i will never...............
 

hey there riders. i have been riding for about 25 years, but have never experienced any rides such as what i am reading about on this amazing site. by good luck i discovered it after i decided to tour down to chiapas/oaxaca mexico from vancouver. i try to be safety conscious, but i am a little apprehensive about doing this type of distance alone. i will be keeping mostly to the libre(free)coastal hiways on a touring harley. i would like to hear your three, "I WILL NEVER.............." riding rules. you know, the ones you make to yourself while on the road. i know mexico very well and speak some spanish. thanks, P

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I will never go thru Mexico City in a motorbike, no doubt.
But if you pass thru Guadalajara, drop me a note.

Nice trip

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Life is the process of making known the unknown. MOROcycler

"I will never pay these extortionate tolls to drive around mexico city..."

I didn't and I go lost. And drove all over Mexico City ;-)

que padre hmoro. my brother lives in guadalajara. i will be there for about 3 weeks in november. really wanting to do a few runs in that area so thanks for the invite. muy amable. my girlfriend lives in mexico city, so i am very familiar with the monster. fortunately she lives off the periferico. gotta do it. so, i can't say............."i will never drive in d.f". what else do you people say, "i will never" to?
nice twisties on the hiway from tepic hmoro. mucho gusto, P

I will never do another long trip without a spare airhead rotor!

or ANY of the other things that can possibly fail?

...gearbox, driveshaft, stator, regulator, diode board, clutch, RMOS, and of course all the little bits like cables, levers, oil filter, spokes, tubes...

You can only carry so much...

I note that the problem was actually easily solved - buy a car battery and ride. Ya gotta admit it didn't stop dead or strand you...

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Grant Johnson

Seek, and ye shall find.
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I will always get my visa,s at the soonest possably moment especially pakistan ones.

cheers nobby
PS
glad to see you got your trip together mr ron

I will never say never....

I will never spend another year and a half planning my trip....
just go everything will sort itself out once you're on the road
good luck and don't waste to much time dreaming

mark

I never ride after dark,except in cities. Way too many things and people on the road at night.

I will never, on a long trip, miss an opportunity to put gas in the tank.

I will never again get into a drinking contest with a group of locals in Chetumal. Just north of Belize.

I will never again ride my poor Transalp like I was actually in the Dakar Ralley

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i just returned from 3 weeks in guerro and d.f. but not by bike. driving from huatulco to acapulco i counted 178 topes. not being 20/20 and half of the topes are not marked, i was airborn a couple of times. i realize that with me and my bike loaded, i have less than 5 inches of clearance before something smacks my frame, or kickstand. i realize i must drive over them at a 45 degree or more, but how does one do this safely in a crowded city with cars whipping around you? they appear so suddenly without warning. some of them are so severe i would have to take them at almost 180. any experienced advice? oh for a dual purpose ride..........

Here's some advice. Make sure you're off the brakes when you hit the bump in the road. Put your weight on the pegs and far back to keep from doing and endo at speed, and always hit the topes as square as you can.
Good luck!

re-read my last post...........i have less than 5 inches clearance. if i hit it squarely, i will smack my frame. therefore, i need to drive across it at a 45 degree or better. don't know any other way of doing so safely in traffic. P

Yes, its very easy!

1. slow down to about 15mph

2. rev the hell out the bike with the clutch pulled in

3. release clutch as you near the topes

if done properly you sould notice the front wheel loft high into the air thus providing optimal ground clearance. Topes cleared!



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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius - William Blake

and there it is..........good stuff pacman. so obvious. i can't remember ever purposely lifting the front end of my decker, plus i have never seen any other rider need to do this in d.f. yep, that'll work. bring 'em on. P

I will never again think "it is only 200 kilometers" when crossing at sunset to a region where all bridges have been blown up two months earlier.

I'll camp instead. Next time. Really.

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Ein Schwein, das nicht fliegt, ist nur ein gewöhnliches Schwein

I will never pass up an opportunity at a free place to sleep no matter how many miles or how few miles I have ridden that day. My best experiences hands down have been as a guest in peoples homes, no better way to really learn about life.

I will probably never go to a certain spanish mechanic again.
I came to replace battery, I went off with same battery and burned fuses.
I also wanted to clean my foam filter, he used compressed air without effect on the dirt caught in filter oil, then he sprayed on a hell lot of dreaping oil and reinstalled the filter.
He put battery breather pipe on exhaust and it melted away on my way home.
I was happy..

Matt

What's a tope?....though I can guess

Just in case you haven't figured it out yet, I will never go into Mexico City on a motorcycle again. Especially on Friday afternoon. Don't worry about the topes. I only hit two that I didn't see in a month in Mexico. Good luck - enjoy your trip.

A speed bumb on the road. Often at the strangest places such as in the middle of a first grade highway far from any towns. Go figure.

The larger ones require you to ride up one side and down the other, or so it seems at the time.

When possible they are best taken at a 45 degree angle.

Rick

i will never rush or try to be on time with rendez-vous or "have to reach this town tonite by all means"..all the riders i have met and had crashed were in a hurry to meet a friend or so...take it easy and you should be just fine

I will never
 

1- I will never take crazy Texans seriously.... They seem have a mission - To tell all those interested that Mexican frontier cities are dangerous grounds, that you will be killed and robbed and will never be back. I must admit that what scared me were the Texas Watchman posted in the fields at the border with guns in hand waiting for a shot at illegal aliens;

2- I will never think miss stopping at the Zoocalo in small villages in order to meet locals and getting the best information about the place;

3- I will never leave without the Let's go Mexico guide for cheap hotels and food;

4- I will never accept taking advantage of those good family boys that bring sisters and friends along and wish you to marry them.

Good Luck ! I did the ride from Montreal to Oaxaca in about 4 weeks and have nothing to say other than I would do it again tommorow morning.

I will
 

Oh yeah, I forgot to add... I will always make the extra miles to cross from Texas to Mexico at Reynosa, the city of Dentists.... short crowd, safe environment less drunks around.... only trick is that the border office for Mexico is within the city (after bridge, turn left and left again on next street.... in an old airport building).

I will never take too much stuff (or rubbish) with me.
As light as you travel as far as you go...

never, never, never
 

never
1. bring too much gear ($$ ok :yes:)
2. ride tired (take a nap when you are)
3. go before it's too late
4. forget to smile and shake hands
5. lose rag with border officials - they can and will make your life a misery if you do.
6. feel compelled to ride with other bikers but talk to them.
7. wish rain away - bring a full rain suit
8. underestimate the speed of the cow trying to cross the road
9. stop using your head
10. cover too much distance in too short a length of time - take it easy and don't put yourself under pressure.

I will never again fart in my rainsuit.

I will never ...change the thread of a thread half way through it...because it loses the plot and loses us all :mchappy:

Never again
 

I will never ride off on brand new tires and cross a metal manhole cover.

I knew perfectly well that new tires still have some pesky, slippery chemical on them (release agent from the mold apparently). The shop that mounted the tires warned me to be careful for the first 50 km. They stamped the bill "warning - new tires are slippery". I rode away from the shop slowly and made a turn across the cover at, maybe, 5 - 10 kph. I may as well have been on a sheet of ice. Zero traction. Crash.

This slippery new tire thing is a bit crazy.

I will never again fill my camelbak with bourbon and coke for the ride from Chillagoe to Cairns (...as I wait patiently to grow up).

A batch of Margueritas frozen in the old camelbak is a much better choice IMO - thaws slowly so as to keep you from guzzling too fast.

I will never again burp while wearing a full face helmet after eating Mexican food.

Inspired!! Of course, I would never do it...

I will never leave for another trip before consulting HU, even after I finished watching the DVD, no siree: HU first, trip second....

preferr to get wet
 

I will never accept a friendly offer by caminando to borrow his rainsuit even if its pouring down.:eek:
Dan

I will never...again be the handsome, slim and intensely beddable young man I once was.......BOO-HOO!!!!

I will never:

Not stop in a small town "because I can hit it on the way back".. cus you never do.. well you could replace small town with "do anything"

Plan on doing more then 250 miles per day in a strait line and think i will see anything or enjoy it

again pass up a good thing.. no mater what it is...

stick to a plan..

not take my camera (with lots of back up!)

i will never again......
 

I will never again Ride a motorcycle after Drinking .......I ended up in Hospital, broken pelvis, smashed ribs, 14 pints of Blood, smashed bike, 1 year ban from driving and I deserved everything I got.:funmeterno:

Topes = upside-down Vados...

I will NEVER...again...say no to horny Korean girls who want to buy me more beer...

:rofl: :lol2: I will keep that in mind if I ever get there

Mexico City and a GPS
 

"I will never take on Mexico City, again, without a working GPS..."

Twice, on separate trips, I had problems with my GPS and spent hours trying to get through Mexico City. The second time I tried my best to take the toll road around the city, but somehow I missed the turn off and next thing I know Mexico City is staring me in the face.

Add a one hour delay for a street demonstration, then stopping for food and all told it took about four to five hours to get to the other side of the city, as the sun went down, then it started to rain... Here is the screen shot of the route (GPS trace) through Mexico City.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8ThMIboKLQk/UQ...jpg?imgmax=800