JZ
Select Nomad
Posts: 13633
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Dirt bike riding around BoLA
What's it like and what are the options.
I have three kids about 10 yo that are fairly new to riding.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65410
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
North from town to La Gringa... take the road that forks left just before reacing the tidal area at La Gringa for a ride way back into the hills to
the El Toro copper mine area... about 7.7 miles from La Gringa (keep to the left at the junction just north of La Gringa).
South from town is the graded road to San Francisquito/ Mision Santa Gertrudis/ Guillermo Prieto or El Arco... OFF OF IT:
Las Flores-San Juan Mine Railroad Line and TRAM LINE up Ternminal Canyon... interesting history!
The older road south (used almost only by bikers) past Los Paradones and La Bocana (San Pedro) into the TALLEST cardon cactus found in Baja (the
world).
Bahia las Animas and the mystery walls that may have been part of a forgotten mission.
ALL of the above is detailed in my web pages... see link below to find these location photos...
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by JZ
What's it like and what are the options.
I have three kids about 10 yo that are fairly new to riding. |
You wish info on just dirt biking or the area inn general?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Member Is Offline
Mood: Gettin' Better
|
|
BoLA offers a base for some of Baja's best single track and double track riding. However, unless the 10 year olds have good riding skills in soft
sand, cactus, gravel roads with babyheads,..... I would not think it is a good place for them to learn....
It is a long way from the nearest hospital
I am not trying to discourage such an endeavour, but you certainly need to be prepared, as do the kids.
ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) is the rule, as well as a camelback for hydration.
Don't believe everything you think....
|
|
|
JZ
Select Nomad
Posts: 13633
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
BoLA offers a base for some of Baja's best single track and double track riding. However, unless the 10 year olds have good riding skills in soft
sand, cactus, gravel roads with babyheads,..... I would not think it is a good place for them to learn....
It is a long way from the nearest hospital
I am not trying to discourage such an endeavour, but you certainly need to be prepared, as do the kids.
ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) is the rule, as well as a camelback for hydration. |
Yeah, we wouldn't get too crazy.
|
|
|
Hook
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9011
Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
Member Is Offline
Mood: Inquisitive
|
|
I would think the road to and from Bahia Las Animas should be enough adventure for some 10 year old novices. Swimming should be nice at Animas through
October.
|
|
|
Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3540
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
I would think the road to and from Bahia Las Animas should be enough adventure for some 10 year old novices. Swimming should be nice at Animas through
October. |
I second this - the 10 miles or so from the turn off to the bay is pretty sandy in spots but well used. Nice little estuary for the kids to goof
around in.
|
|
|
wessongroup
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 21152
Registered: 8-9-2009
Location: Mission Viejo
Member Is Offline
Mood: Suicide Hot line ... please hold
|
|
Thanks Patch.. and coming from you... I'll take it to the bank....
Having someone ya don't know pull a gun.. is a bit concerning .. even if it is an ex marine..
As don't think most would make a play like that around a family... IMHO
Glad its a short story... with a happy ending...
|
|
|
mtgoat666
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 20372
Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: Hot n spicy
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by JZ
What's it like and what are the options.
I have three kids about 10 yo that are fairly new to riding. |
I would not let my 10-yo ride a motorcycle or quad. Kids don't have enough maturity for motorized equipment that will snap their necks or backs in
crash.
just my 2 cents.
but, if you insist, the place has lots of dirt roads, and is wide open desert, you can ride all over the place.
|
|
|
JZ
Select Nomad
Posts: 13633
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Yeah, there's a risk. You need to watch them close and understand the maturity level. My kids have been driving my 30' boat since they were about 3.
My 9 yo can put it in and out of gear (twins) and put it up on the beach. He rides an 11', 10hp dingy around for hours. We've been mountain biking
for about 4 years and he can make it 15 miles no problem. They all know that it isn't fun to crash.
They've ridden quads, but I personally think quads are too dangerous. One thing I would never let them do and will strongly discourage later on is
having a street bike.
[Edited on 7-16-2011 by JZ]
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65410
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by JZ
What's it like and what are the options.
I have three kids about 10 yo that are fairly new to riding. |
I would not let my 10-yo ride a motorcycle or quad. Kids don't have enough maturity for motorized equipment that will snap their necks or backs in
crash.
just my 2 cents.
but, if you insist, the place has lots of dirt roads, and is wide open desert, you can ride all over the place. |
So the idea of kids HUNTING with GUNS must really freak you out!! 
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15940
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
| Quote: | | One thing I would never let them do and will strongly discourage later on is having a street bike. |
my grand parents said, "get your kid a motorcycle for their birthday and it will be the kids last birthday." when i got my YZ125 back in 1980 they
were peeed. you know, motorcycles are motorcycles.....
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65410
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Both Chris (13, here at La Turquesa Canyon) and Sarah shared the Kawasaki 110 trail bike I bought for them...
Getting them gear and making sure they respect the machine... How long are you going to keep kids from enjoying some of life's pleasures and the
things you had growing up?
(At the onyx spring above Gonzaga Bay)
[Edited on 7-17-2011 by David K]
|
|
|
Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
Member Is Offline
|
|
My son when he was 7 or 8:
He's always had a level head on his shoulders. If anything was too risky, he would have no shame in saying so.
|
|
|
Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
Member Is Offline
|
|
Here he is without all his protective gear:
|
|
|
tripledigitken
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4848
Registered: 9-27-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
Now that's funny.
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
Here he is without all his protective gear:
|
This is one of the best kids pictures ever posted here at BN! This little guy is in wonderland.
I believe in sticking a kid on a bike too at a young age......I was on one at 8.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
bigjohn
Nomad
Posts: 129
Registered: 11-19-2006
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
Is he just sitting there without the bike moving? I do not see any kind of track behind him left by the tires?? Just curious. 
[Edited on 7-17-2011 by bigjohn]
|
|
|
JZ
Select Nomad
Posts: 13633
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bigjohn
Is he just sitting there without the bike moving? I do not see any kind of track behind him left by the tires?? Just curious.
[Edited on 7-17-2011 by bigjohn] |
Photoshopped?
|
|
|
Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
Member Is Offline
|
|
Not photoshopped. He's cruising along at about 20 mph. The sand was wet and hard packed, and the balloon tires don't seem to dig in.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
