We made it to the border town of San Ysidro at noon, and started looking for affordable Mexican motorbike insurance. Quite a wide spectrum to choose from. We took the last exit before the border and found a kiosk right at the lights on the right hand side. Over 600 hundred dollars for each bike , no fire ,theft or collision, just liability for a six month period. We tried several other kiosks to find that they do not sell full coverage policies. Finally, we found a Sanborn's franchise, north on San Ysidro Blvd, near the Chase bank. We had to work the numbers a little bit to make it affordable. 500 dollars total gave us coverage for both bikes for 6 months, 100k liability, 1000 deductible on theft, and 500 deductible on collision. The bikes are not covered for real time value just blue book value which is less than ideal.Hopefully we never have to make use of the policy, but the prospect of being in an accident without coverage is a fast trip to jail if the police are involved.Next stop, Mexico. Organized chaos comes to mind. What appeared to be a closed gate was our lane for entrance, no signage that makes sense. So we stopped and asked a border person and they pointed us in the right direction. We filled out a form to get us as persons into the country and paid a 262 peso/person charge. Proof of payment got us a tourist permit for 6 months. Now to get the bikes imported into Mexico required us to travel several blocks away. Directly out of the border crossing you make a hard right through a yellow coloured parking lot filled with yellow taxis. Turn right as you leave the parking lot and turn left past the McDonalds on your left. Up a block andthen a right with the entrance on the left hand side of the street. Apparently both procedures can be completed at this location, being personal and vehicle permission to enter Mexico. Banjercito is located here and only accepts U.S. dollars and credit card payment for vehicle permits. Without the credit card to act as a deposit for assurance that the vehicle will be out within 180 days, you must pay 400 dollars plus a piece for the motorcycles. With the use of the credit card, the charge is only $32.50. Makes no sense to me. Seems you would be fined anyways if the bike wasn't out in the prescribed time. So this is where our dilemma starts, no credit card to charge to, no eight hundred dollars to drop as a deposit. The nearest safe bank to withdraw money from is 15 minutes away in one of the most violent city's in the world. Recently home to a 134 ton marijuana bust and someones got some splaining to do. It's getting late and we need to get moving, and seeing as how the Baja is a special zoned area, we'll take our chances later in La Paz with immigration prior to ferrying over to the mainland. The Baja allows you to travel the length without either a tourist permit or a vehicle permit.