Brainrotting: Episode 7 – South Mexico, BMW F650 GS adventure motorcycles motorcycling motorcycle
I ride and I record. There’s no editing of video’s when I’m back at home, my video’s are all edited on the road because I want to share my experiences as they happen, so… Follow my journey through North, Central and South America. I’ve jacked in the job, packed my life into a pair of panniers and a roll bag and tied them down to a BMW F650 Dakar. Now it’s time for some fun! In this episode I ride through the south of Mexico via Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca and on to the Yucatan peninsula.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
This clip was shot in the South of Colombia after four days of torrential rain. I was riding from Tierradentro to San Agustin and had to cross this slippery and swaying bamboo bridge with my bike fully loaded because the regular road bridge had collapsed or washed away. The river water was a matter of inches beneath me, and I wasn’t happy about making the crossing but some Colombians at the entrance to the bridge encouraged me to attempt it. I had the foresight to turn my helmet camera on! You can follow my motorcycle adventures on twitter @Brainrotting, join the Brainrotting group on Facebook, or find out more at www.brainrotting.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Cheers for the vids, a real inspiration, feel like jacking the job and doing it for myself
@easyg1409 Thanks a Bagillion! Love the vids!
I have a helmet camera (VIO POV1) which I sometimes attach to the handle bars… helmet is better for less vibration. Also ContourHD 1080p is a good helmet camera.
How to you drive and video tape at the same time!
long way round part 2?
Thanks Rod, I now have a suitably inflated ego!
I don’t post regularly on others videos- but yours are really entertaining – The time you have gone to editing down, combining the “right” music & giving a number of “bite sized” tips is really professionally done and subsequently compelling. Thank you ever so much Graham-Rod
hey man thanks for this video you are a great turist and an adventure rider.
DECADENT SELF INDULGENT BASTARD
I did much the same journey in a bus rather do it on a bike great video keep them up
It’s weird how you got stopped that many times by the military. During four months with my bike in Mexico I got stopped only once.
Your a generous person NDM4U2
I’m pleased that you enjoy the videos
Love these. Make me feel lonesome for the road, J
very much appreciated!
These are amazing! keep them coming!
I’m glad that I haven’t caused any offence with my commentry on Mexico
If you know anyone at trhe BBC or Channel 4 I’m all ears! Thanks for the complement though. Each video takes a good couple of days to produce so I’m glad that its appreciated.
hey dude nice video i live in coatzacoalcos, veracruz
and is very entertaiment ur doc….
i live closer to catemaco
“The Fairy Biker”
I think you should show these to the BBC or channel four as a pilot. It’s very professional and entertaining stuff!
what the hell! You published a map to Xpuha? lock the gate, somebody
it looks like yu found the worse toilet!
ride on !!!
Tubbs, you must have blown your monthly budget getting that bird to degrade herself on the world wide web for your own indulgement.. Glad to see that you’re still alive, and not getting any thinner!! Keep safe.
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You could have ridden every mile prior to and after crossing this bridge crossing on tarmac and no one would have argued with you terming the nature of the trip “Adventure Motorcycling.” Cojones grande.
Now, why are you crossing with a motor bike?
I dont get it. Is this a suspention bridge? It looks like its a couple feet above the water the hole way across, Is it suported in the middle? Either way good vid you got balls thats for sure!
I’m not that brave.
F**K
It would have been worse if the water was lower I think…that bridge is quality engineering!
that was really crazy brother
Yet another bridge i would never set foot on
Man potty mouth..
I would have been saying the same thing I am sure. Awesome video.
これは怖いｗ
you NEED TO courage to pass this bridge estas bien loco amigo
Great video but utter madness!
If you dropped the bike you highly likely would have lost your life too. You’d never swim with your motorbike gear on.
I would have done a 1000 mile detour to get round that.
@saliaris12 LOL now I quite like your brother! Very funny… and thanks for replying
@easyg1409 Oh god… My brother commented with my account again -.- Sorry easyg… My brother is 20 years old and he has to much self confidence -.-
@saliaris12 I look forward to seeing the video
i have the same bike and i would had pass it 1000000000 times in the same time !!!!
you are crazy dude
Thats Crazy Man!! Good for you lol NUTS!!!
Shit man, I took my bike over the same bridge, nearly lost it there too. Bridge started swinging, I revved the shit out of it and skipped to the other side, madness. Never again. At least not how I did. Great to see I’m not the only one to do it…
@Bakerman1963
LOL…..EEEEEEEYAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Wtf lol cant They built à bridge if i was you i would smoke à sigarett and sniff 2 kilo coke after that omg
I also know 2 more things:
1. Short after you crossed (I guess less than a month) the bamboo bridge was also
washed away.
2. There was an alternate route to the other side, it took us over 3 ours (from the bamboo bridge) on my SUV to get to tierradentro; with the new bridge it´s a 30 min ride.
@AlbertoV70 You star! My Spanish was good enough then! I was told that the bridge had been washed away and they were rebuilding it, the I was then told I’d have to cross the bamboo excuse for a bridge. I can’t believe you know this. Thanks for taking the time to explain
Forgot to mention, I wasn´t talking about the bridge on the video, it was temporal and for pedestrians only (well, and crazy bikers). BTW, there´s a new bridge now, 2 lanes and all, several meters over the river of course.
Info about the bridge: this place is called “Juntas” (joints) because 3 rivers coming from the Andes meet at this spot; over a year ago there was a flood caused by the river coming from the Huila volcano (Paez river) (active volcano, ice on top …); the bridge was destroyed by a mud avalanche; not many lifes where lost this time, but when the same thing happened during the 90´s complete villages where destroyed.