What Customers Say
 Friends: from the left: Michael Crowford (Good year Racing Div. not Phantom of the Opera.), Richie Hern: Indy driver, Chris Haines: BORT, P.J. Jones, Indy driver |
Letter - 1
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April 2, 2002
Chris Haines
Baja Offroad Tours
P.O. Box 966
Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Dear Chris,
Thank you, once again, for a truly exceptional Baja motorcycle experience!
This trip marked the third time we have worked with your capable staff to create the ultimate off road motorcycling adventure. The support team did a terrific job of catering to our every need. They kept both the bikes and riders in perfect operating condition! We also appreciated their willingness to change the routing a bit to show us areas we had never seen before. Several of the more experienced riders in our group even got to taste a bit of challenging single track in the area around Mike's Sky Ranch.
As always, the bikes and equipment were impeccable. The Hondas are the ultimate desert machines and I continue to be impressed by the power delivery of the XR650R. I keep your promotional piece on my wall to remind me how much fun we have letting them run on the dry lake beds outside of San Felipe!
As you know, many of the riders in my group keep coming back year after year. It may sound a bit cliché, but each trip seems to get better and better. When we come to the end of the ride, we start looking forward to next year.
It has always been a real treat to ride with you and I look forward to our next Baja off road experience!
Warm regards,
Bill Bagnard
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Letter - 2
Hey, I am 12 years old and me and my dad are big time dirtbikers. Biking is my life. We are going on the 3 day tour of baja. And frankly I cant wait. I have my alarm set for april 25, the day we are going. Im going crazy!!!!!!!!
Alex Rieger
Hawthorn Woods, IL
Letter - 3
Karen,
Just a follow-up email to again think everyone for a super trip. I had one of the best experience of my life. Chris and the gang were a pleasure to tour with. I was extremely impressed with the professionalism of all aspects of the trip. Things could not have been set-up or run better. I have no suggestions as to how to improve upon the tour. (oh except maybe get Mike to fix the tv satellite)
As I explained, I am not an expert rider by any means, and was a little apprehensive about "holding the group up" when I learned everyone else had past motorcrosss experience. This was not the case at all. I was allowed to ride at my pace at all times and never felt rushed or pressured at all. James was really great with giving me tips and helping me out along the way.
I just wanted to express my appreciation and say JOB WELL DONE! I definitely plan to return. Oh and by-the-way, since I had to carry my helmet on the plane, I got asked by several folks where I had been etc. I talked to one of the pilots from Northwest at length about the tour and how great you guys were. He had heard of Chris and was definitely interested!
Thanks to all,
Chris S. Kelly
Letter - 4
Robert P. Herrmann
Resident Vice President
Private Client Group
Merrill Lynch
APRIL 14, 1995
Dear Chris,
I still cannot get over how incredible our trip was. We all had big expectations and you delivered ten times what we expected.
I just finished having the pictures developed and I am again amazed at the scenes we took in. I never expected Mexico to be so beautiful. I had several of the photos blow-up and framed.
As for the riding, I could go back out and do it all again this weekend. The terrain was constantly changing and very challenging for us experienced riders. Yet, all the guys that were novices had to do was go a bit slower and it was great for them too.
I have already sold two trips for you and also mentioned it to our YPO group at a dinner last night.
Thanks again from all of us.
Bob
| Letter - 5 LYLE LOVETT April 24,1997 Dear Chris, Thanks for another great Baja trip. And I'm sorry I can't make it for Franz's trip. I hope you all have a great time. Lyle |
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Letter - 6
K. Wade Walker, AIA
GASTINGER WALKER HARDEN ARCHITECTS
20 May 1996
Dear Chris:
I wanted to drop you note expressing my appreciation for putting together such a great motorcycle trip for our group. The trip, variety of terrain, motorcycles, service, food and cold cerveza were absolutely outstanding, even better than we imagined! No doubt, you somewhat take this trip for granted since you ride it so often, but I can tell that Mike Williams, his son Oak and I had almost as much fun getting ready for the trip as we had on the trip. So much so, that we are ready to go again when we can work out our mutual schedules.
Enclosed is a group photo and video tape of our trip (not the quality of Jerry Bernardo!). Again, thanks for such a wonderful trip, we look forward to riding with you in the future.
Best Regards,
K. Wade Walker, AIA
Letter - 7
Richard Buck,
Crew Chief for Rick Mears, Penske Racing
As the Indy Car season was coming to an end, the anticipation was growing everyday. The trip we had committed to nearly six months ago was about to happen. Anxiety was at an all time high.
Clive Howell, the British-born Assistant Team manager at Penske Racing had never ridden in desert conditions. With only 18 months of dirt bike experience under his belt, Clive was questioning himself whether he would be able to make it the full 1,000 miles.
Mark Delong, Head Engine Builder at Penske Racing, is a veteran expert rider with mostly woods and trail riding experience. Mark was having a hard time choosing his bike: XR 600, DR 350, or KDX 200 ... Hmmm. Which would be the best for the Baja?
Todd Hankinson, Assistant Mechanic on Emerson Fittipaldi's car, was ready to attack the Baja. He, too, had never ridden in the desert, let alone try to conquer 1,000 miles of barron land.
I, Richard Buck, Crew Chief for Rick Mears, have been ridding dirt bikes for over 20 years. Having done some ridding in Mexico, I was not concerned about mechanical failures, logistics, food, water and gas. I was informed by Chris Haines and his staff at "Baja Off Road Tours", that "everything would be handled".
We met Chris and his staff in San Diego, just north of the Mexican Border at 7:30 a.m. We crossed the border in the most well equipped rig I think I have ever seen - tools, food, gas and bikes ... lots of bikes! We made our way to our first destination, south of the border, Catavina. There we were to begin our vacation early the next morning. At 7:30 a.m. we met for breakfast, dress in our riding gear: 9:00 a.m. we were riding the Baja, and, I mean, "ridding the Baja". The next three days would be one of the best times of our lives.
Because of the truly outstanding preparation of "Baja Off Road Tours", we had nothing to worry about expect ridding. From our starting point to the finishing resort of Cabo San Lucas, we saw and rode every type of terrain ... sand, rock, lake beds, trees, boulders, cliffs, and, of course, the cacti!
Finishing the trip and spending a week relaxing in Cabo with our companions, the ride, no, the experience was all we could talk about.
| Letter - 8 Franz
Webber April 7,1996 Dear Chris: I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you for a wonderful trip! As a novice rider, the road selection was important and it helped tremendously to go from a paved road to a smooth offroad and graduate to extreme terrain. You run a first class operation and my highest compliments to you and your staff. You and Lyle assembled a really nice group of people and it was my pleasure to meet everyone and experience the sport of riding! I look forward to bringing organized groups back to your operation. Also, my thanks to Barbara as she was extremely helpful in supplying me with information and explanations! |
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| Looking forward to
seeing you again in the near future. Best regards. Your friend, Franz |
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