{"id":24606,"date":"2023-12-04T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=24606"},"modified":"2023-12-03T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T00:17:38","slug":"a-baja-endurance-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/a-baja-endurance-run\/","title":{"rendered":"A Baja Endurance Run!"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMORAK (a Mexican motorcycle group) is having a Baja endurance run next month.\u00a0 It’s a ride from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas…a cool 1,632 kilometers (or 1,014 miles) that entrants must complete in less than 24 hours.\u00a0 The run commences on 12 January (you have to be in Tijuana on 11 January for inspections, registration, etc.).\u00a0 If you’re interested in taking this one on, here’s the link to get started<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’ve done that exact same trip on two different motorcycles at the extremes of the motorcycle spectrum.\u00a0 One was a Harley big twin (my old Heritage Classic) with 1340 cubic centimeters; the other was a CSC-150 Mustang replica<\/a> that had a 150cc engine.<\/p>\n

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On both of my TJ-to-Cabo rides, we took several days.\u00a0 Doing 1,000 miles in 24 hours anywhere is a challenge (as Rob Morel wrote about here<\/a> on the ExNotes blog); doing a run like this from TJ to Cabo is an extreme challenge.\u00a0 The roads are a combination of twisties, desert, coastal roads, mountain roads, and rides through the centers of many towns.\u00a0 It’s not freeway riding, and you never know when a burro or a vaca<\/em> might wander onto the road directly in front of you.\u00a0 Add in the facts that gasolina<\/em> may not be available in the middle of the night, you would have to eat somewhere along the way, and the police down there (both local and the Federales<\/em>) are more rigorous about enforcing the speed limits these days…man, I don’t know.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s more than I’d care to take on, but your mileage may vary.\u00a0 Our job is to help spread the word, and now you know.<\/p>\n

If you would like more info on riding in Baja, check out our Baja page<\/a>.\u00a0 Better yet, pick up a copy of Moto Baja<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Make sure you get BajaBound<\/a> Mexican insurance before you venture into Baja, and if you want to get the right gear (and world class moto gear), be sure to check out British Motorcycle Gear<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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