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Mextrek #7 Ride Report, June 2018

Jason, with a DRZ400E in the garage you have zero excuses....

Nope, just gotta throw a little more money at it, and then find the time off from work. :giveup:

Also, need to order up that passport and keep listening to these Spanish podcasts.
 
Ok; here are some of my pics and recap:

Started out with a brand new Goldentyre GT723 rear on my 950 Adventure S.

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With a slightly later start than planned on Wed (AHEM.. someone.. :) ); Curtis (Rocky Raccoon) and Sean Sykora loaded their bikes (1290 SA and Husky 701, respectfully)- along with Sean’s KLR from MexTrek #6, Which hadn’t had it’s TVIP ‘cancelled’.

I met the guys just south of Rosenberg; hopped on the trailer and we were off and running to Mission.
Arriving just before 5; we headed across the bridge to sort out permits/Visas for the next morning’s entry to Mexico.

At the border; amazingly, I had no issues with cancelling my previous permit and being issued a new one.
...some of our crew ended up being extorted for bribes- due to loose ‘violations’; namely: not having the ORIGINAL vehicle Reg. (Not title).
All-in-all; after a bit of hassle, we all were rewarded with the proper paperwork; and retreated to drop Sean’s KLR for storage - and off to the hotel for drinks in the hot tub with the other arriving MexTrekkers.

Thursday saw us all easily across the border, and riding through beautiful weather to Montemorelos for lunch.

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On the way to Rayones; we stopped at the river. Some swam, while others took the opportunity to have a short, peaceful nap. ;)
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From there, we headed up again onto the gopher-hole plateau; with a much needed water/rest (and tire repair) stop in Ciénega del Toro.
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After a long day of riding; we finished with an early evening arrival to Galeana Centro; where we checked into the hotel and regrouped for dinner and drinks to celebrate the wicked day 1 start of our adventure.
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..more later...


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Great posts . Thanks for taking the time.
 
**** yes! There is nothing better than motorcycles in Mexico with your buddies. Can't wait to see more photos.
 
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Still haven’t got around to offloading the drone video. Coming soonish. This was an amazing trip considering the weather threatened to spoil our fun. After sending a few days in Galeana, Steve and I made our way down to San Miguel to take in the annual Dia de locos parade and soak in the Aguascalientes. This is a must stop if you haven’t been. Beautiful colonial town center and the food was great. Seeing the rain coming in, we decided to leave at about 1pm from San Miguel. After pushing past the Galeana turn off, where we planned to split the trip up, we arrived in San Antonio at 1:30am grateful to be home. Can’t wait for next time!
 

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Here are some of my pics from the trip.

First time riding to Mexico and my biggest takeaway was how beautiful everything was. I didn't expect the mountains to be that big, the towns and villages we drove through to be so remote, or the rides to be that much fun. And ~1200 miles later it feels like we only saw a fraction of the mextrek region so there is still a ton out there for a later trip.


hotel
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out by the sinkhole, day 1
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out on the trail, day 2
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out on the trail, day 3
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early morning departure, day 4
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