Three of us recently spent two weeks riding from Laredo, to Mexico City, Vera Cruz, Villahermosa (you can keep that town), Palenque, over the hills to the Pacific Coast and then back to Mexico City. It was one of the most incredible rides I've ever done, right up there with the ride to Prudhoe Bay. Mexico is so unsafe that one of our riders spent an extra week or two at the beach (San Angustinillo) Not one problem, but i do agree on them damned topes!! Bottom line is that we will be spreading the word far and wide about how great it is in Mexico, especially on a motorcycle.
The only way I feel safe riding in Ole Mexico is ridin with McFoil and tha Rusty Machetes! Well most of em anyway. I figure after 5 years of travilin south it pretty much pans out how it is sposed to.Tha way i see it is if you can survive the Espinazo del Diablo in the cold cold rain you've got it made! Goin back 5 more times just to see if ya missed any of the 2200 turns is just a bonus. Why would anyone in they're right mind Not Ride as far as they could in Mexico? The only thing that would impeed this prosess is cash and time. Which in my case one or the other determines the trip. Nothing but kind helpful people I have found in My Most Favorite Place in the World. El Jeffe AKA StinkyBoy13
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And how many of us are thinking about skipping the coffee part? It's Pinochhio time, if you don't tell the truth! LOL!!
By the way, here is a good reason to give Mexico a break on September 6 and 7 http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=371&articleid=20130205_371_0_Inoneo5640
"Tickets are $109, all fees included,..." I take it they are not expecting a large turnout of KLR riders...
After a while I loved the topes, cars and trucks qeueing for them and you can pass all that quite safely! And then I tried to do hops and jumps. I know it's not that responsible (because of the vendors selling all kind of stuff), but nevertheless fun to do. For that fact, I miss them insane topes here in Belgium, practising jumps/
I'm, "all in" on this festival. I hope we close our border with Texas for that week. We don't need them coming up and starting trouble.
You know, after two decades of living here and riding here, you are only the second person that I have heard of that says they miss topes. Not much of a trend happening. Topes are a daily pain in the ass, period. They cost you time, money, and parts. Constant acceleration and deceleration and the related wear and tear on brakes and clutches, steering bearings, and damage from unmarked, square edge ones gets real old, real fast. They are a hazard in the rain, they accumulate all kinds of road debris at their bases, and the only good thing about them is that yes, you can pass a line of trucks or cars from time to time. Miss them? I could give a rat's ass if they suddenly all disappeared, tomorrow. A la chingada con los topes. Punto. Using a tope to practice "jumps" is probably not the best use of anyone's time. You couldn't find any other road features to use to practice "jumps"? It's Mexico. Get on any brecha and I guarantee you'll find plenty of practice for "jumps" within a few hundred meters. I know a really good jump that is located between Plan de las Hayas and Alto Lucero, I think Arte and Andres can vouch for that one. LOL! You can be the Benelux version of Evel Kinevel all day (or night, right Arte?) long on that one.
Topes. Its all fun and games until someone gets hurt or you have to fix something. There's fun topes (maybe 2 or 3), and then everyone's got a story about "Oh shit, where did that come from" I'd hate to live with the #$*@ things down my street and every street and every state highway everyday. bleck. So much fun too taking a clapped out Tsuru taxi around the streets of anywhere, Mexico, and getting a free spinal readjustment every 100 feet, no matter how careful the driver is. Bet the cwiopracters keep busy in Mexico. But, every guy has to love the bewbies topes sign. How can you not?
tetsuo ; You got that right topes are the passing lane where in Belgium are you ? lived in WAVRE when i was a Hippie back in the 70's Here are pics of the Move went through Del Rio came back though EAGLE PASS last night military check points all AT EASE they didn't even ask to open the trailer 80 bucks tax on the used mac and the tv
Stops We rode down that way on the 23rd of last month 2up. Lots of federales around the pemex in San Fernando. Gassed up, had a couple gorditas from a cooler and headed on to Victoria. Spent half an hour cruising around town and headed on south to Xilitla. No gunfire, bribes, nor anthing else out of the ordinary. Did get a straight razor held to my neck in Xilitla and it was a close shave. ..., in fact, it turned out to be one of the best shave/haircuts I have ever had.
Funny that you should say that because I got a haircut in Nuevo Laredo and about the time the young barber was working that straight razor around my neck he started to ask me if I had found religion. My initial reaction was that was pretty lousy timing Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
