USA to Ushuaia : oct/nov 2005 until july/august 2006 - Horizons Unlimited

**fred_paris** · #1 28 Jul 2005

hello,

i m french, 25, my name is fred.

i will ship my bike from france (africa twin, transalp style) to usa or buy a bike in usa.

do you have any info on buying a bike in usa and/or shipping from europe to usa : where can the boat stop or the plane land ? any ideas, experience, comparisons ?

then, i ll drive south to ushuaia, in +/- 6 months time.

i m eventually looking for partner(s) on the way for short or long time, or for the whole trip.

i would appreciate also any info about administrative part of the trip : visa, carnet de passages en douane, insurance, dangers and annoyances, ...

this is my first travel on a bike and alone.

i can manage the bike part, know a bit about mechanic.

i am less at ease with the administrative part.

thanx a lot in advance, cheers

nb : thanx for vincent danna and jj baudorre for his kind help and to the french and other hubb communities who kindly replied me.

**transmike** · #2 28 Jul 2005

Planning on similar trip,a good Website too find a used bike is "cycletrader.com".You do not need a Carnet for either North or South America.Happy Travels!

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Originally posted by fred_paris:
hello,

i m french, 25, my name is fred.

i will ship my bike from france (africa twin, transalp style) to usa or buy a bike in usa.

do you have any info on buying a bike in usa and/or shipping from europe to usa : where can the boat stop or the plane land ? any ideas, experience, comparisons ?

then, i ll drive south to ushuaia, in +/- 6 months time.

i m eventually looking for partner(s) on the way for short or long time, or for the whole trip.

i would appreciate also any info about administrative part of the trip : visa, carnet de passages en douane, insurance, dangers and annoyances, ...

this is my first travel on a bike and alone.

i can manage the bike part, know a bit about mechanic.

i am less at ease with the administrative part.

thanx a lot in advance, cheers

nb : thanx for vincent danna and jj baudorre for his kind help and to the french and other hubb communities who kindly replied me.

**Bilou** · #3 9 Aug 2005

Salut Fred,

Je suis en ce moment a Creel au Mexique et je descend jusqu'a Ushuaia. Je n e sais pas si nous nous croiserons ou rouleront ensemble. Regarde mon site: www.annamotodiva.com

Je n´'ai pas de carnet et je te conseille plutot d'acheter ta moto en France. Tu ne trouveras pas d'Africa Twin aux USA ni de nouvelles transalp. En plus, je peux deja voir que c'est mieux d'avoir une plaque frnacaise. Ca coute je crois 500 euros en bateau pour envoyer ta moto du Havre a Miami. J'ai oublie qui fait ca. Moi ma moto est Californienne...

En tout cas bonne chance et restons en contact.

Anne.