Forum: Americas
11-17-2012, 04:27 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-24-2009, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 87
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Guatemala Border to Xela
It was late afternoon by the time we were done with the border crossing, but we were told it was just over an hour to Xela. I decided we could make it.
It's pretty amazing how different Guatemala...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-21-2009, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 87
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Mexico to Guatemala Border Crossing
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QLfcCat82Uc/Se5r53boA4I/AAAAAAAAAFg/ecUzj6lM18c/s320/CIMG2429.JPG (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QLfcCat82Uc/Se5r53boA4I/AAAAAAAAAFg/ecUzj6lM18c/s1600-h/CIMG2429.JPG)...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-20-2009, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 87
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Puerto Arista to the Guatemala Border
If you remember back to when we left Puerto Escondido, I had to bump start my bike becaue it had a dead battery. The battery still isn't holding a charge, and I have to bump start it every time....
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Forum: Ride reports
04-17-2009, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 87
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Mitla to Puerto Arista
In the morning I drag Shane out of bed and we head up to the ruins, to be honest they weren’t that impressive.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-11-2009, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 87
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Puerto Escondido to Mitla
Yet again, we woke up early to head out to Oaxaca, out of bed at 7 AM, I don’t think Shane likes this much. Kathryn, Amanda, and Lucas, a few of our new friends drag themselves out of bed to wish us...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2009, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 87
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Oh Puerto Escondido
Like I said earlier, we weren't really stuck in Puerto, if we wanted to we probably could have gotten all this taken care of alot faster, but there is just something that sucks you in. It may be the...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2009, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 87
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Recovering from "The Great Loss of 2009" part 4
The next day we ride to Huitalco. A girl on a scooter is trying to sell us jungle tours or something, so we show her the address, she tells us to follow her, we do. Then she picks up a guy on her...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2009, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 87
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Recovering from "The Great Loss of 2009" part 3
Just one more problem, Shane seems to have lost his motorcycle key somewhere at the hostel. We search everywhere for it, it's gone. The guy running the front desk calls a locksmith and he says he can...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2009, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 87
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Recovering from "The Great Loss of 2009" part 2
When we started this trip Shane and I only had the registration cards for our motorcycles because we had purchased them just before the trip and the DMV hadn't issued us titles yet. Once Shane lost...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2009, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 11,230
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Forum: Ride reports
03-14-2009, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 11,230
I´m very much not exicited to see Chris leave,...
I´m very much not exicited to see Chris leave, but it may be the right decision, I really don´t know what I´d do.
I´ve been riding his XR for the last couple days, as he´s been on my KLR. Whoever...
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Forum: Americas
01-11-2009, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 4
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Mendo and I will be there:
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Mendo and I will be there:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=419678
2 XR650R's, WR426, and whatever Shane's riding (just scattered the motor in his XR650L)
Planning on a...
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Forum: Americas
01-11-2009, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 7
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We're shooting for leaving from LA the first...
We're shooting for leaving from LA the first weekend of February.
As for a route, my initial thought is LA to san felipe on pavement, south along the sea of cortez, eventually end up in La Paz,...
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Forum: Americas
01-04-2009, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 8
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I agree on both accounts... I used google...
I agree on both accounts... I used google translator to translate every word i could find, found alot of info, but nothing about scheduling. at this point we're just gonna ride to La Paz, and figure...
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Forum: Americas
01-04-2009, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 2
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I'll second Estero Beach, I've never stayed at...
I'll second Estero Beach, I've never stayed at the RV park, but the hotel is really nice, I felt really safe having the 5 prerunners full of tools and parts parked there.
Also if you go, eat at...
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Forum: Americas
01-04-2009, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Americas
01-04-2009, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 7
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Shane and I are 25, you young whipper-snapper....
Shane and I are 25, you young whipper-snapper. and you should sack up and order the 6 gal tank for your bike.
I was talking to a buddy who did a similar trip in a VW bug with surfboards on the...
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Forum: Americas
12-22-2008, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 885
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Forum: Layin' down tracks
11-27-2008, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 578
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Forum: Trip Planning
10-23-2008, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,782
How does the saying go? "age and wisdom is no...
How does the saying go? "age and wisdom is no match for youth and stupidity"
Against nearly every word of wisdom, we're not gonna go buy KLRs, BMWs, or KTM adventures.
At this point in time,...
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Forum: Trip Planning
10-15-2008, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: Americas
02-05-2008, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 8
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Thanks for the usefully info.
We are coming...
Thanks for the usefully info.
We are coming from San Luis Obispo, where I go to college, through LA to meet up with some people, and as shitty as TJ is, it still seems like the logical way to go....
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Forum: Americas
01-22-2008, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,513
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