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motoged
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Lo Bueno, Lo Malo y Lo Feo
I entered Baja Dec 18th and am now in San Felipe getting ready to cross the border for the long drive back to Canada and what that entails once back
to that form of reality.
I will offer a trip report with pics and videos over time once back home sharing my most excellent adventure.
The trip has allowed me to meet some new Nomads up and down this extraordinary peninsula....so the social encounters enriched my focus on places to
ride and explore: that was "the good" .... Lo Bueno.
The bad and the ugly happened to me in San Felipe Saturday night: my motorcycle was stolen.
Lo Malo y Lo Feo !!!
My loss of cameras in Loreto was due to my carelessness....the theft was due to a motorcycle theft ring that is known in town.
I have made a police report and a report to a Community Justice official ....and am making posters offering a $15,000 MP reward for the return or info
leading to the return...."No questions asked".
I am staying at Kiki's Hotel and he is being very helpful with my efforts as he has encountered this issue with previous guests over the past few
years, some of whom are friends of Kiki and myself.
So....if you want to keep it....lock it up.
I will need to leave San Flippedme in a few days and am at the mercy of my contacts keeping their ears to the ground as they know who the theft ring
is but can't catch them red-handed: No evidence=no charges.
The bike is a 2009 KTM 690 and I will try and post a pic later.
Don't believe everything you think....
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Ateo
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Man............That sucks about both thefts! How could they take your BIKE! I'm sorry to hear that Ged. Hoping this story ends a tad better.
We are rooting for you.
[Edited on 1-27-2014 by Ateo]
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willardguy
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  my
condolences my friend, thats awful!
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Bajaboy
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Hopefully the kharma police will help you out. Sorry about your loss.
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motoged
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The bike:
[Edited on 1-27-2014 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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willardguy
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if it helps, picture a new duke in the back of your truck!...?
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monoloco
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That totally sucks! Sorry for your loss.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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tripledigitken
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So sorry about your bike GED. Hopefully the thieves will be caught.
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vgabndo
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Jeez Ged, I'm sorry to hear that. That was a sweet ride, and really an ugly bad way to have to end your trip. A Baja Boohoo for sure.
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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Whale-ista
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Que feo!
That sucks, so sorry to hear. I hope the rest of your trip went better.
Please tell us the motorcycle was insured.
I can relate: while I was living in Ensenada I had all my scuba gear stolen. Such a violation. Really sorry it ended this way for you.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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so so sad to read this Ged... wow, the amigo country no mas???
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DianaT
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Dang! This is terrible.
Besides the material loss, having something like this stolen is such a personal violation. I so remember walking out of small shopping center in
Guatemala and our truck was gone. At first, you just can't believe it, and then the other emotions arrive in a flood.
So very sorry this has happened. You mentioned lock it---but if it was a well organized group, that might not have helped.
One of my sons had a car stolen in Vista, CA, and the other one had one stolen in Huntington Beach, CA., so it can and does happen in many places.
But no matter where it happens, it is the sh****ts.
[Edited on 1-27-2014 by DianaT]
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Skipjack Joe
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I've had several cameras stolen in baja. Years later you realize that it's the images that you regret more than the camera. Hopefully you downloaded
them somewhere prior to the theft.
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willyAirstream
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Wow. That really sux, big time. You spread your karma everywhere you go, hopefully it will be returned.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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OH Ged...so very sorry for your loss...at times like this I shake my head in wonder and one side of my brain thinks...nice guys finish last...
But the other side of my brain and my heart remind me that things happen for a reason and perhaps the Great Spirit had a hand in this...and prevented
a fatal accident. You are well loved in Baja sir and we look forward to your presence next season.
It sounds as this has been a problem before in San Felipe...have others here heard of this moto theft ring? It would have been nice to know in advance
so you could have taken more precautions in San Felipe. Perhaps the ride boards are onto it to warn others...maybe a decoy bike needs to be left with
a remote camera aimed at it.
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Cappy
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So sorry bout that. Every so often I get a little to comfortable. If you love it lock it. If you really love it sleep with it
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Mula
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Ged,
What rotten luck. So very sorry.
Hope they find the bike and the rotten guys.
Have a safe drive back north!
We are heading south from Portland Oregon today.
See you next year, we hope!
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TMW
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Wow, I am so sorry. I do know how you feel as I had my truck stolen at Rene's restaurant in Rosarito. In my case I got it back a week later.
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BajaBlanca
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Very sad incident indeed. I bet you get it back with the reward you offered. At least, I hope so.
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Whale-ista
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Location: San Diego
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Thinking of your situation. Have you considered putting out a BOLO on various offroader forums? Perhaps someone would see it in use, or even be
approached to buy it, while visiting Baja? If they are moto afficianados they might recognize the equipment more readily and understand the desire to
have it returned.
I realize this is a long shot, but, well.... quien sabe? Stranger things have happened in recovering lost/stolen items.
Here's one forum I visit often for ideas on adventurous travel (international and domestic), equipment, modifying my truck camper etc., and to refer
people to Nomad when they get the Baja travel bug:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/index.php
I believe they have a motorcycle forum.
Suerte!
PS- I was thinking of posting a notice on the forum, and linking to this thread, but I don't speak technical motorcycle so thought it would be best
for you to consider this approach.
PPS- is there a small, lo-jack device that could be attached or concealed on a motorcycle to track it? Not just for theft recovery, but in case a
rider is lost/injured?
[Edited on 1-27-2014 by Whale-ista]
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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