We had ridden close to 400km that day when our guide Juan asked us: “There is a place I’d like to take you to tomorrow, it’s a long ride but we’ll get to ride a 4000 meters pass, are you…
The Good, the Farc & the Cocuy
Barichara, Colombia to El Cocuy, Colombia July 6 to July 9, 2014 Debating the detour El Cocuy was on our radar thanks to our friends at Moto Pasaran but this tiny town, perched high up in the mountains of Eastern…
Guatemala
Reinforcing the DR subframe
A known weak point Among the few known weak points of the DR is the left tab that normally holds the back of the grab bar. Under normal circumstances you will probably never even notice it is there. Mount almost…
DR650SE Sprockets and chain
Durability and versatility were the two main criteria behind our choice of chain and sprockets for our DRs. Chain We decided to stick with a 525 chain. The reason is quite obvious, it last longer than a 520 chain. There…
Mud bath & bent sprocket
To keep you entertained while we work on our next post covering the Guatemala-Nicaragua leg of our adventure, here is a short story of a recent Costa Rican escapade. I was particularly excited to finally reach Costa Rica for an…
Entering El Salvador at Las Chinamas
Gateway to the “Flower Route” [map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:right; margin:10px 0px 10px 10px; border: 1px solid black;” marker=”yes” markerimage=”http://www.wolfandzebra.com/files/map_pin.png” lat=”14.017620″ lon=”-89.906870″ maptype=”OSM” z=”6″]La Ruta de Las Flores in El Salvador came highly recommended by other travellers. The road goes…
Venturing on Atitlan south shore with Motopasaran
To recover from our two weeks of intensive Spanish language immersion, The Zebra and I spent the week-end touring el Lago Atitlan. After about one and a half hours of very entertaining twisties leading to Patzun and a river crossing,…
Mexico
Entering Guatemala at El Ceibo
Not a backdoor but close [map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:right; margin:10px 0px 10px 10px; border: 1px solid black;” marker=”yes” markerimage=”http://www.wolfandzebra.com/files/map_pin.png” lat=”17.259563″ lon=”-90.987861″ maptype=”OSM” z=”6″]We crossed the border into Guatemala at El Ceibo on Apr 30, 2014 and had a wonderful…