I live full time in Southern Jalisco and hope to make it to Morelia for a few days. Although I have concerns, I know my way around Mexico well enough not to be too worried about personal safety. If anyone is coming this way and needs assistance of any kind feel free to contact me. Michoacan is known as El Alma de Mexico. The spirit of Mexico. It is the state that has all of the best of Mexico.
I'm coming down on November 1st with an advance party of Los Ancianos team members. The rest of our crew gets in that Wed. One of the club members has family that owns a hotel about 5 minutes from the centro historico of Morelia, so we will be staying there. Looks like we will have a driver and van also waiting for us. I know the Tractores Racing team (Tijuana-Tecate-Southern Cali) will be getting there on the 30th. They will be around 25-30 guys... We So. Cal, Northern Baja Mex crews are ready for this one. Its gonna be one heck of a show One of or Baja Mex racers (Ivan Ramirez) will be racing on the Mexican Trophy Team. Mitch
Bienvenidos! My plan is to ride to Oaxaca and meet some fellow Texan Beemer riders who are on the way to San Cristobal, Chiapas for the BMW rally. I'll spend a few days there and then return home to Jalisco with a couple of days stopover at Morelia for the ISDE. Let me know where you are staying. I'd like to meet up for some comida. Que te vaya bien, kiko
Our guys are in the ISDE house http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=460960047430 sounds like the usual pre ISDE US team adventures and misadventures. The Italians are there and completely set up with everything, perfectly orchestrated logistics (well, as perfect as Italians can orchestrate logistics anyway) Its nice to have the FMI National Federation behind you. http://www.federmoto.it/ see the 2 cartoline di morelia vids. Thought it was more like northern US terrain, with trees and moist earth like valle de bravo. But its not, it looks like SW type stuff, dry, rocky and hard. Our guys should do well in this environment. Hope Destry has a better exhaust system this year!!! This condition also suits the Azzurri as well,,,but I think that France is the team to beat (again). Mexico may surprise at their home ISDE as well. Best of show to all. Wish I could have pulled this one off to go. SanDhusky is or will be there, hope for some personal updates.
Thats right. I will be leaving this Monday, November 1st. Will miss day 1 racing, but good for the rest of the event. Our Mex contacts have purchased our Day 6 (Moto) tickets for us. I'm thinking the US team will have a very good shot for a top 3. As long as Team USA keeps its bikes and riders in 1 piece, we should be top 3 at the end. The Frenchies are always tough and the defending champs, so they are obviously the favs to top the podium. I will try and post a daily report here on CH. Mitch
Check out the tents. Husky looks well represented. http://www.isde2010.com/mx_ns_notic...-colorido-del-isde-ya-invade-a-michoacan.html
rain was reported yesterday, good for anti dust. hope not too much. the dry hard is good for our team.
USA Club Team Rider Billy Burns, reported that it was a quick hard rain storm, not a soaker. What's up with the USA Trophy Team's reverse pattern helmets? They don't want to be be mistaken for a lowly Club Team rider?
See results here. Salvini leads special on the TE250 (Meo not up to speed,yet?) Juha P2 on the very slow and slow steering 449. Lulu ,,,she is fast!!! as far as the Women's catagory goes. http://www.isde-live.info/
SanDHusky, told me to report to the cafe crew he just phoned in, he and his crew are at Diana del Bosco hotel (Diana of the forest) And he has the entire team France entourage staying there as well. They have all their own catering and chefs with them. He will see the riders soon as they should be around for dinner. Later here http://www.dianadelbosque.com/
wow the French are killin it 1st day done. P2 E1 Meo P1,2&4 in E2 Aubert, Thain, DEPARROIS P2 E3 Gillaume Fred Hoess P7 OA after day 1 in C1 dang good for "old" guy just checkin times Aubert is insanely fast.
Saw Billy just over a week ago. He was at the ISDT Reunion racing a Hodaka 175 Badger. He was flying on it. I think maybe that should have been his choice for the ISDE. LOL. What are you talking about Reverse Pattern ? Honestly , I think the FIM should go back to requiring the teams to wear their countries colors on their helmets like they have had to for 60 years. It should be a point of personal and country pride to do so. I worked my arse off for the right to wear the colors.
Why would Dry Hard be good for our team ? We almost won in 1982 when it was so muddy that only about 20% of the riders finished. Americans are survival riders who are at their best when the going gets tough.
Trophy Team riders helmets are white with blue skunk stripes and red trim...... http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Other/Mexico-ISDE-pre-Race/14377868_USw9B#1068872350_W5PDG
understood about the tough stuff but I said that because most of 2010team if asked would prefer dry and rocky (In my opinion)Destry is a dry ride dez H&H guy from Az. Weigand is a dez/baja specialist(now) Caselli is a dry,dez specialist from Ca dez, Woods is a dry ride Ca.western guy with Jarrett(mud yes) and Brown(prob our best all around rider) excepted. IMHO advantageous to US team if conditions remain as they are, but also advantage to the Euro powerhouses in these conditions as well (as seen in the times posted). We gotta get at least a podium this time!! Go US Trophy team and go W and C riders!!
Wally Palmer in P5 scratch in C2!! great run Hoess holding down 7th C1!! good stuff from the club guys!!
Remaining Wally Shirts just went up to $100! Jersey Boyz are ripping it and the top 3 club teams are really not club teams and stacked from non participnats. Aubert is absoluteley flying and France is totally ripping! If Nambotin is their "throwaway" for day 1...then God help the rest for the other 5 days. Oblucki is carrying a also strong Polish team too! Joe
I agree. Some things are not meant to be changed. You wouldn't/shouldn't "bling up" the American flag......so why alter the good old mud, blood, and sweat and tried and true "skunk stripes"?
