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11-19-2008, 06:06 AM
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El Gran Payaso
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: San Antonio
Oddometer: 6,077
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Vaquero
I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back I play for keeps, cause I might not make it back I been everywhere, still I'm standing tall Ive seen a million faces an I've rocked them all I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride I'm wanted dead or alive I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side I'm wanted dead or alive Wanted dead or alive - Bon Jovi Welcome back my friends, to another México ride report Tricepilot-style! I left San Antonio a few weeks ago for my longest, and strangest, trip into México yet. I'm going to tell you how I got bucked off my steel horse between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, and lived to tell the tale. I took over 1,700 photos, among them the following... The deep, rich colors of San Migel de Allende  The glowing arch of Santiago  Sugar candies in el centro of Dolores Hildalgo  And more friendly, smiling faces like this one in Amatitán!  Vamanos, if you can stay on!  Bob  |
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11-19-2008, 06:15 AM
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Flying Turtle
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: BMW Mexico National Moto Club
Oddometer: 106
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great !!
more pics, por favor !!!
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...=Images+Mexico http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...=Images+Mexico
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11-19-2008, 08:04 AM
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You can call me "Mike"
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Houston
Oddometer: 2,147
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Hey Roberto El Loco! This is your amigo Mike in Clear Lake from TWT. I am watching you
 
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11-19-2008, 08:11 AM
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n00b?????
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: only a steamship can get to these mountains.
Oddometer: 20
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Ariba!!!!! y una pregunta
looks like another great ride report about to unfold. any suggestions on good "motorcycle" maps and/or gps routes for Mexico. Trying to plan a trip to east side sea cortez and over to baja but no bueno mapas.
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11-19-2008, 08:42 AM
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Frozen
Joined: Oct 2007
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Oddometer: 205
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Looking forward to this!
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Map? What map? 2008 KLR650 |
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11-19-2008, 10:04 AM
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El Gran Payaso
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: San Antonio
Oddometer: 6,077
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This was the fourth (or fifth?) time running Mexico since leaving the Air Force in the fall of '06. I loved ending up in San Antonio to be near the border - its just a few hours to Laredo and you're across the river.
The idea of this trip was to join up with a mixed bag of crazies who wanted to spend two weeks in Mexico, centered around the Mexico BMW rally in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. The rally was only to be a little over 4 days in a 15 day adventure. I'll get to it in sequence, but I crashed between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. I crashed under "the best of circumstances", which I will go into detail later. A few days before the low-side in the mountains...  If you crash in Mexico, you just pull the bent and broken pieces off of the motorcycle, and duct tape and zip tie the rest, and press on. That's what was done with the help of Hank, expert BMW wrench, who was (fortunately) on scene at the rally and our informal "lets go here" guy.  The two weeks took the rough form of this outline, crossing at Nuevo Laredo, and driving south through Monterrey Santiago Galeana San Luis Potosi San Miguel de Allende Guadalajara Puerto Vallarta Playa Azul Patzcuaro Guanajuato Matejuala  We were able to figure out how they obtained the fruit of the agave in Amatitan, just west of Guadalajara. It isn't any more difficult than this...  We were able to find fairly cheap places to stay, such as this place in Patzcuaro...  So I'll begin the tale of these recent two weeks in Mexico - the land of true enchantment. A few thousand miles, one bent and broken motorcycle, a mix of beautiful cities and towns, and of course, some really great riding partners and the friendly, smiling people of Mexico! |
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11-19-2008, 10:20 AM
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Viel Spass, Vato!
Joined: Nov 2003
Location: San Antonio, Tx
Oddometer: 25,880
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BTW, it's Miguel, not Migel. I'm gonna learn you some Spanish. 
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11-19-2008, 11:03 AM
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Briar Patch Navigator
Joined: Jul 2007
Location: Almost Heaven
Oddometer: 2,099
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Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian." |
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11-19-2008, 07:22 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: Asheville, NC
Oddometer: 1,746
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11-19-2008, 07:32 PM
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True Blue Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Louisiana Gulf Coast
Oddometer: 194
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I'm in
Cant wait
 Post on my brother!
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11-19-2008, 09:26 PM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Oddometer: 502
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 Looking forward to this as I'm currently planning my trip to Mex this Feb '09.
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RIDE REPORTS Boise to Baja, 2 weeks, 2 up, 1200Adv DVDaze 1200GSA 2UP Idaho West Mountains - Payette River Southern Utah - 2UP - A Photographic Journey Riggins - Burgdorf - 7 Devils Selkirk Loop & the Canadian Rockies - 2UP - 1200 Adventure Along the Magruder Corridor and More.... Into the Mountains - North of Boise |
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11-20-2008, 06:21 AM
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El Gran Payaso
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: San Antonio
Oddometer: 6,077
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(1) Guia Roji products: Take along the "standard" size "Por Las Carreteras de Mexico" as well as the larger "Gran Atlas de Carreteras" (2) Definitely Definitely Definitely have a "typical" highway map of Mexico in a visible tank bag or map holder. Something that you don't have to get out at a highway intersection. (3) Optional: GPS. I have a Zumo plus Bicimapas. I typically use these for situational awareness in Mexico - not for my sole source of Navigation information. The latest version of Bicimapas, while not perfect, is miles ahead of the previous versions and excellent for orientation. It worked very well in all of the major cities I was in. Edit: I just found out this morning that Bicimapas is doing a huge update for 2009 - information here: Bicimapas 2009 (4) Get a large wall map of Mexico and some push pins for planning purposes. Read lots of Mexico ride reports and make friends with folks like Gustavo and Dan (DTop1), who are, like, gurus of Mexico. Quote:
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Oaxaca The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Into the Blue at Quintana Roo Vaquero On Mexican Time Copper Canyon and Batopilas tricepilot screwed with this post 11-20-2008 at 06:50 AM |
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11-20-2008, 06:21 AM
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OK, OK, SOMETIMES
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: Beautiful and pacific REYNOSA, MEXICO
Oddometer: 236
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Carta Blanca ,Yea the right choice, if some day, across the border on Reynosa, send us a pm, Bienvenido Amigo
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11-20-2008, 11:28 AM
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ADV'er
Joined: Dec 2004
Location: S.W. Fla
Oddometer: 267
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Looks like another good one tpilot, my monitor almost exploded with that Full Spectrum of Candy colors, nice shots.
I gotta move to texas so I can be closer to the border. Colors, Pow! -sgt
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Mexico ride report SgtNapalm screwed with this post 11-20-2008 at 12:36 PM |
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