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La Paz Motorcycle Service?

on my world tour and took the road from puertocitos to cocos corner in baja norte and the heat of the day and the constant pounding of washboard, rock and horrific road blew my shock. dhl will only service la paz so i{m hobbling on a pogo stick of a suspension to la paz. anyone recommend a shop there that can assist me with putting new shock on? probably put the tire on that i{ve been schlepping since san diego as well..

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Walter Nosiglia's Honda shop in La Paz is excellent - highly recommended and used by many travellers.

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Excellent! Thanks Grant I'll look him up in a few days.

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Can second Grant's comment about Walter. You'll recognise him: could be Chuck Norris' twin.

But IMHO please DON'T use DHL. They are the biggest bunch of useless %^&*( on the planet bar none. Check
http://www.thebrightstuff.com/ch17.htm
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I suggest getting it sent by regular airmail to Post Restante at the main PO in downtown La Paz. Get the sender to put in a receipt with a real low value. Remember, you can get a car shock for less than 50 bucks, so they won't know a bike shock usually is much more expensive.

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IMHO please DON'T use DHL. They are the biggest bunch of useless %^&*( on the planet bar none. CheckI suggest getting it sent by regular airmail to Post Restante at the main PO in downtown La Paz. ChrisB

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I will recommend to never use regular service in Mexico (Mexpost) it will take forever!
There is UPS, Fedex. DHL. Etc.
There are some post talking about the bad experiences with regular airmail in Mexico.

DHL gives a great service in Mexico IMO.

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I already gave the good folks at Works Performance the DHL info, so I'm awaiting in Loreto for the three days I'm told. They're shipping to be held at the DHL office in La Paz. Meanwhile, there's nothing wrong AT ALL with Loreto....

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err, just noticed - you're in La Paz MEXICO!

Walter Nosiglia is in La Paz BOLIVIA!

For help in La Paz MEXICO see the Community pages - there's a San Jose del Cabo, Baja California South Community.





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Oh my. Well I won't be in Bolivia for a few months... so meanwhile, I gotta get that shock replaced. Onto the community forums... thanks Grant!

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