Is Mexico Safe?

[SR]

Originally Posted by tedder

Yoquivo to Bato from two weeks ago.

Still editing my video.

Ouch! That's not her best angle!

[tedder]

Originally Posted by SR

Ouch! That's not her best angle!

It's a 'strom. There are no good angles.

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

You're off by $200.

Cheapest "package" was $240 (for 2 hours). I could be wrong.

See the post. His post, plus my copy of his link which I captured in the quote of it in my post, were both deleted by the mod.

I know nothing of this inmate nor the services rendered.

I do know rampant will earn you a vacation. That's common knowledge, or should be.

Maybe I could work for him as an independant contractor.

Actually thinking of looking this guy up just to see what it's all about. So long as he doesn't bill me for the time, that is.

[Cal]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

$240! Sjoerd's hotel budget for an entire 3 month trip in Mexico!

[PirateJohn]

Originally Posted by SR

PJ, I got one like that, "Caguameando"

Is that the Family Style (very rough translation) or an even bigger Corona?

I scored one of those a few years ago when I rode with Arte and Andres down towards Veracruz and thought it was quite a novelty. Now I can find them at the convenience stores in Texas ;)


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[PirateJohn]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

$240, that's like the t-shirt budget for a Harley rider on a day trip to Key West!
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Funny! I will steal that line ... With your permission :)

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[PirateJohn]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

You're off by $200.

Cheapest "package" was $240 (for 2 hours). I could be wrong.

See the post. His post, plus my copy of his link which I captured in the quote of it in my post, were both deleted by the mod.

I know nothing of this inmate nor the services rendered.

I do know rampant will earn you a vacation. That's common knowledge, or should be.

I have considered writing and putting online a FAQ for an introduction to Mexico but screw $240. Most of us will take someone into Mexico for a few beers.

And just as a matter of disclosure I dropped a whole $20 on a bucket of 5 beers and two orders of tacos last night. At a bar catering to gringo tourists, so it wasn't that cheap.


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[dwj - Donnie]

I have my moto and it is running great! Now for the rest of the story.

When I brought the moto to the shop it had not ran in three days. Actually it would crank up on one cylinder and barely run for five seconds to a minute before dying. Occasionally the second cylinder would hit for one second. Last Wednesday when they hooked the computer up to it, it ran fine. They balanced the throttle bodies. They have continued to try and get their computer to communicate with the moto's computer. I was even told that they took the computer off of another moto and put it on my bike, but the two computers still would not communicate. This confirmed to them that there was a bad wire some where. I have also been told that they changed some relays and cleaned up some wiring. My ABS that has not worked since the first guys in Mexico, is now working. They adjusted the throttle position sensor with a volt meter yesterday or today. They had been trying to do it through the computer, I explained yesterday how to do it with a volt meter.

I was told today at 2:00 that the moto would be ready at 5:00. I ask Jose the Tour Guide, a great fellow who speaks very good English, what was the problem and he told me the shop would tell me when I picked up the moto. At 5:00 I went to get the moto. Jose brought it down, I received no info from a mechanic. Jose said that they had changed some relays, adjusted some things and cleaned up some wires, but that they had not found the real problem. They had not had enough time to find it. Today was the 9th day the moto has been in their shop. Jose feels the moto will be fine for the trip to Panama.

They had me sigh a form saying that they had not found the problem, they had washed the moto and my bill was ZERO! Is my moto dependable? At least the Hall Sensor and the computer has been ruled out. Did some freak thing happen and has corrected itself mysteriously. Did something they did correct the problem? Did the four hour truck ride to Guatemala City shake some thing the right way that had gotten out of sync?

The throttle bodies were way out of adjustment from the first mechanics and was idling poorly. After the Hall Sensor was replaced and at some time before leaving for Guatemala I adjusted the TBs by ear and had it idling much better. At the same time, I could see from the position of the throttle position sensor that it was way off from the position it normally sat when I adjusted it. I could not remember exactly where it had been, but I put it in a more central position. Could this have caused a problem?

What are y'alls thoughts on any or all of this?

BTW, I would have much rather received a reasonable bill and been told they corrected the problem. With no parts involved, I was still expecting as high as $1,000 for the repairs and would have been happy to pay $500.

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by dwj - Donnie

(A) I have my moto and it is running great!

Originally Posted by dwj - Donnie

(B) and my bill was ZERO!

Originally Posted by dwj - Donnie

(C) What are y'alls thoughts on any or all of this?

C = A ÷ B

Put all of this in the rear view and head to Panama

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by PirateJohn

I have considered writing and putting online a FAQ for an introduction to Mexico

awesome

[slowoldguy]

Originally Posted by tricepilot

C = A ÷ B

Put all of this in the rear view and head to Panama

Ride like the wind.

[miguelito]

Originally Posted by tedder

It's a 'strom. There are no good angles.

LOL. (And I own one, so there!)

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by PirateJohn

I have considered writing and putting online a FAQ for an introduction to Mexico.

By "introduction to Mexico" do you mean to say the bar districts of the border region?

[tricepilot]

Originally Posted by PirateJohn

I have considered writing and putting online a FAQ for an introduction to Mexico

Originally Posted by SchizzMan

By "introduction to Mexico" do you mean to say the bar districts of the border region?

[mark883]

Originally Posted by dwj - Donnie

I have my moto and it is running great! Now for the rest of the story.
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What are y'alls thoughts on any or all of this?

BTW, I would have much rather received a reasonable bill and been told they corrected the problem. With no parts involved, I was still expecting as high as $1,000 for the repairs and would have been happy to pay $500.

Good on you Donnie. Ok to post your frustrations and get help, good to post what they did to work with you.

I wonder if there were enough little things screwed up, that when they tweaked / fixed / adjusted all of them, you got a good running bike, and rid of the gremlin. So they did good on you there. All those days tied up isn't exactly great, but hey, you're not stuck in a snowdrift in Alberta, either.

Myself I'm not sold on the computer story, but hey, there the ones working on it, and I hope they know more than me.

Make your decision which way to point the front wheel, kickstand up, throttle up, and enjoy the trip. Hope the bugs stay away!