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Welcome to the forum. Nice bike! Corral canyon is a great place that's not as hot as the desert now. Just be careful on weekends, a lot of UTVs, Jeeps etc. coming around blind corners. You'll need a US forest adventure pass. I recommend get the yearly at Big 5 sporting goods.

Wow super beautiful country up there. Are you close to Vernal by chance? I've been reading a lot of posts on ADVrider about this OnX offroad map application. Might be something to get you the missing trail details. https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app

I came across Tecate (pickup truck) a week ago (yes Mother's day) around 11:45 AM. 2.5 hour wait. Plenty of bikes were riding along the wall and splitting lanes to the front towards the right turn.

Great photos! It blows my mind that those guys used to ride those Triumphs, Nortons, BSAs etc. out in our deserts and down Baja. I think Steve McQueen rode the Mexican 1000 on a Triumph. https://ormhof.org/steve-mcqueen

Completely agree and glad it has helped. I stopped all processed sugar and added sugar, my sciatica has almost left. Supposedly it's sugar causing inflamation.

Thanks for the 411! I saw some fencing wire strung across the road near the sawmill close to Laguna Hanson a few years back. Always assume the worst around blind corners.

I recommend Mark at DMC performance in El Cajon. He rebuilt my 660 Rhino that sucked in an exhaust valve. Did a great job and wasn't crazy expensive. Address: 1948 N Marshall Ave suite 105, El Cajon, CA 92020 Phone: (619) 929-6339 Just my 2 cents.

Cheers Kip, Will the bike be in huge wooden crates?

Welcome bRad!

The kids track at Pala off weekend might work. https://raceway.palatribe.com/track-info

Very nice! That trail from Buckman over the top to Pine Valley is fun.

I've got to push this Guadalupe canyon ride out. I'm still helping my disabled USMC buddy out in Yuma. He's a physical mess.

I'm thinking of an easy ride for a weekend to get some newer (John DR650) into Baja travel. I started going to Guadalupe Canyon when the old man was still running it 1987. His two sons have split it in two separate campos now. You get your own hot tub, picnic table, and a sleeping platform made from plywood on top of pallets. If I remember it was $20 a night in 2009. Food and beer is available at the "cool" pool. Lots of great hiking up the palm canyon and vistas up the wazzoo. Some pavement riding from Tecate down HWY 2 then about 30 miles of washboard rode to the canyon. For those trailering, we'd park at Potrero County park $15 a night with ranger presence. Ride across into Tecate BCN, then down hwy 2 to turn off on Laguna Salada. Should start getting cool enough to want to be in a hot tub around late October. Canyon Guadalupe

Yes. FMM for sure. Tecate is actually the easiest crossing to have it stamped at.

I will have to push out the timing of the Guadalupe ride until the end of November. I've got to help a buddy (disabled USMC vet) find a place to live in Yuma end of October/early November. He is currently in transitional housing in Phoenix and his time is up there. Yes it will be cooler but that will make the hot tubs better to soak in.

Thanks Randy. Bummer I can't make that date (getting more elk burgers in Utah).

Fantastic!!

At least Mexican liability insurance (recommend BajaBound). In theory an FMM (tourist card). It's free for 7 days I believe. We'd have to have it stamped in Tecate to be valid. FMM

Depending on work, I was thinking the last weekend in October or early November. Any black out dates that time frame for you?

According to wunderground history for Laguna Salada (close enough) weather station the low for October 31- November 5 was 52 F. Remember though after a few beers and an hour in the hot tubs you stay warm. If not jump back into the tub. 😜

Not to hijack your thread @padu. I've been using Onx hunting app on my android for several years. Super easy and very detailed. They just released an Onx offroad app. It's not free except for the trail version. Might be something to use to create your roll chart. ONX offroad

They have pallets covered with plywood to sleep on. I just bring a light sleeping bag myself. Hopefully they didn't change that setup since I was there last.

@CJ da Viking I'm thinking that we should for sure wait until Fall to let the desert cool down a bit. My idea is either late October or early/mid November. Not sure yet, but more than likely I'll truck my bike down to Potrero County park (It was $15 a day parking back in 2009). Then ride into Baja. We can all meet at the Tecate US side gas station. We can do either a early Saturday morning start, or a mid-day Friday start. Play it by ear for now. I'd plan on returning Sunday around noon or so. Here is the link to their reservation page. Once we decide on the weekend we should all reserve a tub/sleeping area. Reservations

@Zubb asked for the elk. I thought it was a shoulder roast but on further inspection it's back strap (never tried smoking elk yet). I drew any bull elk tags for this October so may get lucky and have some more then.

RIght, not technical to the hot springs. There is a trail up Canon Tajo just south of Guadalupe with some granite steps and through a cholla forest. I did it on my old TT600 without any issues. Also for those with some fuel range you can continue south and connect to hwy 3 hang a right back to Ensenada or hang a left to San Felipe. There are some deep sand sections this way and rocky patches.