Entering Mexico for the second time in a week, this time through Nogales, south of Tucson. My entry to Baja the week before was planned that way because, although I wasn’t “scared” of Mexico, I thought it might be better to avoid the northern border region. That’s where a lot of the trouble is, no sense…
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Shocking News
Ok so I had an exciting weekend, fitting a new Ohlins rear shock and Sonic springs. I was very lucky to find on the Super Tenere forum that a guy had crashed his bike and was parting it out – including a 200-mile-old Ohlins rear shock. Part was dispatched and arrived in San Diego on…
Mexico and Baja Dirt
So up to now it’s been a very very nice trip. But it’s not really an “adventure” until the unexpected happens and you have to figure out how to deal with it. I’m now in Mexico, so I’m expecting the unexpected! First up – I was told by Al Jesse that the east coast of…
USA Done!
That was 10,000 miles between DC and San Diego… awesome scenery, fun roads, near-perfect motorcycle, fabulous weather, great people along the way. Almost everything went to plan (travel tip – don’t plan very much, and there’s less chance of things not going according to plan). I had the kidney stone issues to deal with in…
Milerton Lake and Nervy Cops
Arrived here looking for a camp site at 5pm, almost dark already. The touch screen machine at the gate was happy to take my credit card and charge me $30 for a site. Proceeding down the road I passed 5 turnoffs to camping areas, all gated and “closed for the season”. What to do? Dark…