Thanks Leonard. The dealer web page for California is 4 more than I was last told and interestingly only one actually mentions RE on its website (Doug Douglas, San Bernardino). That sort of tells me they are not arriving soon. I have seen them at South Bay Triumph (not for sale), but they were way optimistic last December thinking they would be ready to go by now.
I am just hoping when they are ready for sale I won't be looking at a six month waiting list due to manufacturing back logs and high demand (which of course is a good thing for RE). I feel like I have been waiting 25 years for this particular motorcycle to arrive. I can't count the times I came close to an old Brit bike only to chicken out and move toward a not quite what I wanted new BMW or Yamaha and then give up.
I am for sure going to pull the trigger on the new Royal Enfield - black G5 I think with a solo seat. For now I am waiting it out in blog land.