🔒 Locked into that open-terrain flow and floating through some epic two-track with @deerheart on his Beta 500.
#moskomoto #dualsportadv #dirtbikelife #mototraveler
I have a habit of making questionable decisions on dual-sport trips. If a GPX track looks tough or borderline not-rideable on a loaded dual sport, that’s usually the one I want to ride.
On the 2024 Mosko team trip to Baja, @alistair.nw@killianmoreno@deerheart and I were south of El Rosario staring at a singletrack route climbing from the beach up to the mesa toward Cataviña. None of us had ridden it, but we’d heard it was “doable,” which was all the encouragement we needed.
The trail climbed fast—rocky, rutted, loose, and lined with towering cardón cacti. It gained roughly 1,800 feet in just 2.5 miles and was clearly not intended for fully loaded dual-sport bikes. Near the top, the Kove 450 Rally began overheating badly, boiling fuel—and that bike was supposed to be hauling surplus fuel for the lesser-capacity bikes.
I scouted the final climb in the singletrack—rocky and borderline hard enduro—and realized we were done for the day. We’d be risking a breakdown if we kept going. We turned around, descended easily, and finished the evening on fast doubletrack at sunset, headed back to Mama Espinoza’s.
That trail is hanging over my head now! I’ve gotta get back and finish it.
