Day 12, 2nd day riding in Mexico.  Hermosillo to Los Mochis 500km.
Woke up early and started off doing some bike maintenance.  We both checked our valves.  Kyle wanted to do this before we left but never had the time and it was bugging him since.  It took us a couple hours as we had never done it before. Intakes were fine, exhausts was a little tight on both bikes. We also lubed our chains.  Kyle's is starting to wear out badly.  Some of the inside rollers are gone. He was planning on this and has a full spare set with him.

Polished off a nice sized pollo for lunch at a roadside bbq place.

Pulled into a nice pink hotel as it was getting dark.. pay by the hour or for the night was the question... haha Definitely for the night.

Trevor went into town and grabbed some pesos/food for the evening and morning. Trevor was a bit nervous about the bike while grocery shopping as he was just wandering around with no idea as to what to get. Ended up with a loaf of bread some peanut butter and a kilo of yogurt. A few apples as well..


Day 13 Los Mochis to Tepic 700km.
7a.m start. Gassed up and hit the road. Took toll roads most of the day which added up to more than we had expected. Roads were perfect though and we made decent time.

We noticed how the climate is changing.  The desert is disappearing and  we passed some good sized farms.   Mostly crops but the occasional large pig and chicken farm.   Saw the influence of big seed companies like Monsanto, Pioneer and Dow.

 Ended up getting pulled over by the policia for speeding?? We both just denied everything including knowing even a word of Spanish. His English was terrible so within a few minutes and him finding out we were Canadian he frustratingly waved us on. Also passed through a military checkpoint where they were searching random vehicles.

Pulled off the main road when we saw the ocean for the first time and found a beauty of a diner on the beach for lunch. 10 amazing taco's and empenada's later and only a few bucks we headed for Mazatlan.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. We took a non toll road which led us through a decent sized town and did some sweet weaving through traffic after we started following a local on his little 125cc honda. Found a little hotel in Tepic which was super hot and humid with no ac. Feeling good though.

Trevor cleaning a pinapple in the super narrow hotel room sink.