Is Mexico Safe?

[MikeMike]

Originally Posted by SR

Thanks, I had to do a image search in google for Mexcana Weather Girls. You should try it sometime!

Only when I have about 12 hours to spare!

Too bad that the US of A has gone so politically correct. A damn shame, even Canada has weather bunnies (not to mention it is the home of Naked News, a network that will likely never be sold to Al Jeezhera), and Brit TV has non-politically correct banter in its programs on government networks.
What went wrong with the US of A media?

I am waiting for some bright young marketing genius to come up with a Mex weather forecast segment with 2 or 3 weather senoritas. I really need to talk to TV Azteca and Televisa and get some of these ideas on the table!

Anybody want to get in on a ground floor opportunity? We'll get a couple of weather ladies to do a maintenance and repair video for GS bikes. As for the KLR version, Al Roker can do that.

[Craneguy]

Originally Posted by MikeMike

As for the KLR version, Al Roker can do that.

I think Rosie O'Donnel would be more appropriate.

[MikeMike]

Originally Posted by Craneguy

I think Rosie O'Donnel would be more appropriate.

Nah, she's doing the KTM version.
The Suzuki one has one of hose anime girls.
And Nigella is booked for the Triumph version.

[Hektoglider]

Mike Mike : I totally appreciate your routing help. That extra note you sent last night clarified the route for us with the nav data we have. It's all obvious when you get up there and the route unfolds in front of the bike. I saw the Fragua turnoff, also, but we descended to the 5 Hacienda road. This whole route is incredible !
Thanks for the weather heads up. We encountered a slight breeze coming into Serdan. We had perfect weather for the ride over the crest. Some very pretty towns up there as well. Our best riding of the trip: Veracruz high roads.

[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by WeazyBuddha

$1,500 seems to be the cheapest PSL and those might all be sold out. How many years do you get, 15? I had no idea what a PSL was until I did some Google-Fu on it just now. Doing the math, it seems it might have been worth it. $100/year for a guaranteed shot at good seats does not seem too bad.

Please remember to divert your stream a bit when you are out there, we serfs are milling around below you.

p.s. I'm having the hardest time finding a schedule for the three days, do you have one you could share? A webpage link?

Reserved Grandstand seats have "facilities" provided so y'all should be safe in GA.

No daily schedule published as yet for MotoGP, alas.

Last quote I got on remaining PSL's in Turn 15 was $2500, $2000 with in-full one-time payment. We got in at the very beginning so it was a bit sweeter deal.

[Hektoglider]

That photo didn't load well. Lets try this one. Pico de Orizaba

[jimmex]

Kari,
If you have enough time, make sure to ride over the Sierra to Oaxaca on Mex 175, and if you have even more time, go on to P. Escondido on either Mex 175 or Mex 131. Some of the best riding in Mexico. Saludos, Jim

[Hektoglider]

Couple more from the fantastic route.

[slowoldguy]

Sweet pics !! Note to self. Learn to take pics. Further note. Take pics of something other than food and flat tires.

[dcstrom]

So Trice, you know that problem with the Super Tenere fork seals? Fixed! Luckily enough, I carry one of these...

http://sealmate.net/

seems to work as advertised.

On the down side, I will need to do some work on the Tenere final drive soon. Yeah, that's right, it's due for an oil change! Really poor design I reckon - why couldn't they do a "lifetime oil" setup like BMW?

So after 2 nights at a hostel near Tikal, I'm in Puerto Barrios on the east coast. I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to have more security issues here than in Mexico - my hotel car park, apart from being locked up, also has an armed guard. Although the rifle might be just for show, looks like a WWII era .303 CORRECTION I just went down and talked to the guard, he gave me a look at his gun; on closer inspection it's actually an antique-looking pump-action shotgun. Shows how much I know about guns when I can't tell a 303 from a shotgun!

[Hektoglider]

Originally Posted by jimmex

Carrie,
If you have enough time, make sure to ride over the Sierra to Oaxaca on Mex 175, and if you have even more time, go on to P. Escondido on either Mex 175 or Mex 131. Some of the best riding in Mexico. Saludos, Jim

Yea I hear those are good roads. What's the 190 from Oaxaca to Salina Cruz like?
We did manage to see Las Posas as you had suggested earlier. We do plan for Oaxaca but we only got 30 days of Mex Ins so we may have to carve out for the border as we will run out. We don't travel very far / fast. -Kari -

[jgas]

Been a looong time since I've been there, but I hear that it's a bit safer than 10 yrs ago. You kind of need to still know when to offer a bribe or not, how much or little, and when to kiss @$$ a little but not too much. Kind of like many places in the US. I still would be very careful with the ladies and kids. Kidnapping is as bad as ever there. But guys on bikes that don't look too wealthy seem to mainly be ok. It used to be that the farther south you went the better, and the more rural the better. Kind of like the US again!

Where I've spent alot of time is farther south in Hondo and C-Rica. I usually felt safer there than most places and had alot of fun. I hear that even most of Nicaragua is not too bad these days.

[rockymountainoyster]

BiciMapas
Someone asked about BiciMapas. I have this data base loaded on my Garmin Montana 650t. It is far more detailed than the Garmin NT North America data base. I A B compared them one afternoon by alternately turning them on and off. I was amazed at the detail that disappeared when I turned off the BiciMapas. They have just issued an update that I will download as soon as I get to a PC with Garmin Mapsource and enough bandwidth to download this large file. No doubt that it is not perfect, none of these things are, but this one seems pretty good so far.
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[SchizzMan]

Originally Posted by rockymountainoyster

bicimapas
someone asked about bicimapas. I have this data base loaded on my garmin montana 650t. It is far more detailed than the garmin nt north america data base. I a b compared them one afternoon by alternately turning them on and off. I was amazed at the detail that disappeared when i turned off the bicimapas. They have just issued an update that i will download as soon as i get to a pc with garmin mapsource and enough bandwidth to download this large file. No doubt that it is not perfect, none of these things are, but this one seems pretty good so far.
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[Haywood]

Ah yes, Mexican weather girls. One of my all time favorites, Sugey Abrego.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiL2sc69mtU Remember this one Trice? I first saw it in one of your ride reports some time ago. Thanks again!