END: Border Crossing to Austin, Fly Home Motorcycle Ride Day 16/17

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”—ROBERT FROST People alive today rarely know the differences between a war story and a fairy tale. In a fairy tale, the story almost always starts out-with “Once upon a time”, blah, blah, blah blah; whereas, in a war story you first hear the words, “No shit, and […]

Tampico to Weslaco, Texas Day 14

And for the rest of this trip; I can’t afford to stay in motels anymore; my pesos are all gone, my debit card shows a balance of $100 US; my iPhone has crapped out on me and my BMW motorcycle has been reminding me the past 1,000 miles that it’s now due for service. Am […]

Oaxaca to Tlacotalpan Motorcycle Ride Day 4

The A team separated earlier, on account of Todd’s an exploded rear KTM 1290 shock. The Alaskan Dragon is still running so Todd is nursing it back to Mexico City with Joey and Chris as wingmen. More details to follow in Day 5 ride story. If you haven’t yet figured it out; we can’t blame […]

Puerto Escondido back to Oaxaca Day 3

Today we rode far more twisties than the tail of the dragon, and my left lean has improved considerably; now I can stay with the best of them. Since there are only nine days that go without a fiesta somewhere in all of Mexico we decided to throw Fireman Tracy a little birthday party complete […]