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I hate gout
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2004
- Location
- Fremont
- Moto(s)
- 2strokes , WR250r, Ducati ST4s,KLR650 that I should have bought years ago
- Name
- Daniel
So I signed up for Barfistan 2014 and was told by Kyle that having some dirt experience would be helpful. I don't have much experience in dirt so I thought I should give it a try first. I heard of a patch of dirt down south called Baja so I set off on my own. I left Milpitas at 0500 am.
Had to piss fifty miles into the trip
First mechanical issue in Covina of all places.....had a breakdown in Covina during the last trip...more on that later
Had to lane split on the freeway for a few miles at high revs so the fairing screws came loose...no biggie
Pit stop at the world famous El Triunfo taqueria in Pomona. Free entertainment with hookers all over the place
Time for some chain maintenance in Palm Springs..note the official klr wheel lift made of wood
As you can see,the lift works fine. Put the cardboard down so as to not to make a mess cuz I'm so considerate.
Got in to Mexicali around 0600pm....checked into the Real Inn n got something to eat...music was full fricken blast in here
This is the road from Mexicali to San Felipe....pretty boring flat road with minimal scenery but all this will quickly change
Typical San Felipe street...unpaved
pit stop in San Felipe for pescado a la diabla. I thought San Felipe would be bigger but it was like Rosarito but without lobster. No need to make this a destination on its own
Stretch break south of Pescaditos
So I'm tooling down the paved highway and it suddenly ends and this is what I see...its about 0330 pm at this time. I have no clue how long this path is or where it specifically goes. All I know is that my GPS is pointing to the right direction
So about a half mile into the path, my rear tire gets stuck in the soft sand. My bags are full of oil,tools,water, heavy stuff. There is no way for me to lift the bike out of the hole. The only solution was to take off all my bags, lay the bike down, then drag the bike to harder ground to stand it up and reinstall all my bags. Keep in mind the angle of the sun...its setting, not rising and I have not seen a single car for an hour
So this happened about ten times, half of which was at night. It soon went lights out right after this photo. It got pretty frustrating here. I finally saw a car passing the other way. It was the first car in a few hours. I actually thought about sleeping in my suit next to the cactus. Luckily, I got the bike back upright and I was strapping my bags down when two cars were going in my direction. The first was driven by an older guy and the second by a lady so I figured it would be safe to follow them. The path took us about forty miles in total across some mountain ranges that were all unpaved and rocky. There were several broken cars with broken axles along the way. The cars were a PT Cruiser and a Nissan Sentra but they made it. As suddenly as it appeared, the dirt path joined Highway 1 and I was back in civilization.
So this was the days ride so far from Mexicali to Nuevo Rosarito which was about 320 miles. I was hoping for about five hundred miles but that unpaved stretch really slowed me down.
Badly needed chain maintenance but doing it in the room was cozy
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