bang]

well, i guess all those emissions laws didn't help for shit.
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

GLantern

#13
June 25, 2008, 08:57:01 AM
But i didn't get my levers yet  :'(
"Just ride and never ever look back"


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Speeddog

#14
June 25, 2008, 09:18:56 AM
Quote from: GLantern695 on June 25, 2008, 08:57:01 AM
But i didn't get my levers yet  :'(

Did you order 'em directly from CRG?
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~~~ "We've rearranged the deck chairs, refilled the champagne glasses, and the band sounds great. This is fine." - Alberto Puig ~~~
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