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rts551
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Quote: Originally posted by honda tom  | Bajabudda such a fool.... 7 and 8 to hang it up. and these other idiots chuckie and norte and martyman to rub on DK for his love of BAJA and sharing
it. You are the ones that don't understand what BAJA is all about. Its about stories and sharing! Every trip I return from we all say man we got some
great stories, and most of the newbies have a bunch of photos. I don't take too many photos anymore. but always enjoy seeing them.
riding a quad down the beach at 11pm... priceless. I might have stayed near my ride as i saw another approaching, for a quick getaway if needed.
but now he knows. |
Baja, and Mexico in general, is much more than a Gringo playground.
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dtbushpilot
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This is Louie800's first post and nobody welcomed him (or her) to Nomads, where are our manners? Welcome to Nomads Louie, I hope you get your stuff
back. The usual group of Nomad dipchits trashed your first post, apparently they didn't have manners in the first place. I'm sure they hope you will
post something again so they can continue with their miserable existence. Most seem to move on to other Baja info sites.....oh well..
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Gulliver
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I am saying NOTHING about the original poster and I am horrified by his experience. Thugs are thugs.
A separate issue that seems to have come up (again); behavior of gringos and some Mexicans. It is NOT true that it is a normal thing to raise hell all
night. It does happen on holiday weekends and is ignored by civilized people as being what children do.
Drinking and hanging out in bars and generally behaving as if you were from Texas is just low rent behavior and you know it. Some Mexicans do it. All
too many gringos do it. It's ugly and stupid and I wish some people would grow up rather than come down here and act like they were fifteen years old
and away from their mothers for the first time.
Fortunately most Mexicans know the difference and groan along with us when the see some slob roaring around with a beer in his hand. I can scarcely
believe how forgiving they are.
This isn't spring break at Ft. Lauderdale. Don't come down here to raise hell and offend everyone. Leave the muffler on your ride and do your wheelies
out in the desert.
Maybe you behave that way at home. I doubt it. Human beings live here. Respect that.
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Paco Facullo
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Oh Dear Lord.
Please , please don't ever let me " grow up " 
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del mar
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"hope i die before I get old".......ratz, I missed that window!
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norte
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If you haven't figured it out already this is club..kinda like a chicken coop or hen house.. DT is the sergeant at arms and only posts when called
out by the rooster. You need to pay homage to be a member.
If you notice, there are only a few that offered advice on how to deal with your situation...and they were not the club members...They were
******pilots dipchits. Does that tell you something.
David, I said I like your trip reports....but do you have to post on everything. You can not just ignore because they are everywhere. When you post
15 photos that contribute nothing to the tread it makes it almost impossible to get towards the end. Stick to trip reports or other things you
actually know about.
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Gulliver
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I'm fine with the pictures.
I'm not good at all about taking and posting pictures about my rides and when he digs through his collection and shows what the place looks like it
adds a lot.
[Edited on 4-14-2017 by Gulliver]
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chuckie
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I love you, man
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bajatrailrider
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All here priceless!
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JoeJustJoe
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11pm at night, while looking down a barrel of a gun, you could tell this is the same exact ATV that was stolen in a Facebook photo?
So what do we have here, serial ATV thieves.
Some elements of this story are strange, but it's best left to the police, and insurance company to sort out.
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John Harper
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I agree.
John
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aguachico
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | That is a great poster and I hope it works. Can it be printed up in San Felipe? Maybe send it to a friend and have them print up many and post them
all over town.
Bornfisher, I have simply not signed my cards but printing SEE ID is really smart.
Mom....Teach......thanks you all for the focus on the issue at hand! |
Like bornFisher I sign my cards 'check id' leaving the card blank gives the thieves the opportunity to sign the card, then use it with matching
signatures.
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Louie800gs
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I agree with many of you that riding at 11:00 p.m. is unsafe. It just never crossed my mind that I could get robbed at gunpoint right off my campsite
and right off a well known campground that I have visited for many years without any issues. I've raced the Baja races in the past and pre-ran
hundreds of miles in the middle of the desert in the San Felipe area and that's were I would imagine I would of gotten robbed of all places. My
fiancé and I do many rides in our BMW800gs down in Baja and been to Bahia of LA through Coco's corner etc. and had never had any issues, including
camping in Mike's Sky ranch with no one else around. I let my guard down that night because of the trust and my long experiences of not having any
issues in Baja. Regarding the wallet, I never carry a wallet and that evening I pulled it from the RV to buy some cocos and forgot to put it back.
Lesson learned and now going forward I'm going to have to keep my guard up and learn from this experience. The gun thing is what I never expected in
San Felipe and that's really the main reason why I posted here on this post, to make other people aware of the risk of bad people with guns cruising
that beach. Stay safe out there......
[Edited on 4-17-2017 by Louie800gs]
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chippy
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Louie,
Don´t over think this. This kind of chiit happens all over the world. You have your life. END of story,
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Louie800gs
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Quad was recovered early this week and I picked it up yesterday. It has a nasty coat of black spray paint all over but seems to be in overall not so
bad condition.
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willardguy
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congratulations!
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by Louie800gs | | Quad was recovered early this week and I picked it up yesterday. It has a nasty coat of black spray paint all over but seems to be in overall not so
bad condition. |
Good for you! I'd sure like to know what led to the recovery.
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David K
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Great news!
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | To the OP......
Please do not take offense to this, but think about your initial actions; if I was camped on the beach, soothed by the lullaby of waves lapping on the
shoreline at 11:00 pm and trying to assuage my nerves from hectic life to Baja dreams and somebody drove by me and the surf on their (of course
MUFFLERED) quad at that time of night I might wanna steal the damned thing, drive it into the surf as far out as it would go at low tide and swim back
to shore....
I'm not trying to condescend on you, or justify the perp's deeds by robbing you at gunpoint... but too often us Gringos tend to think "Aw, it's
Mexico... there are NO rules !". But nay-nay..... there's contemplation and retrospect. Being out by yourself at that hour (Baja Midnight is usually
between 7 and 8 pm when people go to bed) and making a target of yourself shows a lack of judgment, especially an area now known for economic downfall
and increased crime.
On that note, if stupidity was a crime we'd all spend at least one night in jail, and I'd be in for Life with no possibility of parole. I trusted in
a beach camp that I thought would protect me and had my outboard motor stolen almost 10 years ago, and learned valuable lessons from it.
Just sayin', amigo. Again, no harm intended. |
To you: pipe down, just sayin'
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bajabuddha
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To JZ, KMA. Free Country and all. Just sayin'.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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