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I rode the 901 Expedition this weekend and it’s absolutely delicious. And yeh, BMW finally made the middleweight into a touring dirt bike. I’m lurking in the bushes waiting for a chance to ride the F900 off road. It seems BMW nailed it for this category.

Try to keep up Tim, lol. Where’ve you been brother?

I’m gonna spin up a half day tomorrow/ Saturday on the new to me skinny bike. It’s close and easy at Otay Mtn. Im on a 450 and looking to just get aquainted with the bike. My prior ride buddies have fallen back to “maybe “ status so I thought I’d throw out an invite. I’ll be at the Jamul gas station at 8am tomorrow for an approximate half day ride. I don’t know the single track trails at Otay, so am open to ideas and suggestions. current plan is to hop in at the pink gate and see what happens from there. Might go past Marron Valley and over the top to 94. Don’t really care as I’m just looking to make friends with the KTM. If you want to join me and spin up a few miles just reply here or be at the gas station by 8 am. Cheers. If you come and have trail suggestions, I’m all ears.

About 18 of us leave Globe this morning on the AZBDR for 6 days. There’s every kind of bike present from 450 RL, to 660, 690, 901 and 1250’s. We’ll split into 2 groups, a faster and a slower. We’ll see all sizes of bikes in both groups, proving once again it’s the Indian, not the arrow. We had a coaching ride day yesterday on part of the BDR for some to play with new skills from the weekend class. Spirits are high!

Well there’s 3 but only 1 takes air. If we added a couple more rim locks there probably wouldn’t be need for air, or mousse! Kidding aside now, 13lbs each front and rear w 2 rim locks per wheel. This thing is a hoot.

I guess it was the Sinaloa Cartel that turned in the murderers.

Tube's I believe. I haven't looked inside those tires yet, LOL! I hope to take it to AZ this weekend for a few days of squirreling around. Will then jump on the 1250 for a week of AZ/UT BDR camping. Geeze, 2 bikes in the truck.... I'm starting to look like @MacDuncan

I'd love to do this. But likely won't have the time for until about a year from now. No one told me retirement would flood my calendar this way

Friday night I posted up a quickie call for anyone to join Jim and me on a Saturday morning Otay ride. Bill and Mike answered the call and the 4 of us dove in at the Pink Gate. it’s been years since I ride there so it all felt new to me. I’d forgotten how much good trail there is in there. Jim was in classic form, ever ready with an eye for a good pic here and there. Thanks Jim. This was my first ride on the 450, and it did not disappoint. Amazing machine, and quite the adjustment from the 1250. . . . Ya THINK?!?! What a hoot. It’s gonna take a minute to calibrate myself to this little rocket. Gotta say, it’s a treat to fly it over “stuff” and land on a cloud. And pull the throttle to effortlessly lift the front over trouble. … and a good time was had by all! Especially when you end with those incredible street tacos in Dulzura. until next time!

When you think about Mexico being the #1 world wide destination for US tourists, and that 1.6M US citizens live there, I think it brings some perspective to this. It's pretty horrible though no matter what country it happens in. I've spent considerable time both where it happened and where they were dumped (as many of you have), and have never seen or felt the slightest sense of danger. I hope that never changes. It sure helps when you travel in groups.

I am too. I suppose we can have a do over soon?

I could be down for that.

Thanks for joining Bill. I had a great time and it’s awesome that 4 of us came together on such short notice.

Awesome. Because this is so last minute, you do what’s best for you. I’ll leave the gas station at 8:05 and head to the pink gate. You can meet me at either place. glad you are up for it. See you out there.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Jj5gMuQcPJ2wgoSz9?g_st=ic

Hadn’t heard about this. Ugh, pretty sad.

That's a pretty historic Italian machine. I have a soft spot for both Ducati and for unique bikes like this.

Would help you in a heartbeat but can’t cancel what I have. I can help week after next, any day though.

On r again, nicely done Padu. Thanks for sharing here.

rode it both ways on March 13 and March 16. Both trails were in excellent condition. The sand on Compadre was reasonably packed save for about 2 or 300 yards of freshly graded dirt fluff (which should be packed by now). The river crossing was only about 8-10" deep and had firm grip, no slime. ValleT was in the best shape I've ever seen it. The normally DEEP ruts in the corners were pretty filled in. I would happily take Noobs on it (and did). I'm always on the 1250, pulling other 12xx's, 890's, T7's behind me. My only caution would be to always ride right. Never left. Especially in Baja. And if it's raining, skip Compadre altogether unless you want a story to wright about when you get home. Have fun guys! Compadre...

If you’re talking this … https://maps.app.goo.gl/AvsZBZfKBX9X1nNm9?g_st=ic , I rode it both directions a couple weeks ago. It’s in very good condition and the ruts are minimal instead of the normally deep. I don’t recall any sand worth mentioning on it. I was on my 1250 GS. The view from the summit is fantastic and everything is green! A couple shots from our group

Looking forward to that Tom.

I've been excited to hear your thoughts and experience with this event. Thank Padu for posting up on this. It's getting harder and harder for me to hold back from buying a 500.

I really enjoyed this 7 part YouTube series. It reminded me of the mystery and wonder of discovering Adventure riding. The early years of our sport . . . any sport really are filled with excitement, discovery, hard knocks and hopefully success. It's the honeymoon period and is often the "best" times of the adventure. I both miss these times, and enjoy the present and hopefully my future moto adventures. Hope this series makes someone here smile and remember the "dumb" things we did and risks we took when we were young and broke. Good stuff.