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I have spent 18 yrs as a tour guide in MX. I have seen many posts similar to yours. It is simply the best! The choice of music, outstanding! Thank You!
Frank 'Pancho" Cummings
McAllen, TX
I've ridden into Mexico one time, back in 1989 when I was riding a Honda Shadow 800. Passing through Tijuana was uneventful but never safe, not even 20+ years ago. Definitely not now.
The Baja Peninsula was phenomenally beautiful and the main highway was all smooth blacktop. I was surprised by that. No issues on the trip but in today's world its all together a different animal. Millions of tourists flock there each year and as long as you limit yourself to the resorts and organized journeys by well-qualified guides, you're going to be ok, 99% of the time. A few tourists have ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time and have either been kidnapped or worse. Traveling by Beemer leaves you somewhat vulnerable, so for me, I'd rather not take the risk. I saw a Discovery Channel documentary a couple of years ago where a guy was touring Mexico by motorcycle and ended up being kidnapped by rebels and held for months before he convinced them that he had terminal cancer and would die soon. Thinking he would be no use to them dead, his captors decided to let him go.
I still have a lifetime's worth of unseen road to cover in the US, so for me, a ride along the Pacific Coast looks identical (but not as desolate) to Mexico's Coast Highway (Tijuana to Rosarita and beyond) and its a whole lot safer.
If you go, I would go with a professional motorcycle touring company who knows where not to go...or someone you trust who has toured there by motorcycle before and has experience in that country. Best of luck!
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Would you mind if I copied the link & shared it with another N/G I follow ? They're a bunch of Kawasaki guys.
I have spent 18 yrs as a tour guide in MX. I have seen many posts similar to yours. It is simply the best! The choice of music, outstanding! Thank You!
Frank 'Pancho" Cummings
McAllen, TX