What's this all about?

For me, the BAJA 1000 infected me the first time I watched On Any Sunday and was catalyzed with Dust to Glory. Bruce and Dana Brown have cost me many paychecks with the ideas their films have planted, and I thank them for it.

Magazines in the 70's, 80's and 90's built the 1000 up in my head to the point where it seemed unattainable. Something happened when I watched Dust to Glory... Maybe it's a mid-life crisis, maybe it's the urge to race with old friends, maybe it's the way everyone who has raced this event lights up when they talk about it. Any of those are great reasons in themselves. They compound to fuel a real passion to race again, and go big doing it. I want to be one of the people who truly understands why this race is so special.

I can't listen to anyone who tells me we can't do this.


Here goes:
 I'm sick of it... I'm calling bluffs. It's time to plan a BAJA 1000 run. 2014 it is.

The fact that we are a group of ex-motocross/supercross racers from the Midwest, and most of us were born in the 70's, prepares us in no way for this task. Somehow, I can't let the idea go and it quickly becomes obsession. Luckily, my obsession is infectious and I've got some old friends on board.

In my head, preparation and motivation starts with buying stuff.
A few hours on ebay and craigslist and a few clicks later... I'm off to Indiana and Ohio to pick the parts to build an awesome desert bike (I hope).

With a single 22 hour day of driving and a reasonable expense, I now own a grenaded 2010 KX 250F and a beat-up 1994 KX 500. I think you can see where this is going. We are going to be rookies making 2-stroke smoke across the desert. We will be doing it with the same power plant that the legendary Destry Abbott and Larry Roeseler piloted through the course so many times. Luckily, people have done this engine swap and mercinaries like kxriders.com help people share info.

Here are the bikes.

2010 KX250F from Ohio and 1994 KX500 from Indiana

yep .........it's on.