Amen and amen! No disrespect intended toward Mexicans but all that EGRider said is true and the warnings of danger are genuine.
<Sent from my Google Nexus 10 Android tablet> On Jul 1, 2014 5:46 PM, "MJB_LBC" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have to agree with just about everything you said. I use to live in San > Diego (Chula Vista - I could see the bull ring in Tijuana from my house) > Would travel all through Baja, but even now, friends caution me about going > into Mexico. > > On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 8:11:22 AM UTC-7, EGrider wrote: >> >> As I've written on this list in the past, I've got riding down to Buenos >> Aires on a motorcycle on my bucket list, and my recent trip Atlanta to San >> Francisco with a friend was a tune-up for that. >> >> Just remember that once you cross into Mexico your insurance is no longer >> valid. I'm sure you have not been counting on your insurance to pay for >> Pony's repairs, but my guess is that you may have put the $10/year road >> service rider on your insurance and used it a few times, judging by the >> breakdowns you've experienced. Keep in mind that this road service will >> disappear once you leave the States, and if there are any collisions, you >> will be responsible unless your Spanish is good enough to talk your way out >> or your bribe is bigger than the other party's. For that you will need >> cash, which is a double-edged sword. >> >> You will also be welcomed by about 24-hours worth of the Sonoran Desert, >> so you may want to make your back-up gas can 2 gallons. >> >> Lastly, there are the drug cartels and a general air of lawlessness that >> makes any marauding machos pretty much sure that they can do whatever they >> would like to a pretty young lady like you with impunity. This goes double >> for marauding machos wearing police uniforms. >> >> I actually drove a car over the border at Brownsville down to Mexico >> City, around the Yucatan, and back to the US in the 70's, and the only >> troubles I had was trying to find unleaded gas and trying to keep up with >> Mexico City traffic at 7,000 feet in a car that was jetted for 700 feet. >> But that was the 1970s, and things were safer everywhere back then. If I >> did that again, it would be in a rental car on the other side. >> >> I'm an adventure junkie and always have been, but you've got to draw the >> line between thrilling and unnecessarily risky. If you're actually >> seriously planning on doing some riding in Mexico and not just putting your >> toe over the border to say you did it, I suggest that you ride a good, >> reliable bike (a Suzuki DR650 is what listmembers here recommended to me) >> and ride with a friend, preferably a man. >> >> Now please excuse me as a hobble down off my soapbox... >> >> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:50:41 PM UTC-4, Melissa Hickson wrote: >>> >>> I'm flattered by the offer! I've got an automobile bulb for my bike's >>> headlight now... be sure to take that into account when consulting the >>> charts. >>> >>> Thanks for the link! That looks amazing! I'm working here in California >>> for a few months, but after this job concludes I've been considering riding >>> down into Mexico myself. Oh, the freedom of the road... >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
