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Things that you will need:

• Passport
• Clear Title to your vehicle or written permission from your lien holder. It's good to have your registration too. In some cases your registration will work by itself (I don't rely on this)
• Insurance
• It will cost you $20 or so to get a personal permit to cross. It will cost you $20 or so to get a vehicle permit for your motorcycle. This will have to be paid with a credit card, because they will hold your credit card number in the event you do not return. If you do not return, they will withdraw approx. $400 from your credit card to pay import taxes on your bike. This is why you "must" return the permit upon exiting and most definitely keep the return paperwork to defend your departure in event that they charge your credit card wrongfully.
• Website for travel info into Mexico
• Expect at least $100 in tolls
• Feel Free to take hard candy or other small gifts for children. There is always opportunity to give. I will probably take a sack of hard candy. It also works well at the Military checkpoints
• The roads will be paved, but expect speed bumps (topes) in and around every town.

Terms or Phrases that could be handy:

• Topes (Speed Bumps)
• Policia (Police)
• Bombero (Fireman)
• Emergencia (Emergency)
• Ambulancia (Ambulance)
• Curva Peligroso (Dangerous Curve)
• Zona de Falla (Falling Rocks)
• Alto (Stop)
• Ceda el Paso (Yield)
• Aduana (Customs)
• Restroom (Banos)
• Comida (Food)
• Habacion (Room)
• Cuota (Toll Road)
• Libre (Free Road)