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| Bmw Bergen The course from here was fast graded roads sandy roads and tidal flats with a few muddy spots on the Pacific coast before it turned inland to the town of La Purisma. From La Purisma it was a lot of old washed out rocky roads to the Gulf side of the coast. |
| Bmw Phoenix The last 60 miles into Loreto was the toughest part of my section. Bmw Bergen. Some parts were brand new road freshly cut just for the race. |
| Bmw Riverside It was twisty tight and technical with a lot of sand washes and rocks. 1st and 2nd gear for long sections. Bmw Phoenix. I passed about eight riders three with broken bikes and had a troublefree ride. |
| Bmw Nassau I arrived in Loreto at 11:45 p. m then jumped into our chase truck and drove to Insurgentes for the next section. Bmw Riverside. Peter Postel was scheduled to ride the HP 2 Enduro from Loreto but a slight change occurred. |
| Bmw Boston The original plan was for me to ride Loreto to the finish said Postel however Tony came in and said he was feeling great so the decision was made for me to push hard through the next section to stay ahead of the Trophy trucks and then he would get back on the bike. Bmw Bergen. We checked the bike when he pulled in and the rear tire was completely gone so we changed it there. |
| Bmw Miami The amount of spectators were unbelievable even at 1. South of San Javier there was a lot of water left over from the hurricanes. Bmw Bergen. Postel went on to say I believe about 27 water crossings. |
| Bmw Tampa Also the course was extremely rocky riding over boulders for miles. Bmw Bergen. I passed six other riders in this section. |
| Fort Lauderdale Bmw Then going out to the highway lots of single lane silt. From there to the finish there were big silt beds to the ocean some so deep the cylinder heads were dragging. Bmw Bergen. This was an area to just get through and survive. |
| Bmw Motorcycle Postel did just that before handing off to Megla who had this to report: When Pete arrived he was completely soaked from all the water crossings. I got back on the bike at around 2:30 in the morning. In this last section I made a wrong turn when the locals took down the course markings and I went about 5 miles off course. Bmw Bergen. Once I was back on course there were miles and miles of deep silt. |
| Bmw Detroit, Bmw Middlesex The ruts in the road filled in with the silt and the road looked hard until the bike just droops out from underneath you and the ruts almost completely stop you. Bmw Bergen. I arrived at mile 943 at about 4:30 a. Bmw Riverside. and gave the bike back to Peter. Bmw Nassau. Postel finished about 100 miles later in La Paz bringing the BMW Motorrad OffRoad team to the 14th overall position in the motorcycle class and sixth in class 22 (ProMotorcycles over 251 cc). Bmw Bergen. This strong of a finish on a motorcycle as large as the HP 2 Enduro in conditions as challenging as the Baja 1000 is nothing short of amazing. |
