Hwy 94 to Tecate short cut?

[tvscum 43]

Anybody done this leg?  Any gates?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CWYzmNH03EE_duSFHqo61vX7xRw&usp=sharing

[paulmbowers 236]

I once tried- several years ago.

BP wasn't having it. No sir.

[Dan Diego 40]

Reximus may chime in here, but we tried it and there wasn't a way. At least we couldn't find one.

It's a problem of geography, not of locked gates.

But if there's a route, I'd like to try it.

[paulmbowers 236]

1 minute ago, Dan Diego said:

Reximus may chime in here, but we tried it and there wasn't a way. At least we couldn't find one.

It's a problem of geography, not of locked gates.

But if there's a route, I'd like to try it.

I'd try it with you, DD.

[Oracle 195]

How about one of you southerners put together an intermediate and up big bike ride for next weekend. I need to get down that way soon.

[Bp619 104]

2 minutes ago, Oracle said:

How about one of you southerners put together an intermediate and up big bike ride for next weekend. I need to get down that way soon.

I might be free to join. Especially that border track DD just did out to jacumba 

[dirt dame 559]

A group of us rode up to Tecate Peak back in 2007 or 2008.....

[Dan Diego 40]

23 minutes ago, Bp619 said:

I might be free to join. Especially that border track DD just did out to jacumba 

Yeah, the route from the Tecate POE out to Jacumba is pretty cool.

There are secondary routes to the side of the actual border road if that is too tame.

[Dan Diego 40]

1 hour ago, paulmbowers said:

I'd try it with you, DD.

In like Aerosol Flynn.

[Oracle 195]

No squids

[tvscum 43]

I saw earlier posts about trying to ride over Tecate Peak.  It did not appear to be possible.  The route I am looking at goes around it by hopping on Hwy 94 for a bit and then back to dirt on the east side.  Looks doable if the Border Patrol is friendly.

Heading out to Campo after Tecate, which is easy.

[tvscum 43]

1 hour ago, dirt dame said:

A group of us rode up to Tecate Peak back in 2007 or 2008.....

Could shoot up Tecate Peak too from the east.

[Dan Diego 40]

5 minutes ago, tvscum said:

I saw earlier posts about trying to ride over Tecate Peak.  It did not appear to be possible.  The route I am looking at goes around it by hopping on Hwy 94 for a bit and then back to dirt on the east side.  Looks doable if the Border Patrol is friendly.

That's the trick, right there. It's what Reximus and I did.

And in my experience, the BP guys are real sweethearts.

[tvscum 43]

14 minutes ago, Dan Diego said:

That's the trick, right there. It's what Reximus and I did.

And in my experience, the BP guys are real sweethearts.

Thanks will give it a shot.

[ADV Bum 205]

13 hours ago, Oracle said:

How about one of you southerners put together an intermediate and up big bike ride for next weekend. I need to get down that way soon.

 

I would be in for this. I need more seat time on the 990.

[paulmbowers 236]

I might be confused. 

 

The ride east of Tecate is fun, and I've done it several times. 

 

West out of Tecate along the border has always (for me) been a non-starter. 

[Dan Diego 40]

That's exactly it. The west side can be fun but it's not a "through" venture. 

[paulmbowers 236]

1 hour ago, ADV Bum said:

 

 I need more seat time on the 990.

Yeah. Me too. 

[Danmule 2]

Sounds intresting. Id like to make this trip too.

[ADV Bum 205]

14 minutes ago, paulmbowers said:

Yeah. Me too. 

Nice job taking it into the sand. I am not there yet. I can barely touch the ground on this bike. The height and the weight is Fn with me. I am trying to get a lower seat and hopefully that will help. I like all the travel and ground clearance, but it would be nice to be flat footed like the guy behind you!

[paulmbowers 236]

Yeah...paying the price for that decision.

 

Everytime I cough, sneeze or roll over in the nightime. Despite how it looks, that silt is VERY deep, and it was not an easy, gentle tipover.

[rojodogg 0]

Road Construction is done in Tecate, central plaza is real nice. My experiance is BP are always nice but will point out that there is a lot of private land and BLM that they use,  none of it is theirs.  Tecate peak is tribal land if I remember correctly. Next time I am over there I will investigate the route.

[Reximus 10]

On 5/6/2016 at 4:48 PM, tvscum said:

Anybody done this leg?  Any gates?

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CWYzmNH03EE_duSFHqo61vX7xRw&usp=sharing

This route was open all summer, easy, big bike friendly. BP has always been good to me :-)

[Reximus 10]

Just motor politely past the house immediately when you turn off 94. There is quad track EVERYWHERE. As you follow the border fence eastward, be sure to turn north before you are about 500 yards west of the POE. Its not illegal area, just a dead end.

[paulmbowers 236]

5 minutes ago, Reximus said:

Just motor politely past the house immediately when you turn off 94. There is quad track EVERYWHERE. As you follow the border fence eastward, be sure to turn north before you are about 500 yards west of the POE. Its not illegal area, just a dead end.

Reximus = ride leader.