my 2025 baja trip, video and more

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so earlier this year we had a great private baja trip from Tecate to bay of LA and back about 1000 miles

first night i hit a huge hole i didn't see and tweaked my front bulkhead badly, bent an inner tie rod, steering wheel was 90 deg from straight and a massive pull, first day of 7 yikes

anyways when you see the part of me chaining my car to a tree i was hoping to pull the frame back some, what you didn't see is i did it so hard i broke a massive chain in half. the next morning i cut one of the four main bulkhead tubes hoping it would spring back--nope. long story short is i pulled it apart with huge come along and then inserted a 1/4" thick disc and welded the frame back together it was 50% better, later in the trip my inner tie rod broke and had to McGuyer it to get home (i was 500 miles south of border when it happened

when you see the part with the sawzall is my buddy with a 2023 Polaris with huge cast aluminum arms broke an upper ball joint, i had a spare can am one with me but the hole needed to be bigger, so he let me take a sawzall to his $3-400 upper arm to fit the ball joint. if he didn't his car would still be out there and left because where we were would take days to get the parts and install them correctly all while he spent multiple nights out there. it was the better of the two evils
 
Well that doesn't look like it sucked one bit. 👍🏼

Had you done this trip before??

Thanks for sharing!
 
Pretty awesome looking trip, perfect trails for SXS's. The Drone video really shows what it all looks like, thanks for sharing!
 
Baja is on another level for off roading, there are no tow trucks and easy fixes, you must be overly prepared. Great video
 
You hear So many horror stories...

There is a guy on RDP who was held at gun point, with his whole family face down in a ditch, while the shit heads drove away with his rig.

It looks absolutely amazing down there, but the fear is a real thing.

I kinda dig life.
 
rivermobster said:
You hear So many horror stories...

There is a guy on RDP who was held at gun point, with his whole family face down in a ditch, while the shit heads drove away with his rig.

It looks absolutely amazing down there, but the fear is a real thing.

I kinda dig life.
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My attitude down there is simple, stay with a group, don't be out at night, don't be a drunk American, and don't go looking for drugs...........I have the same rules for most big city downtowns now.

Either way, don't make yourself an easy target.

We go down twice a year and do Raptor runs, be prepared and be aware of everything. And Baja is quite a bit different than the mainland.
 
Cookie said:
My attitude down there is simple, stay with a group, don't be out at night, don't be a drunk American, and don't go looking for drugs...........I have the same rules for most big city downtowns now.

Either way, don't make yourself an easy target.

We go down twice a year and do Raptor runs, be prepared and be aware of everything. And Baja is quite a bit different than the mainland.
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Different? How so?
 
rivermobster said:
Different? How so?
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Most of the drug trade flows thru the mainland. To get it on the peninsula, it needs to shipped by boat first, then trucked up to the border. Also, there is a lot of empty desert with no population in the upper part of the mainland. Just the drive from Nogales to Rocky Point can be pretty isolating. One more thing, many people in Baja make a lot of money on the racing, they know not to mess with that money tree.

I am not naive on this, lots of crime in Baja, just look at the stats of TJ and Ensenada in murders. Again, be smart and aware of your surroundings.
 
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