Ride Report Link Thread

[bananaman]

Now that Latin America is its own place... (In the olden days, the world was divided in such a way that there was one section, "Outer Darkness." It included everything that wasn't in the United States. One day, after vigorous but largely ignored debate, Outer Darkness got split into sections. Latin America was created. Hence, Mods are Gods, separated only by letters H-L).

Please keep your comments to a minimum. Any bitching and moaning will be completely ignored, or else maybe it'll be directed elsewhere, or something, according to whatever Nata Harli, Lone Rider, and/or Albert the Turtles Head say. GS Diablo, either of the Seguin Bros, and Throttlemeister are equally to blame.

Somewhere there's a huge list of rules about ride report threads- read them after you've read all these ride reports, and before you post a question on this thread. Feel free to send any of us a PM. There's an ADV journal at Panama Bikers, on Via Espana in Panama City, where you can leave comments. You can do all the complaining you want to Javier at Dakar Motos in Buenos Aires (but he won't listen). We're working on getting ADV books in Albert's bars (The Barking Spider in Medellin, The Turtles Head in Quito). Some day we'll do a geo-cache in Ushuaia.

We're a friendly bunch. We've had a Rallye's. Planning for it: Second Annual Latin American Riders' Rally (SALARR) - Carbondale, CO. Getting there and back: Prostitution's legal, ain't it?. The 2009 rallye was north of Minneapolis. It was the best place in the world to hear SOB (south of the border) stories. Third Annual Latin American Riders' Rallye - ALARR III

You absolutely have to read Seattle to Argentina on a KLR650, 5/7/2006, by OZYMANDIAS. His e-book is here: www.2arms1head.com; ... Charlotte to Canada to South America, by Funklab, is another must-read, but with a not-quite-as-sad-ending.

The best trip prep info you can buy is a DVD by Dr. Benny. Get it here: http://www.motorcyclemexico.com/2011...ycle+Mexico%29

On account of the total insanity of Cruthas, I'm putting his crossing of the Darien right after Ozy's. This is a MUST READ. The good stuff starts on page 7. The thread started out as a question, "Shipping bike from Panama to Colombia" CAUTION: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU WORRY ABOUT STUFF. Cruthas lists his sailboat research here, and a few of us have chimed in with misc. info.: A list of sailboats and captians from Panama to Colombia

Most of Latin America is pretty safe, but... Avoid the dirt road from Santiago Atilan to San Pedro in Guatemala

Chickens hogs and other road hazards, by Boyscout. This should be included in any MSF course on Latin America.

Dr. Benny's new site, www.motorcyclemexico.com, is going to have a "how to ride Mexico" movie. This also should be included in any MSF course on Latin America.

How far is it from the US/Mexico border to Ushuaia? There's a little discussion here. Hopefully it helps your planning, because 15,000ish miles is hard to wrap your head around. Just Butt-Time

The Most Fun Way To Cross The Darien Gap: http://www.newfrontiersadventures.com/MC/CentralAm.html, by our very own C5!

How to cross into Honduras, by Luciosiq- this is a link to the page: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...&postcount=129. Read the whole ride report here: 2 UP FROM 5 TO 9- from New York to Brazil. Here's a video of them getting interviewed once they made it to Brazil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPo-2CpTAP0

How to get into Bolivia is so damn confusing, and fascinating, that I'm adding this post from JediMaster. He has a blog: http://shortwayround.co.uk/. How to get out is even more confusing. Here's how Crashmaster did it: Bolivia: Uyuni - Laguna Verde, exit question. Don't read this if you get vertigo or are afraid of sand. An oxygen pack is suggested unless you're used to riding at 16,500 feet.

"Chasing Summer," by Jean-Luc. Epic 2007-2008 trip from way up north to way down south.

Machu Pichu, the alternate route, by Boyscout. Nobody is supposed to be able to ride to Machu Pichu (or Aguas Calientes), you're only supposed to be able to ride to Cuscu, and from there you're supposed to walk for 4 days, or take an expensive train. Nobody except Boyscout. (Brian and Marie also did it, and they were two-up! Mere mortals can't.)

Most riders take the Lima/Nazca/Cuzco route to Machu Picchu. Crashmaster has a better way, outlined here: Peru Route Question


South America Top 10 Rides, by Mickycito. Mickycito is the owner/operator of www.compassexpeditions.com. His "South America Top 10 Rides" is a must-read. Have a napkin ready because you're going to drool some more.

Martincito very awesomely posted this: Uyuni, Laguna Colorada and Verde. Mini Report for those who don't know, this is in Bolivia, and it deals with the salt flats and lakes. This is an extremely remote area. You probably shouldn't even read this if you're not an expert, or else you're going to have serious anxiety attacks.

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

Brazilian couple Lucio and Paula, residents of New York City, decided to take a break and visit their relatives back in Brazil.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=448038

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

bgoodsoil rides from Georgia through Central America. Lonely Planet's "Central America on a Shoestring" is his guide.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=472838

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

South America: Until our Luck or Money Runs Out

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=377792

Thornado has a good one going: Southern Exposure: Seattle to Argentina, a guy and a girl, each on a KLR of their own.

I can barely add Hi-Jay's Patagonia-Bound, about two Michiganers (Go Wisconsin!) riding fancy brand-new matching shiny fully-kitted BMW R1200GS motorbikes from Michigan USA to Patagonia-where?
Finding PANAMA, by Jeff Munn, from January 2006. Also in the Hall of Fame.
Here's another good one from Gpothaven. "Americas - All the way up, all the way down... "

Originally Posted by bananaman

http://sp4ce.com/ is Nina's and sp4ce's blog. 2up to TDF (San Fransisco to Ushuaia) is their ride report. As of today, they're stranded by floods on the atlantic side of Panama, near the Costa Rica border.

- this quote is from 11/26/08. Read on, try not to drool over the photos. I think Nina is the best photographer on advrider.

[quote=AndyT]Cheesehead rides from Texas to Tierra del Fuego - '06-'07

Calrider, all over Colombia: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=301156 [/quote]

"SS in Vzla." has a nice one going: "A dozen drops in the Venezuelan Andes." No wild condor shots, but otherwise pretty good.
Two up - Going down +1: South America Bound, 8/21/2007, by BriKielyGSman

Nata Harli's Journey - Panama to the US, 1/18/2008, by Nata Harli

A Journey For Healthcare: 21 countries, 60,000 KM and 11 months on the road, 8/13/2006, by Salcar

Dave & Pam's Excellent Adventure To Ushuaia, 2/15/2008, by robocop1

GatoGato's Ride from Iowa to South America, 1/1/2008, by GatoGato

A dozen drops in the Venezuelan Andes." 4/29/2008 by SS in Vzla.

2up to India via Tierra del Fuego, 4/20/2008, by 2uprtw

Another one from Lone Rider: Lower Latitudes - Better Attitudes. Started January 8, 2007.
"Excited about taking another large dose would be an understatement. Don’t just fix me, drown me, please, Senor. Weird is cool."

Aussie Gringohas this one: Southern Comfort, started December 2006.
"...At roughly 5 pm and a mere 60 miles from Ushuaia, I was too cold to continue riding...l"

South American Adventure - 2 up on a R100GS, by Flyingavanti, with amazing then-and-now photos.

SF to Panama... eventually, by Stickfigure, including a "rescue" from the Darien Jungle by Panama army-cops who didn't think Gringos should be quite so close to Colombia.

Around the World in My Bug, by Ross- actually driving a '71 Beetle

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

Here´s a link to a ride report not on AdvRider. But, Thierry, from Switzerland, is on the first month of a 5 year ride around the world. http://www.worldbiker.ch

Buenos Aires to Quito (via Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia), by AdventureGoddess, March 2008

Nicaragua: Riding into the unknown, by Salcar, April 2008

Los Angeles to Buenos Aires

If you want to know what it's like to ride through Hurricane Alma, read this: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343871

"Texas to Tierra del Fuego," by daveg, including his robbery in Guatemala, "Avoid the dirt road from Santiago Atilan to San Pedro in Guatemala."

"ride reports sent me to Costa Rica," by Coug66. A group of buddies and brothers rent from www.wild-rider.com, inspired by Finger Mullet's Working Man's Costa Rica Ride.

Originally Posted by RockiesTwin

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=410657
Shameless self propeganda! But isn´t this the American way???

ahoraquemister is riding from Bogota to Buenos Aires,

Originally Posted by Frodo

I'm adding a report of a trip we did in November 2008 here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=423206. Up to Punta Arenas so far. Will complete over the next few days. Cheers

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

A couple of down-unders try to conquer South America. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=406979

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

Annette rides solo from Alaska to Argentina. http://www.alaska2argentina.co.uk/

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

I discovered it while reading about riding 2 up on a China bike in Colombia.

http://evil-adams-epic-adventures.com/
Ken

Side-car-ing? mikepa has Hacking My Way to Tierra del Fuego & Ushuaia hidden in "Hacks."

Originally Posted by redwagonrider

Here is the link to our blog on Blogspot Jen and and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Here is the link to our ride report on Ride Reports and pics.pics.pics Jen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

c5 suggests Teddy's La Gran Sabana. Venezualans riding in Venezuela!

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

SunnySideUp and, ocassionally, some companions tackle South America and, if all goes according to plan Central America and North America. Just depends on whose bike is running at the time.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=435562

French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, by Markharf

Nobody ever goes there, but he did.

[bananaman]

Mexico Ride Reports: You tell me about them, and I'll put them here, complete with accolades to the report-discoverer.

Gaspipe has this one: San Pedro Canyon, BCS...., posted in March 2009. Very fun.

Nobody is Home, by Lone Rider, April 2008

2 months in Mexico solo on a KLR..., 3/7/2007, by Ideikis

A Mute and His Trusty Mule Travel Mexico in Winter RR'08, 2/21/2008, by Throttlemeister

The Mexican Titty Bar Tour, by Laoutbacktrail, where he finally- after how many tries? makes it into Mexico! "December '08- January '09 Sierra Madres Oriental. Including Galeana and Real de Catorce. 1000 miles of dualsporting, 700 miles of dirt! Three guys, three seisciento cincuentas. KLR650, BMW F650GS Dakar, XR650L"

Originally Posted by stickfigure

It's not exactly a ride report per-se, but this thread has the best pics of Baja that I've yet seen: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...survival-34887

Originally Posted by Gustavo

Latin America trip reports?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287754

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317641

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195016

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328306

Throttlemeister nominated Gaspipe's Baja 2009: How Many Beers Did We Drink Last Night? and A Few Gaspipe Days of Baja Norte....

Tricepilot's...Into the Blue at Quintana Roo.

Originally Posted by Pedro Navaja

Starting this ride report now http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=435982
Mike

Arte did these:

Last Ride (Guanajuato-Zacatecas Mexico, Dec 2008)
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=418548

Real de Catorce
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=390836

Monterrey Mountains
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=399911

XILITLA Time
http://www.motoviajero.com/foros/viewtopic.php?t=488

Originally Posted by Nata Harli

Here's Ned's latest adventure:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=468549

[LaOutbackTrail]

Originally Posted by bananaman

This post is for the Mexico Ride Reports. You tell me about them, and I'll put them here, complete with accolades to the report-discoverer.

The Mexican Titty Bar Tour, by Laoutbacktrail, where he finally- after how many tries? makes it into Mexico! "December '08- January '09 Sierra Madres Oriental. Including Galeana and Real de Catorce. 1000 miles of dualsporting, 700 miles of dirt! Three guys, three seisciento cincuentas. KLR650, BMW F650GS Dakar, XR650L"

I just saw this! Dude, I only tried one other time! And gave up after blowing my budget ($200 for the whole week that I wanted to be in Mexico). Not to mention the rain! 6 inches in 2 days! I talked with a lady the other day from McAllen and remembered that.... she got a good laugh when I told her I was riding my motorbike through there.

[bananaman]

Originally Posted by LaOutbackTrail

I just saw this! Dude, I only tried one other time! And gave up after blowing my budget ($200 for the whole week that I wanted to be in Mexico). Not to mention the rain! 6 inches in 2 days! I talked with a lady the other day from McAllen and remembered that.... she got a good laugh when I told her I was riding my motorbike through there.

Rain, blown budgets, blah blah- what did you expect?! It happens to all of us. Some have wives to explain to, others have kids or... blah blah. You have top-billing in the Mexico portion of this thread. How about some provacative almost-naked lady pics?

RIDE! TAKE PHOTOS! MAKE SHIT UP! POST A RIDE REPORT!

Like this one, from Flash412: Touring Tierra del Fuego &tc. about riding around southern South America and hardly talking at all. Awesome photos.

[LaOutbackTrail]

Originally Posted by bananaman

Rain, blown budgets, blah blah- what did you expect?! It happens to all of us. Some have wives to explain to, others have kids or... blah blah. You have top-billing in the Mexico portion of this thread. How about some provacative almost-naked lady pics?

RIDE! TAKE PHOTOS! MAKE SHIT UP! POST A RIDE REPORT!

Like this one, from Flash412: Touring Tierra del Fuego &tc. about riding around southern South America and hardly talking at all. Awesome photos.

Blah blah blah... are there any bike rentals in Panama?

[bananaman]

"Chasing Summer," by Jean-Luc.

[bananaman]

You guys need to help me out here! Post your Latin America Ride Report links.

Here's another good one from Gpothaven. "Americas - All the way up, all the way down... "

[AndyT]

Cheesehead rides from Texas to Tierra del Fuego - '06-'07

..or see my sig

[gpothoven]

Originally Posted by bananaman

You guys need to help me out here! Post your Latin America Ride Report links.

Here's another good one from Gpothaven. "Americas - All the way up, all the way down... "

Honored. Promise to update and finish it one of these days soon.

[stickfigure]

This is a great idea... there were a few I missed.

Here's mine:

SF to Panama... eventually by stickfigure.

[calrider]

Hi All,

Thought I'd post a link to my Colombia ride report. It's a work in progress. Check it out and feel free to leave comments. They keep me motivated. (Yeah, OK, my ego needs strokin')

Here's the link...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=301156

Hey mods, how about making this thread a sticky?

Thx!

[bananaman]

"SS in Vzla." has a nice one going: "A dozen drops in the Venezuelan Andes." No wild condor shots, but otherwise pretty good.

[bananaman]

2uprtw, 2up to India via Tierra del Fuego- super nice Canadians on a red R1100GS having more fun than should be allowed. Way to go Brian and Marie!

[Gustavo]

Latin America trip reports?

Does Mexico count?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287754

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=317641

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195016

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328306


Gustavo

[Eduardo]

Here's my last two years of ride reports on rides and extended stays in
Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Saludos amigos!