Is Mexico Safe?

[Turkeycreek]

Originally Posted by SR

The choice is yours. I've had two accidents in Mexico and my wife one. In all three, we were darn glad to have insurance!

Mexadventure has good rates available and the rep several different Mexican insurance companies.

Who is the Mexican company and did they pay out as expected on claim. Knock wood, never had a claim and always wondering how the carrier will perform.

[Turkeycreek]

On another note, I was invited to a cooking class this morning courtesy of the local mining company and state tourism. They brought in 2 instructors from Hermosillo. We made empanadas filled with carne y elote and they were damn fine.

Pero no hay fotos porque no recargar la batería de la cámara (didn't charge the camera battery) Needless to say Señorita Salma did not participate. I was the only hombre with 11 mujeres. A little culture shock for some of the ladies to see a guy who knows his way around a kitchen. A pleasant enough way to spend the morning.

[tricepilot]

Jealous

That IS one fine way to spend the morning, Mexico style

[SR]

Originally Posted by Turkeycreek

Mexadventure has good rates available and the rep several different Mexican insurance companies.

Who is the Mexican company and did they pay out as expected on claim. Knock wood, never had a claim and always wondering how the carrier will perform.

All three of our Mexico crash adventures have been in trucks not bikes, although one was vs. a bike (D'oh). The first was a US registered vehicle with Sanborns insurance and the last 2 incidents were in Mexican vehicles with Mexican insurance (AXA). In all 3 cases the Insurance Adjuster came within a few minutes and went to bat for us (really, he went to bat for the insurance company). But it's great to have him around. Otherwise you never know what the Transitos will try to do. They can try to pull all kinds of BS. One thing they like is to take money from the guilty party to call it a no fault accident, which screws the innocent party.

If you are not in the city it could take a long time for the Adjuster to come. It's worth waiting around for them, even if it's 2 hours. Don't sign or agree to anything until he gets there.

The Adjuster has a printer right there in his car and can hand out hospital vouchers to the injured. They can write out a check on the spot to the victim for vehicle damages to get it over and done with.

On my US plated Wee I have HDI Seguros, which I got through Bajabound. I have not made a claim with them so I can't comment on their service.

[Toysrme]

Originally Posted by SchizzMan

Depends. If you can afford a good used KLR, for example, then leave the sport bike at home. Otherwise, turn back at Ushuaia.

turn back at Ushuaia. LoL i got the joke.

Originally Posted by SR

I have to disagree. I sport bike could be fun in Mexico. Heck, there are probably 4 or 5 of them for every DS bike here. So someone is enjoying them. About half of the guys who ride them are teenaged squid looking to get severely hurt, but there are also some serious guys on sportbikes with all the gear. It looks like they have a lot of fun.

thanks guys! obviously this is a lot more of a DS oriented site, but people make it (overly) seem like the only thing are is redneck ATV trails down there. makes me feel better about it.
sure, there are some exceptional people riding all kinds of stuff on here, but that seems the exception ;) heh heh

[Turkeycreek]

Originally Posted by SR

All three of our Mexico crash adventures have been in trucks not bikes, although one was vs. a bike (D'oh). The first was a US registered vehicle with Sanborns insurance and the last 2 incidents were in Mexican vehicles with Mexican insurance (AXA). In all 3 cases the Insurance Adjuster came within a few minutes and went to bat for us (really, he went to bat for the insurance company). But it's great to have him around. Otherwise you never know what the Transitos will try to do. They can try to pull all kinds of BS. One thing they like is to take money from the guilty party to call it a no fault accident, which screws the innocent party.

If you are not in the city it could take a long time for the Adjuster to come. It's worth waiting around for them, even if it's 2 hours. Don't sign or agree to anything until he gets there.

The Adjuster has a printer right there in his car and can hand out hospital vouchers to the injured. They can write out a check on the spot to the victim for vehicle damages to get it over and done with.

On my US plated Wee I have HDI Seguros, which I got through Bajabound. I have not made a claim with them so I can't comment on their service.

Thanks. We have been buying yearly insurance now for 5 years and we have never had a claim. Most of our neighbors don't have insurance so they have no experience with claims adjusters here. My wife imported here 2005 F650GS because she couldn't get a TVIP on it and the Suburban at the same time. We still have it titled and licensed in the US as well as Mexico and swap plates in the US. We looked at full coverage on the Mexican plate and it was much higher than tourist insurance from the same carrier.

Hope you have this crashing thing out of your system now.

[jimmex]

Originally Posted by Turkeycreek

Thanks. We have been buying yearly insurance now for 5 years and we have never had a claim. Most of our neighbors don't have insurance so they have no experience with claims adjusters here. My wife imported here 2005 F650GS because she couldn't get a TVIP on it and the Suburban at the same time. We still have it titled and licensed in the US as well as Mexico and swap plates in the US. We looked at full coverage on the Mexican plate and it was much higher than tourist insurance from the same carrier.

Hope you have this crashing thing out of your system now.

SR needs buddy crash insurance...

[SR]

Originally Posted by Turkeycreek

Thanks.

Hope you have this crashing thing out of your system now.

I think I have, but you never can tell.

Originally Posted by jimmex

SR needs buddy crash insurance...

I'll take full coverage on that! With the lowest deductible possible please.

[SR]

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by SR

I have to disagree. I sport bike could be fun in Mexico. Heck, there are probably 4 or 5 of them for every DS bike here. So someone is enjoying them. About half of the guys who ride them are teenaged squid looking to get severely hurt, but there are also some serious guys on sportbikes with all the gear. It looks like they have a lot of fun.

True. I read his question to be about riding south of Mexico. A local rider here (Austin) rode a Ninja to Ushuaia last year so I know it can be done even by a relatively inexperienced rider. However, the farther south he rode the more his bike was like a fish out if water. Far better to do it on a cheap DS like a used KLR or even a Sherpa 250 like jdowns is riding. rtwpaul described some of the SA roads where the Nick Sanders group dropped most of their DS bikes. A sport bike would take (and give) quite a beating on such roads.

[rtwpaul]

nice tag line JD

[Turkeycreek]

Fiesta at el Hotel. Celebrating 3 birthdays and the 3rd anniversary of Hotel Los Arcos.

Carne Asada was the obvious choice on such a suspicious caucasian



The lovely Claudia having a nosh



Not quite Gringolandia tonight with a mix of locals and gringos including some hotel guests. Cervesas were consumed. Desert of chocolate cake and home made (by Mrs. TC) vanilla ice cream. Somehow, shots of Bacanora never materialized but maybe next time we have a fiesta or a sunny day or just a day...

Nine out of eleven Banamichi expats in attendance, including one mujer de alemania who practices Qi Gong healing. Only 4 of us including Gerlinde, are full time.



Ask me again why I love Mexico. Maybe I'll sneak out for a ride tomorrow

[MikeMike]

Is Mexico safe?
Safe enough for me to head out in less than an hour into a thunderstorm and darkness so I can meet up with the Craneguy and his pal in Coatepec and show them the "Jimmy" ride. I like to get out of town before light these days, traffic is lighter and I won't be getting splashed very much. It's raining on the coast but should be clearing up inland, (he said hopefully ha,ha!).
Is Mexico safe?
If it's where you live, it's where you ride! LOL!

[WeazyBuddha]

American Shot in Reynosa


PHARR – A 38-year-old Pharr man was released from the hospital Tuesday after surviving a shooting in Reynosa over the weekend that sent him to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.

Jose Luis Ruiz had been driving to the Tamaulipas port city of Tampico on Sunday morning and was southbound on the outskirts of Reynosa when he noticed a tan Chevrolet Tahoe with three men in it following him, according to an internal Pharr Police Department memo.

The men signaled for him to pull over, but he refused and instead turned around and began driving north, back toward the city, the memo said. Ruiz refused to stop even as the men displayed rifles and began shooting through the back window of his red Ford Ranger.

When he was struck on the right side of the head, he lost control of the truck and stopped, the memo said. The gunmen approached his car and tried to open the driver’s-side door, but were unable to and left. Ruiz was able to flee to the Pharr bridge, where he arrived about 8:20 a.m. asking for help.

Ruiz was transported to McAllen Medical Center, according to the memo. Pharr police Chief Ruben Villescas said Tuesday night that he had been released. Public records list Ruiz as having a San Antonio address, but Villescas said he had recently moved to Pharr.

Villescas said Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as the FBI, had been notified of the incident, but that Mexican law enforcement was taking the lead on the investigation. He said Pharr police had been unable to interview the victim because they were waiting on Mexican agents to do so.
“It’s not our investigation, we’re just waiting on the Mexican authorities,” Villescas said. “We spoke to him briefly, but then he was placed under sedation.”

Reached by The Monitor on Tuesday evening, Ruben Dario Rios, spokesman for the Tamaulipas attorney general's office, had little to offer on the subject. “We don't have any information about any incidents or anything of that nature,” he said in Spanish.

Villescas said he did not know exactly where the incident had occurred, but emphasized that it was far south of the bridge.

He noted the similarity to the shooting of Nancy Davis, the 59-year-old missionary who died last year after an attack on a highway near San Fernando, Tamps., Mexico. Davis also arrived at the Pharr bridge with a gunshot wound to the head after she and her husband refused to stop at a checkpoint.

[jimmex]

Ugh. Sounds dubious though.