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Nica Day 8 Malacatoya

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:46:39 +0000

Nica Day 7 Malacatoya

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:52:18 +0000

Nica Day 6

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:42:59 +0000

Today was the last day at Las Esquinas. The local friends made a great nica lunch. Tommorow is a day off and then we start at Malacatoya.

Nica Day 5

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Almost there.

Nica Day 3 and 4

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:53:36 +0000

Nicaragua Day 2

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:51:12 +0000

Wow. Lots of work…

Nicaragua day 1.

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:03:27 +0000

Spent the day getting supplies. And sizing up the first job site.

Nicaragua Dec 2011

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:07:54 +0000

San Diego bound

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:14:50 +0000

Headed north for the day made Ensenada by lunch. McDonalds.

The riding was very diverse. Mountains up to 4200 feet 40 degrees. And farm lands with rolling hills and great mountain roads along the pacific with great curves.

Tijuana was a very busy city. But relatively uneventful. Border was super busy but somehow we got In a closed lane with the bikes. I was nice to an officer and asked. Next thing you know we are 10 cars from the US customs. Less than an hour not to bad.

We made it to the BMW dealer by dusk just as they were closing. Made arrangement to return in the morning and headed to get a room and dinner.

Guerrero Negro

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:07:17 +0000

We spent the morning exploring our options. Which ranged from shipping in parts to flying someone in with parts. To having someone drive down with parts. To putting the bikes on a flatbed with us and traveling to the boarder etc..

We decided to spend some time looking for a tire. Unbelievably the first shop tiny tv and dirt bike place had the exact size we needed in a used street tire in good shape. sold. Kenny couldn’t pay fast enough for that..

We got it mounted by a llanteras shop on the side of the road very smooth..

Next we hired the same guy to do some welding on my rack. He got the job done about 2 hrs later due to issues with the welder and electric.. Scary how he puts his hand in that thing to fix it while it’s plugged in…

We head out at about 1230 and split from steve and mike, they head south to la Paz direction. We head north to border. Made it el Rosario. 20 dollar hotel not so nice. Trucks all night and travelers too, no sleep..

Dinner thought was amazing as was breakfast. Fresh lobster and lobster omelete..!

Today we head out to the border and San Diego. Hopefully all goes smooth. Kens tire is doing well but the suspension or lack of is uncomfortable on all but the best roads…