dr650 - 6-7-2007 at 06:28 PM
Hi All,
I just got back from a few weeks down south en mi moto. Things went pretty good overall.
But, there was one instant when I almost got smacked just below Catavina by a got-to-get-there-now gringo in a maroon truck hauling what could have
been a wind-surfing rig who decided to blindly pass someone else on a hill.
One moment, I'm cruising along loving life, and the next I'm staring at the face of a fool cresting the hill in my lane, bearing down on my life,
and with no where for me to go. I hit the brakes, wobbled towards the edge, and was considering a launch into the cardon when he decided not to
kill me and fell in back behind the leading car. It was a matter of a few feet.
I don't want to pontificate to the masses because I know that most here know the score, but I just want to remind people to take a deep breath and
take it easy. You'll get there. It just takes a second to screw something up real bad.
Thanks for listening.
Murphy
vgabndo - 6-7-2007 at 06:38 PM
Oh Murph...Glad you made it man. Mine was two days ago when some air head pulled a Mexican left turn on a downtown street. Pulled into the right
side parking and suddenly u-turned in front of my DR 650 drove onto the opposite sidewalk and parked. Fortunately by the time I could LEGALLY get
back to her she was gone. Saved me a trip to jail.
Glad you had an otherwise good trip. Your DR was good to you?
DENNIS - 6-7-2007 at 07:02 PM
Murphy ---
Glad you're here to post. It's happened to me as well. After the incident, I wondered what happened and how I escaped the head-on . I knew at the
moment, that had that instant gone wrong, I would be someone else's memory.
Driving HWY 1 can be the road to Ball Bustin b-tchen Baja but, it can also be the road to disaster.
Be careful Amigo.
David K - 6-7-2007 at 07:08 PM
Yup, you are dead a long time, so take it easy on the curves!
Those straight-a-ways are not all that safe either (south of San Quintin)...
DENNIS - 6-7-2007 at 07:15 PM
Good graphic, David
Looks like the mirrors are in peril there. Hope that's all.
roundtuit - 6-7-2007 at 10:14 PM
Trust the trucks and buses more than some of the gringos.
dr650 - 6-8-2007 at 08:03 AM
Life comes smiling with close calls and crosses on the road. Do what you can, but in the end it's just a crap-shoot.
My DR ran like a champ. Not everybody's cup of meat, but for me, it's hard to beat the wind in your face, the sun on your back, the smells and
scenery. Anyone who rides, knows.
Next time, though, I'm going to try to get off the pavement some and out into it ... along some dirt road heading up to who knows where to see who
knows what.
All the best.