bigjohnsd
'21 R1250 GS Adv
I'm starting this "Ride Report" now to get a jump on the process.
AbercrombieFJR will be here to pick me up later this afternoon.
He even bought a new trailer to haul my new bike in! - more later!
Our first stop will be to pick up our riding partner Kip W. in Alamosa CO , then a long drive to SkooterG's in Phoenix where we will park the trailer, unload the bikes, and make any final preparations. We head for the border on Sunday morning. We (Skooter, Abercrombie, Kip, and I) will rendezvous with Frankie D and Mark B. at Douglas AZ early Sunday afternoon.
We plan on getting our cross-border paperwork completed Sunday afternoon and then crossing into Sonora early Monday morning with no delays having had our FMMs (Tourism Permits)validated on Sunday. TVIPs (Temporary Vehicle Import Permits) were completed in advance online as was the purchase of the requisite Mexican Insurance.
Our track(s) take us
South to the Copper Canyon followed by a return to the Estados Unidos via Douglas AZ either 17 or 18 April. There are "Easy Routes, Moderate Routes, and a few "Young Guys on smaller bikes Routes" we won't likely be riding those.
We have a mix of machinery but by and large, it has a distinctly German flavor:
FrankieD - GSA 1200
Kip W - GSA 1200
SkooterG - GSA 1200
MarkB - GSA 1250HP
Me(BigJohnSD) - GSA 1250
AbercrombieFJR - Yamaha S10
We have appropriately christened ourselves - " Seis Viejos Pedos en Motos Grande " which loosely translates to " Six Old Farts on Big Bikes "
Here is a Spotwalla link to my position - https://new.spotwalla.com/trip/d955-c614b7-2187/view?homeActive=1&showAll=1 which becomes active today and remains active through April 18th.
Looking forward to a great ride with great friends - hope to have plenty of pictures and also hope that the internet along the way isn't too sketchy and will allow me to post them.
The next update will be from Kip's in Alamosa or from SkooterG's in Phoenix on April 9th.
AbercrombieFJR will be here to pick me up later this afternoon.
He even bought a new trailer to haul my new bike in! - more later!
Our first stop will be to pick up our riding partner Kip W. in Alamosa CO , then a long drive to SkooterG's in Phoenix where we will park the trailer, unload the bikes, and make any final preparations. We head for the border on Sunday morning. We (Skooter, Abercrombie, Kip, and I) will rendezvous with Frankie D and Mark B. at Douglas AZ early Sunday afternoon.
We plan on getting our cross-border paperwork completed Sunday afternoon and then crossing into Sonora early Monday morning with no delays having had our FMMs (Tourism Permits)validated on Sunday. TVIPs (Temporary Vehicle Import Permits) were completed in advance online as was the purchase of the requisite Mexican Insurance.
Our track(s) take us
South to the Copper Canyon followed by a return to the Estados Unidos via Douglas AZ either 17 or 18 April. There are "Easy Routes, Moderate Routes, and a few "Young Guys on smaller bikes Routes" we won't likely be riding those.
We have a mix of machinery but by and large, it has a distinctly German flavor:
FrankieD - GSA 1200
Kip W - GSA 1200
SkooterG - GSA 1200
MarkB - GSA 1250HP
Me(BigJohnSD) - GSA 1250
AbercrombieFJR - Yamaha S10
We have appropriately christened ourselves - " Seis Viejos Pedos en Motos Grande " which loosely translates to " Six Old Farts on Big Bikes "
Here is a Spotwalla link to my position - https://new.spotwalla.com/trip/d955-c614b7-2187/view?homeActive=1&showAll=1 which becomes active today and remains active through April 18th.
Looking forward to a great ride with great friends - hope to have plenty of pictures and also hope that the internet along the way isn't too sketchy and will allow me to post them.
The next update will be from Kip's in Alamosa or from SkooterG's in Phoenix on April 9th.