juanroberts
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dirtbike ride
I rode for a week in Baja. I did not have anyone to ride with for the whole time, so tried to get friends to ride with while down there. I started
riding in Tecate with Eli. We stopped by the Tecate motocross track on KM 107 of the Tecate-Mexicali road. They were having a memorial for the late
Marty Moates, the first American to win the USGP. While there, I met Danny LaPorte, a motocross champion and an incredibly cool guy. We rode the
Tecate-Laguna Hanson singletrack and that is always fun, not to mention we had moist conditions. We only made it to the cave painting because it was
getting late.
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juanroberts
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pic at Tecate MX
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["I met Danny LaPorte, a motocross champion and an incredibly cool guy"]
Did you notice his forearms. I've only met him a couple of times when he raced off road for Kawasaki several years ago. But I was taken by his large
forearms.
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juanroberts
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Seems like this website only lets me post pics that are under 50k. Woohoo. Lets try this again. Next pic is of Tecate singletrack. Well actually, the
only way to make it small was by taking a pic of the video.
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juanroberts
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more pics
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juanroberts
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I rode with my brother from el Mayor
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crossing over the mountains into the dry lake bed.
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juanroberts
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this place looked like Mars
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juanroberts
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we took the dry lake bed and hooked up with the CODE course, which eventually went next to a large dune network
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some sections had lots of dried reeds from 25 years ago when the area was wet
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San Felipe was gearing for a Tequila festival. My brother had gone back home. I was looking for someone to ride with and did not hook up in time with
the local XR crew. Also, it had just been announced that the Baja 250 was moved to Ensenada, so I was not able to hook up with any American riders, as
those I encountered, were leaving. So I took the safe ride on the beach to the marsh area East of El Moreno.
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juanroberts
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I checked out El Dorado on the way back, looks like US Suburbia but the golf course was impressive, albeit a little brown. Then after arriving in San
Felipe, took a pic of the lighthouse.
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On the way to Mexicali I hitched a ride with Alfonso, one of the quad rental business owners. He was a very nice gentleman. It had been very windy and
the dry lake bed had about 50 dust devils, some nearly tornado caliber. In Mexicali I hooked up with Ivan, aka Chango on his website, and we hit
Tecate again. It is amazing the amount of singletrack up there. I rode for 2 days in a small area and virtually never rode on the same singletrack
twice.
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juanroberts
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more Ivan
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Great stuff John!!! Thank you!!
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Someone used a little bit of singletrack to get off a dirt road and strip this VW Jetta. They took the axles, motor, etc, just like on the side of any
highway, and whatever they could not take, they broke. At least they did not burn it.
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TW,
I did not notice his forearms on a cool day in and we were all geared up. He came across as someone who knew me already because he was incredibly
friendly. I could not believe it when a mutual friend joined our conversation and introduced him formally. Afterwards, I did notice how incredibly
smooth he was sailing over the double jumps, like second nature.
John
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re: dirtbike ride
Hi juanroberts,
Thanks for the great post!
I enjoyed it very much.
I just send you a U2U, asking for a motorcycle recommendation.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
BaldEagleMav
(Dan Bertin)
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