The KLR lives again…

Looks like that new KLR battery did the trick.   I just finished the installation, the old girl fired right up, and I took her out for a couple of miles just to make sure everything is okay.

My good buddy J wants to do another Baja trip, and it wouldn’t take much for me to agree to that…

That photo above is from a trip Primo and I did down to Guerrero Negro in October 2009, which was the last time the KLR was in Baja.   I think the translation is Baja hace señas, and if Google translate is right, that means Baja beckons…

The Baja ’09 run was a fun ride, and if you want to read the whole ride report (including me being a fast food meal for the wild dogs of Mexico, discovering a cool shipwreck off a remote stretch of the Baja coastline, riding out to an  abandoned onyx mine, our re-discovery of an ancient Jesuit mission, and lots of good food and pretty girls), you can do so here.

Our next Baja adventure will most likely be in March…and we may even have an editor from one of the national motorcycle magazines riding along with us!   You can bet I’m looking forward to it.

Speaking of which, there’s lots happening in Baja right now.   Carla King (our good buddy from Misadventures Media) is down there as you read this, and she has been posting awesome photos (you can see those here).    The other newsworthy event is that an earthquake took down a stretch of the Transpeninsular Highway just south of Tijuana near Salsipuedas…I heard about this from J yesterday and the news is starting to come in…

I’ve ridden right through that stretch many times, including the CSC Baja trip a couple of years ago.   The CSC Baja ride sure was a hoot…here’s a photo with the bikes overlooking the Sea of Cortez, right on the Tropic of Cancer marker…

That ride was one of the best Baja trips I’ve ever done, and if you want to read that ride report…well, here you go!

I received a couple of nice photos and a nice note from our good buddy Russ, so watch for those in an upcoming blog.

That’s it for now…Susie and I are off to Harbor Freight to pick up a few items.   It’s one of those stores where I just like wandering the aisles, and Susie is okay with me doing so today.   Gotta strike while the iron is hot!

Later, folks!