I just accidentally deleted a long, over-wordy response. This time I'll be brief.

First, you can fly into the US from either Canada or Mexico, subject to political considerations and negative COVID test. You can truck your bike across the border from either Canada or Mexico. This eliminates your "no go for the whole trip."

Second, if you're so short on time, why are you even considering riding from wherever you are in Canada all the way through the US? That doesn't make sense. If you've got enough time to do that, you can opt to take things far more slowly in Mexico and Central America.

Third, whether short on time or not, surely you've noticed that January is not a friendly season for long motorcycle rides in most of the US and all but a tiny sliver of Canada. It can be done, but it sure helps to have an appetite for self-abuse.

Fourth, you might consider leaving your bike behind in C.R. or elsewhere, flying home, then coming back to pick it up at a later date.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark

Thanks Mark I guess I should clarify a few things. If the border opens I plan to ride the bike to Houston and then fly home and come back in January. I would consider riding in November, I can be flexible and pick some days with warmer weather. If the border opens in December then trucking would be the way to go.

I guess my no go comment in regards to the Mexican land border is that I’m uncertain how long it would take to arrange the transport. Typing this now it occurs to me that if I could arrange that in advance I wouldn’t feel so uncertain. If the land border is open when I then I felt if I had to deal with it changing while I was on the trip I would deal with it.

The constraint on my time is how my wife feels about things. The most mad she has been at me was when I mis estimated when I would be home for dinner and missed it by 6 hours. I could also have reasonably foreseen that delay, and there may have been a birthday involved…. So I’m learning, and part of the success or failure of this venture will be how well I can communicate the uncertainties involved and that everyone feels like there is a plan better than “we will see what happens”

So thanks very much for your questions and comments Mark they made me think through my hesitations and they are much clearer even in my own mind now.


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