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During Labor Day weekend I'll be heading down with Giant Motorsports to Mexico for the Baja Mini Tour(again). I'll try and take my camera along to share some fun with you guys and girls. As long as it doesn't get confiscated by the federales.

Last year was my first year down to Mexico and I was scared as can be, which probably made me well prepared for the worst to happen. We did the whole trip in 2 and half days last year from Garden Grove, CA to Ensenada, Mexico then from Ensenada to San Quentin and then back home. We bring the offroad trucks and run the race course all from Ensenada to San Quentin. Many times we run into riders prerunning the course as well...

I have some photos I'll post below from last year's trip. And when I return, if I don't someone come save me, I'll post up new photos.  

BTW - any of you guys ride mexico at all?

















*note: I may have already posted something about this 6 months ago, sorry if it's a repeat... I'm excited about this trip.  
- Lindsey

wow. those pics ar epretty awesome. never rode mexice. how is it? do you see a lot of gasgas bikes down there?~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick

Yeah, its a different feeling being in another country offroading. I didn't see any GasGas bikes... mostly the riders down there are from the US.

After we went through San Tomas, we had ended up in a lil farming village of some type and little kids in the fields were running up to the trucks wanting us to give them "high-fives"... it was really neat!  
- Lindsey

lol that does sound neat. its about a  couple thousand miles closer for me to ride into canada though. ~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick

Sadly this weekend, I will NOT be making my journey down to Baja California, due to a few issues in Mexico and some personal issues of my own.

If by some miracle we make it down there, I'll take my camera along.  
- Lindsey

bummer that sounds like a aweome trip wish me and my buds could plan sumthin like that
the pix are awesome that is a pretty cool pickup in the second and third pic is that yours  
=====================i eat the desert and the dessert

Our truck is the black ford ranger, I'll see if I can find a better photo of it.  
- Lindsey

Glamis:


broken in glamis...
 
- Lindsey

Sounds like an awesome trip!  My only concern is what you have mentioned; I've heard some pretty good horror stories from trips down south.  As long as you have people who know how things work there its likely a good trip.  
Dave H 2006 YZ250
(2008 YZ 125 son)

THAT TRUCK IS A BEAST what happened to the back end?  
=====================i eat the desert and the dessert

That's too bad you can't make it. Ironically, I was just watching Dust to Glory today. Great movie.  

quazymoto360:
THAT TRUCK IS A BEAST what happened to the back end?

We had jumped into Olds Hill, started hitting massive whoops and then the temporary shock mounts gave way.  The shock mount were only temporary ones as this truck was shown at the off-road expo in Pomona. No time to build new ones, we drove out to Glamis. (I may even have a video of it, bad quality though).

And here is the aftermath of driving with temporary shock mounts(don't do it)...


Coming back down olds:


Broken temporary shock mount:
 
- Lindsey

PS. You can see the weld is so strong it did not crack or break... the whole tube ripped off.  
- Lindsey

that pic is crazy that whole hill is covered with whoops  
=====================i eat the desert and the dessert

DLHamblin:
Sounds like an awesome trip!  My only concern is what you have mentioned; I've heard some pretty good horror stories from trips down south.  As long as you have people who know how things work there its likely a good trip.

Yes, my parents don't trust me being Mexico with its current state.  Last year we had gone through a military check point on the way in from San Tomas and they made me get out of the truck and searched it. Luckily, they just told us to get back it and have fun.  
- Lindsey