Texas to Brazil???? - Horizons Unlimited

**boom boom** · #1 10 Jul 2001

Hello beautiful people___
I was planning a motorcycle trip from Texas to Salvador, Brazil in early January 2002. How long would such a journey take on a fairly straight course? I would want to take a few minor pit stops to soak up the scenery but was trying to get down to Carnival 2002. Let me know your thoughts..Thanks
Patrick BB

**Richard Hewitt** · #2 18 Aug 2001

You will love Brasil! I am from Canada and I winter in Porto Alegre the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.
I would love to make the ride from Canada to Brasil but the paperwork has left me befuddled with the hassles of permits, Visas, taxes, fees, etc. in Spanish & Portuguese.

I have a Brasilian built CB450 in storage there & a 1100 Gold wing here in Canada. I have ridden 3 seasons in Brasil attending many "Moto Meets all over the states of RS & SC. The hospitality extended to a visitor is incredible!

I found it best to buy a Brazil built bike as parts and repairs are dirt cheap and available even in the smallest towns.

BTW Honda has built over 4 million bikes in Brasil

It is easier to go there get a address, then go to the Banco do Brasil, get the forms to apply for a "CPF" the Brasil equivilant of Canadian or American Social Security number and then go to the Federal Taxation Office and you can get the number while you wait.\

With this CPF # you can legally buy & sell any personally owned property there.

A friend of mine came for 6 weeks last year, purchased a used bike rode the hell out of it and sold it before he left for home for $100. less than he paid for it.

Much cheaper than all the paperwork, hazzards and liability that you can encounter on a overland trip.

**Grant Johnson** · #3 19 Aug 2001

That's a pretty big and vague question, which is hard to answer - and probably why you haven't got much response.

As a reasonable guess, you could do it in about 3 weeks if you tried. But it wouldn't be much fun. Are you going so you can say you've done it, or to see what's on the way?

How much longer it will take YOU with various stops is unknown. Remember that the record for around the WORLD is 31 days...

and 17 years at the other end...

Just go - you won't regret it, and leave yourself as much time as you can.

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