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AmoPescar
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Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
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GREAT REPORT GEORGE!!!
From reading your report, it sounds as though you didn't sit still for more than 5 minutes at most. You guys really packed in the adventures!
I really like the South campos area a lot. The access from the border and SF is easy and not too long to get there for me. I used to have a female
friend who had a house there, and we were down together real often. I haven't been there as much in the last couple of years. But, I need to get down
again sometime soon.
Mike 
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Bruce R Leech
Elite Nomad
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Registered: 9-20-2004
Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jimgrms
Bruce take a loo at the honda 230f they are nice bikes electric start can be made street legal and are not expensive. they are not going to win
the baja 1k but are great trail bikes
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yes that looks like what I am looking for Jim. all I would want is a biger tank for a little mor range. now if I can find a used one I will have it
made http://www.southernhonda.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?sid=0164...
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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El Camote
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Registered: 9-7-2003
Location: Above the clouds
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Hey George,
Don't know if you remember me but I rode for a day with your band of desperados into Valle Chico about 3 years ago. I have an aging XL500 which
refuses to die despite a dead battery and 6 mo. old gas in the tank. Beyond all logic, she starts right up and sputters away like gramma on bourbon.
I don't have the heart to take her out and shoot her so I'm looking to replace the rear fender and tail light ass'y. Would you have anything in
stock that would work? Don't need the original parts, just anything that would fit. In fact I prefer a smaller taillight. Believe she's an '82
vintage.
gracias
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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ArvadaGeorge
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Registered: 9-2-2003
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Sure I Rember you we went to the Madona
UFO make a rear fender and a bolt under tail light for $45.00
I can bring it down for you if you want
ArvadaGeorge
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msawin
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: Grass Valley,Ca / Tripui
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do I fit in?
Boy I just do not know if I fit into this...
I do not own a motorcycle, Oh I do have a 90 honda. I do have a yfz450 for my wife and I have a Banshee 350 Quad for my self...
I was an experct district 36 cross country racer and I was an expert district 36 motocross racer.Was CMC #1x.
I did have Danny La Porte as my pit man at my ameture 125 race at Dixon Calif back in 1975 pre his win at Hang town with Suzuki. Rode with Magoo.
Raced with Darrel Schultz in his first ameture race at Helveta Park, he lapped me... Raced with him in his last ameture Expert race at Hang town
Motocross 250 expert race.. he lapped me....
Do I make it?
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elchinero
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Registered: 8-27-2006
Location: San Felipe / Savannah - 50/50
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Tom has the handle: smaller HAS become better ... Honda and Yamaha 250 four-strokes do very well. The new WR250 has MORE horsepower than my XR400,
many pounds lighter, AND has an electric start! In the overall scheme, ride what everyone else rides: 4-stroke Hondas. Runs ANY fuel ("green", old,
"mix", etc.) in a pinch. Utterly reliable w/ decent fuel mileage.
A retired investor, living on a pension
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Carol
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Registered: 9-2-2003
Location: Kelowna, BC Canada
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Until this summer most of my riding was done in the La Paz/East Cape area. My CRF188 ( a 150 with a 188 BBK) has ~3200 miles on it now.
This past summer I put in ~ 2 - 3 rides/week with our Galz Club, mostly on sgl track style riding. I also raced in our local Hare Scramble series (2nd
last almost every time!). I still have a long way to go to claiming being a good rider but the riding at home is far more technical than the Baja
stuff so I'm really looking forward to seeing how that transfers to this year's Baja stuff.
We head down Nov 22.
I have some Baja pics online at:
http://www.cablelan.net/vistaww/dirtbike/index.htm
Carol
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Bruce R Leech
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Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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but I still dont have a bike
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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vgabndo
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Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Guess I'll have to jump in even though I haven't ridden in years. My last two dirt bikes, both Husky 390's, one a 5 sp. the other a 4 sp. were my
fourteenth and fifteenth dirt bikes.
I worked for San Diego Suzuki, Suzuki Lemon Grove, and Lucky Yamaha when "dirty" David Wiles the Kawasaki King was Lucky's hot salesman. (we were
roommates)
I raced a little AFM, poorly, but my only claim to fame came as a "Salt Biker". In 1969 I went 112.88 mph down course, and 121.621 on the return for
a 117.252 average that was 10 mph and change over the existing World Record at Bonneville. This on a basically stock 1967 Suzuki X-6 250 cc. The
record held for a very short length of time...except in this old guy's memory.
I put a whole crap load of miles in the NorCal mountains on my oddest dirt bike of all. A 340 ROKON.
[Edited on 11-4-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Here's a photo that should warm the old timer's hearts. I took it about a month ago in Southern Oregon. Here we see the legendary Dick Mann winning
his race in the vintage motocross series on his beautifully restored BSA 441 Victor.
Oh yeah, he's well into his seventies.
[Edited on 11-5-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajadogs
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vgabndo
Here's my 1970 2-wheel drive Rokon Trailbreaker. It has not seen the dirt of Baja yet. I inherited it from an uncle who used it to hunt deer in the
Sierras. I'm pretty sure the thing will drive up a telephone pole if you had the nerve to try!
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Whoa Dude:
This is bound to stir up the "hotshoes". Can't you fill the tires on that land crusher with gas to extend the range??? Lots of parts on e-bay. They are worth $$$
At least it has a kick starter. My 340 you had to pull a rope.
The Salsbury drive automatic transmission would allow the machine to be stopped on a near vertical hill, and the engine wouldn't stall and the back
wheel would continue to slowly grind away until the whole sumbits finally rolled over backwards. It was easy to ride it up a tree until your feet
wouldn't touch the ground, but I never got good enough to back down without falling over. Considering its weight, falling over was never a good
option. I still walk with a limp that I got from that motorcycle.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | | Can't you fill the tires on that land crusher with gas to extend the range??? |
Yep. The rims can be filled with gasoline. You can see the plugs in the photo. I don't have too much experience with this crazy bike yet. It still
starts right up and drives OK. It even has a rifle rack mounted on the left side (not seen in photo).
Very cool to see another Rokon on this post! Thanks!
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PJC
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Location: EVERYWHERE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Guess I'll have to jump in even though I haven't ridden in years. My last two dirt bikes, both Husky 390's, one a 5 sp. the other a 4 sp. were my
fourteenth and fifteenth dirt bikes.
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What Husky 390 had a 5-speed transmission?
[Edited on 1-29-2007 by PJC]
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Cypress
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4 wheels are better than two. Those two wheeled wing-dings will break your
bones, not to mention destroy your hearing. 
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baitcast
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Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
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Fun times
I rode a bunch late 60,s thru the 70,s,back when men were men and 5'' of travel was alot,250 husky wr........TT 500,both fun bikes.
BAITCAST
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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PJC OR
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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PJC
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What year?
Shoot, Shovel and Shut-up!
-- A simple operating practice.
‘Global warming’ has become the grand political narrative of the age, replacing Marxism as a dominant force for controlling liberty and human
choices.
-- Prof. P. Stott
Time was, people warning the world \"Repent - the end is nigh!\" were snickered at as fruitcakes.
Now they own the media and run the schools.
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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I have no idea. Mid to late seventies I think.
Why do you ask?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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motoged
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Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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Bikin' Baja
Nomads,
Thanks to Longlegsinlapaz for offering a parking spot....missed you in San Nicholas, Vgabndo (but dropped in to say hello to WildRide), and no one
stopped me to comment on my "I Had To Make My Own Baja Nomads T-shirt"....
....sorry to not fly with Mike's Screamin' Airline (schedule conflict)...
And sorry to not connect with Corky....I missed a good ride opportunity there
Here is the beginning of my recent ride's ride report:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199166
Don't believe everything you think....
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