How Much Will It Cost?

Day 26 – Mazatlan April 28, 2008

Today we find out what is wrong with Lee’s bikes. We had made arrangements to meet Antonio, who was storing Lee’s bike, at 10 am. We were there early waiting for both Antonio and Ramone to arrive at their respective shops. Ramone arrived first and we explained the problem. He told us that he would look at the bike. When Antonio arrived we rolled Lee’s bike next door to Eurobike Motors and Ramone and one of his employees started work on it. Within 15 minutes Ramone had found the problem and went ahead to rectify it. Thankfully it was not as serious as we had thought. It was a loose throttle body intake connection. Cleaning the air filter and tightening the connection was all that was needed.

Linda and I left Lee with the bike and started to walk back to the hotel. About ½ way back we saw Lee with his bike stopped in an intersection. He was off the bike and speaking to a police officer. We walked over to see what what happening. The police officer was in the process of removing Lee’s licence plate. Once the bike was repaired, Lee decided to ride it back to the hotel. He was stopped for not wearing a helmet. He probably could have talked his way out of a ticket if he had been carrying his licence, registration and insurance but since he didn’t expect the bike to be repaired while he waited, all these things were at the hotel. To make a long story short, Lee paid the $45. fine and took a taxi to the hotel and back to get the necessary gear to ride the bike. The fine was more than the repair costs... they only cost $35 . Even added together the cost was a lot less than expected!

After assessing the remaining time and distance we have decided not to take the ferry to the Baja. It would cost about $360. for Linda and I and the bike. We plan to ride north out of Mazatlan and check out a few towns along the way.