Forum: Ride reports
04-20-2010, 09:07 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
11-30-2009, 08:59 AM
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Great pics and video
Those sand traps look like a lot of work for a big bike. Heck, they look like hard work for a smaller bike:rofl
Dirtdiver, I told you that all the practice from pushing me and my fat pig through...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-13-2009, 10:11 AM
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Fantastic!
This is the best report I have read. Wonderful in every way.
Thanks for putting it together.
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Forum: GPS Tracks - Mexico, Central & South America
06-01-2009, 11:23 AM
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Coffee Break Spanish
I like the short Coffee Break Spanish podcasts, available through itunes. They are free and you can put them on the SD card as MP3s.
My only negative issue is the time to book with a 4G card. ...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 01:42 PM
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Trip Summary
It was a great trip for me.
The route was a sampler tour of Baja which gave me a little taste of many of the very different parts. If you haven't been to Baja before, which I haven't in...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 01:25 PM
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And on the way home
We camped just off the access road to Santa Rosalita, just north of Guerra Negra. Note there is another checkpoint just north of Villa Jesus Maria. Because we were close to the Pacific coast, it...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 01:14 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 12:57 PM
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On the way north past the Bay of Conception,...
On the way north past the Bay of Conception, there was a fair amount of highway construction. It got very warm when we were stopped.
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0135.JPG
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 12:55 PM
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There were a fair amount of comments about...
There were a fair amount of comments about Dirtdiver in his body armor. One lady calling him Buzz as in Buzz lightyear. With the Shoei helmet, I thought he looked more like Darth Varder when on the...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-30-2009, 12:41 PM
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There are an amazing number of abandoned...
There are an amazing number of abandoned structures all over Mexico. Some we figured to be seasonal ranch houses or fishermen houses but many are just mysteriously abandoned. It's odd.:huh
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 09:14 PM
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Scorpion Bay Pics
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0108.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0113.JPGhttp://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0114.JPG
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 09:05 PM
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Cabo Pulma to Scorpion Bay
Leaving Cabo Pulma, we headed North on Mexico 1 back through the desert to Cuidad Insurgentes. From there we broke toward the west coast on a poorly maintained and deeply potholed road to La...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 08:39 PM
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East Cape, Cabo Pulmo
Unlike most of the other areas of Baja, there was fencing all along the dirt road getting to Cabo Pulma.
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0082.JPG
Very little opportunity...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 11:52 AM
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Loreto to Todos Santos
As a heads up, Loreto has Bank/ATM, pharmacia, a supermarket but little for motorcycle service. The main brands are Honda and Yamaha with BMW, Harley, Kawasaki and Suzuki following. The recommended...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 11:12 AM
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Off to Loreto
Our shortest day of the trip, we puttered down the Sea of Cortez with the beautiful scenery.
http://home.comcast.net/%7Emark.whiteside/pwpimages/PICT0062.JPG
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 10:56 AM
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to Punta Abreojos and Punta Chivato
We broke camp and hugged to coastline south to Punta Abreojos.
The coastline was spectacular with graded dirt roads or sand tracks. The washboards is where I noticed a dramatic difference with...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 10:14 AM
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Punta Eugenia, Bahai Tortuga, y Asuncion
The next day we moved to dirt with getting out to the fishing village at Punta Eugenia, stopping to camp south of Asuncion. This may have been my favorite campsite of the trip because it was so...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 09:37 AM
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Into Baja Sur
The Pacific coast was surprisingly cold and I was wearing every layer of hot weather clothes I brought. I had left all my cold weather gear in the States assuming I wouldn't need it.
Once we moved...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-28-2009, 09:24 AM
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Heading south across the border
We crossed at Tijuana early in the morning and used the toll roads south to Ensinada. We filled gas, got ATM cash, and had breakfast before heading south on Mexico 1. This was expected to be the...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-27-2009, 09:47 PM
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Weestrom loaded up
Coming down on the scenic I-5, changing from rain gear to sun gear. It is a 1300 mile slog that has few redeeming attractions. That said it isn't tough and I can make it either way in a day and a...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-27-2009, 09:16 PM
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Starting out from Seattle
As Dirtdiver has already outlined the plan, I'll fill in some of the details. I started from Seattle on a Weestom. I had ordered some TKC80s for a shop in Orange county and my plan was to ride down...
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Forum: Equipment
05-01-2009, 01:22 PM
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Ultimate Ears 700 review
Here is a recent Ultimate Ears 700 review with comments on the q-Jay as well.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/ultimate-ears-700-noise-isolating-earphones/
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Forum: Ride reports
04-08-2009, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 217
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Great report!
Wonderful pictures and engaging story.
:clapThanks for the maps as well:-)
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2009, 11:40 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-03-2009, 07:09 AM
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Great report!
Great pics, good weather, and several potential problems averted.
This is my kind of trip.:freaky Nice to see Mrs. DD chip in on the report.
How many miles did you cover below the border?
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Forum: Ride reports
12-23-2008, 02:15 PM
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
09-20-2008, 02:18 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-27-2008, 08:20 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-05-2008, 03:03 AM
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Hltopper,
Absolutely I remember seeing you...
Hltopper,
Absolutely I remember seeing you in Batopilas! At times 4 wheels would have been fun.
It is a beautiful area to visit regardless of how you get there....except for maybe the train,...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-05-2008, 02:58 AM
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Mike955i,
For a do-it-all bike with a...
Mike955i,
For a do-it-all bike with a highway bias, the Vstrom is hard to beat. Getting from Seattle to Creel was a joy on it and I didn't have trouble doing 600 and 700 mile days back to back.
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Forum: Ride reports
03-28-2008, 06:20 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 07:19 PM
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Thanks Lone Rider for the comments.
In...
Thanks Lone Rider for the comments.
In answers, San Bernardo isn't much. There is a small tienda for packaged food but no visible gas or restaurant. Within 10 miles, there is a collection of...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 06:57 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 06:49 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 06:42 PM
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Pasty, Patsy, Patsy,
Where were you when we...
Pasty, Patsy, Patsy,
Where were you when we so casually started out? We could have used an actual navigator:bow
In fairness, the locals warned us, I just didn't listen and I got in over my...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 182
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Trip end and summary
The rest of the trip wrapped up quick. We were across the border at Mexicali in early afternoon and I went directly to the dealer to have them re-mount my street tires for the trip north to Seattle....
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 03:28 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 03:26 PM
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Holy crap, I'm glad that's done
:D
The road of next day was somewhat anticlimactic. The eastern (Sonora) side of the pass was clearly better than the Chihuahua aide and we camped at the divide. Sure I fell a couple more times...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2008, 01:44 PM
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A bad day ahead
When we broke camp I was already talking with Steve whether we would get to Alamos or Navajoa. In my head, I was headed to the barn and starting the long trek back out of Mexico. We had several...
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