{"id":8430,"date":"2020-05-06T05:31:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=8430"},"modified":"2021-05-07T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:24:52","slug":"medellin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/05\/06\/medellin\/","title":{"rendered":"Medellin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My ride through Colombia started on 13 December 2015 (it’s hard to believe it was more than 4 years ago; it feels like it was last year).\u00a0 What started this trip down memory lane for me was the Netflix TV series Narcos<\/em>, and yeah, Susie and I binge-watched the first two seasons (which culminated in the Colombian forces taking down Pablo Escobar).\u00a0 It was an awesome series, filmed in Colombia, and the scenery took me back to that awesome adventure ride with my good buddies Juan and Carlos. \u00a0 Like I said in the last blog, I wanted to treat you to the blogs I wrote for CSC<\/a> when I was on that trip, and this was the first one I did upon my arrival in Colombia.<\/p>\n

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There are no straight roads in Medellin, there are more motorcycles than cars, the weather is awesome, and the cuisine is incredible. If that doesn\u2019t sound like heaven to you, well, you need to rethink your concept of fun. Colombia, folks! On an RX3! What an adventure!<\/p>\n

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So today is Day 1, we put a couple of hundred miles on the AKT Moto RX3 motorcycles, and we haven\u2019t even started our journey yet (it officially begins tomorrow). My good buddies Juan Carlos and Carlos (there are a lot of guys named Carlos over here) set today aside just to let me get used to riding in Colombia.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a shot of me with my two moto buddies in a village somewhere in the mountains surrounding Medellin.<\/p>\n

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Back to the RX3 designation\u2026AKT Moto is one of Zongshen\u2019s largest customers, and they sell a carbureted version of our favorite motorcycle called the RS3. It\u2019s a cool bike. Here\u2019s a shot of mine\u2026it\u2019s the one I\u2019ll put 2500 miles on here in Colombia in the next week or so.<\/p>\n

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And that village? It\u2019s actually called Mesopotamia. Folks, I can\u2019t make up stuff this good!<\/p>\n

Motorcycling in Colombia is substantially different than what we\u2019re used to. For starters, there\u2019s the prevalence of motorcycles. I\u2019m not exaggerating. I saw far more motorcycles today than cars. It seems to be the national pastime. There were thousand (maybe tens of thousands) of riders in the hills this morning.<\/p>\n

More interesting facts:<\/p>\n