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Baja - Lost and Found (Dana Brown)

Ken Cooke - 2-15-2016 at 11:30 AM

New from the maker of Dust to Glory!:bounce:

David K - 2-15-2016 at 12:01 PM

Very enjoyable! Thanks Ken!

ehall - 2-15-2016 at 01:26 PM

Great video. Just what I needed. We are leaving in the morning for a 4 or 5 hundred mile Baja bike ride.

Frigatebird - 2-15-2016 at 01:34 PM

Kudos Ken. I need to do that (a few times) before the flesh gets too weak.

BigBearRider - 2-15-2016 at 01:58 PM

Awesome. Made me smile from ear to ear.

motoged - 2-15-2016 at 03:02 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall  
Great video. Just what I needed. We are leaving in the morning for a 4 or 5 hundred mile Baja bike ride.


Cool....where from and to?

Some joker might ask, "And what will you do on Day Two?"

dtbushpilot - 2-15-2016 at 03:44 PM

Quote: Originally posted by motoged  
Quote: Originally posted by ehall  
Great video. Just what I needed. We are leaving in the morning for a 4 or 5 hundred mile Baja bike ride.


Cool....where from and to?

Some joker might ask, "And what will you do on Day Two?"


Where you going after lunch? :lol:

ehall - 2-15-2016 at 04:06 PM

100 miles then tacos and beer. I refuse to punish the muscles more than the liver.
We are leaving the truck and trailer at Santa Veronica. Riding to El Coyote on Wednesday via compadre trail to sawmill thru Jamua and down the goat trail to Valle t. and then to Mikes and finally Coyote.

Meeting Bajatrailrider and Mike ( the guy in the red Toyota on the pole line trip) at El coyote and they are going to show us some trails for a day or 2. From Larry's place in San Vicente we will hit Erindira, Santo Tomas, Urapan , Ojos Negros and back to Santa Veronica on Saturday or Sunday.

dtbushpilot - 2-15-2016 at 04:29 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ehall  
100 miles then tacos and beer. I refuse to punish the muscles more than the liver.
We are leaving the truck and trailer at Santa Veronica. Riding to El Coyote on Wednesday via compadre trail to sawmill thru Jamua and down the goat trail to Valle t. and then to Mikes and finally Coyote.

Meeting Bajatrailrider and Mike ( the guy in the red Toyota on the pole line trip) at El coyote and they are going to show us some trails for a day or 2. From Larry's place in San Vicente we will hit Erindira, Santo Tomas, Urapan , Ojos Negros and back to Santa Veronica on Saturday or Sunday.


Sounds like a fun ride, wish I was going with you!

Gulliver - 2-15-2016 at 10:23 PM

I just don't see how they saw anything. I love to ride fast as much as the next person but not through new places. Six days just means you covered the miles. Not sure what it has to do with Baja.

Hamster wheel stuff.

To each their own.

ehall - 2-16-2016 at 04:11 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Gulliver  
I just don't see how they saw anything. I love to ride fast as much as the next person but not through new places. Six days just means you covered the miles. Not sure what it has to do with Baja.

Hamster wheel stuff.

To each their own.
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I feel the same way. I am definitely a scenery hound and stop a lot. Hard to drag a camera out when on the bike but I try.

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Gulliver - 2-16-2016 at 06:12 AM

The flip side is that when I go at my own speed I have to carry camp gear as there is no way that I will make it to 'civilization' by sundown. Add to that my portable ham radio station and I'm quite the sight.

I get up and hit the road about when the morning chill is off and quit early when I can find a shady spot by some water with a tall bush or Cardon for my antenna wire. Stir up some grub, make camp and settle in for some serious gawking at the stars and crash like a dead thing.

I understand well that those riders only have a short vacation and understandably wish to cram as much as possible into it. But Baja isn't going anywhere and, contrary to much croakings, hasn't changed that much in the years I've been poking about.

Few people come here once.

ehall - 2-16-2016 at 06:15 AM

Great post Gulliver. Hope to ride with you someday.

Gulliver - 2-16-2016 at 06:23 AM

If I quit riding too fast I may live to ride with you too. I got all fired up riding with friends last week and hit a rock so hard that I cut a tube even with lots of air in the tire. The the clown show started.

We were laughing and goofing off and cut the new tube. Then the patch kit glue was old. Got another 30 miles before the patch worked loose. Rode on the flat for ten miles while sitting way back on the seat until I got to the llantera in Purisma and got things under control. Bunch of old fools having fun anyway.

(I wanted to say that I p i n c h e d the inner tube but the obscenity filter thinks that is a bad word! Weird science)

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[Edited on 2-16-2016 by Gulliver]

ehall - 2-16-2016 at 06:30 AM

Lol. All part of the fun. Nobody should go home without a story to tell.

motoged - 2-16-2016 at 12:29 PM

Hey.....give the kids a break....some like to go fast as they have that racer gene thing going on....some of us older riders enjoy more of a "look and see" pace.

I have tended to carry a small down bag& tent on my solo trips that unfold at a pleasant pace for the times I may not make it to a town with a room for rent. At other time I plan to spend a night or two out back and am prepared w/ water and cans of tuna....

When I see these rip to the tip type videos, I am focussed on the terrain more than the group culture.

These videos, it seems, tend to be shot/produced by soucal racer types....let them do it their way, and us older farts do it our way....really no right or wrong here.

As for your tube fiasco. always carry a 21" and lots of glue and patches....using the stuff you bought when you picked up your last Grateful Dead LP is not great planning :biggrin:

Also, by now you should be able to fix a flat in the dark when it's raining....

Now, go for a ride:

North of San Roque (Asuncion):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544aX2cFJUA

My Girlfriend in Asuncion waiting for a ride:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq1GE0-dr4U

Unedited Agua Verde run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8KlzS2zWOw

Unedited ride from south to north around village of Bahia de los Angeles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2eais1zzdo


bike ridin' video

John M - 2-16-2016 at 01:55 PM

I liked the video Ken, thanks for posting it.

I do not ride bikes, though watching this and other similar videos make me wish had learned. Now I think that I have seen too many Baja sunsets to be learning. There are common traits in many of these group riding videos that show Baja in such a positive light; the camaraderie and appreciation of the journey come to mind.

4x4s simply cannot give you the same perspective - the openness of the landscape, the ease to speed along (at your favorite pace), and just the group dynamics for the bikes seems to be so well-suited to Baja.

Motoged - I'll be checking your videos later today.

John M

blackwolfmt - 2-16-2016 at 02:58 PM

great vid forsure i like the drunk on takillya in an old ghost town:bounce: and geds vids are grt too

Gulliver - 2-16-2016 at 03:34 PM

I think the glue was more like from the Harding administration.

I think I've tried everything but once the seal is broken I have just learned to heave it out and buy new.

BooJumMan - 2-16-2016 at 04:08 PM

Yeah, cool video. I wasn't able to watch it all, but I just hope they mentioned viewers and most likely followers tread lightly and stay on trails. Hard not to notice the unfortunate increase of motorcycle and offroad groups not abiding...

willardguy - 2-16-2016 at 04:18 PM

lol... ride it like you stole it, then retrace your tire marks in the cage with the ice chest in the back!:bounce:

motoged - 2-16-2016 at 04:39 PM

I never understood that "ride it like you stole it" line....I try to take car of my toys so they last a long time.....

AKgringo - 2-16-2016 at 04:44 PM

To me, "Ride it like you stole it!" would mean "Try not to attract any attention!"

willardguy - 2-16-2016 at 04:44 PM

:lol: Its like "WFO" Ged.....you know, "Warehouse Food Outlet"

chuckie - 2-16-2016 at 04:49 PM

I always wondered what that stood for...

Gulliver - 2-16-2016 at 05:52 PM

We don't see any off road motorcycle travel here in Southern Baja. The terrain and vegetation are much too hostile. The single track riding in that video is all up North.

It takes much of a lifetime to exhaust the possibilities of the existing tracks and then the next storm changes it all.