More good stuff from Baja…

Home.   Back from Baja.   Already dreaming about the next trip south.   But I can’t daydream for too long…we’re headed out to the Overland Expo near Flagstaff next week.   Oh, and something we mentioned once before…if anybody wants to buy an RX3 in the Flagstaff area, we’ll add it on the truck and not charge you for shipping (but you have to act quickly; we can only fit a few on our vehicle).

I’m already missing my new Baja buddies, and I’m pretty sure the feeling is mutual.   Our group of 15 intrepid souls clicked….I already knew my old riding buddy John, and I made 13 new friends on this expedition.   Tiffany choked up a bit after she crossed the border, said her goodbyes, and turned east (check out her blog).   And Reuben wrote about the camaraderie on his blog.   I feel the same way.

My new good buddy Greg B compiled a fuel economy log during the trip and captured data for most of the bikes….he gave me the log when we split up and I want to share it with you here…

The last column (the one with the arrows) is the relevant one.   It’s the mileage over most of the trip, and it ranges from 59.1 up to 66.6.    I’d expect that kind of variation based on our riders’ different riding styles, how heavily they loaded their bikes, and maybe some small variability between bikes.   The bikes will attain around 70 mpg under ideal conditions, but throw in all the stuff you need for 5 days in Baja, traffic, mountains, off-road activities, and more, and…well, you’ll see what you see above.   Greg, thanks very much for assembling this data for us.

Four of our guys (Abe, Greg, Pete, and Juddy) liked Baja so much that they peeled off on Day 5 and headed into the hills (literally) for an expedition to Mike’s Sky Ranch.   That’s a legendary Baja motorcycle place that is, uh, how should I say this….relatively inaccessible.   It’s gnarly goat trails all the way.  But that didn’t slow our boys down, and from what I hear, it didn’t slow the RX3s down, either.

Abe grabbed photos for us when the boys were threading their way through the northern Baja mountains, and I’ll share a few of them with you…

Good times, folks!   I can’t wait to do it again!