I think a reasonable amount of people make the trip in 3 months. I spent 6 months and pretty much hurried all of south America. I did feel like I saw quite a bit of the continent, but missed some key things like amazon, ruta 40, and iguazu falls.
As I've said over on some threads on advrider.com, my average pace was about 35 mph. So use maps.bing.com and figure out a route and run the division.
That speed considers any time that the bike was turned on (gps on!). So waiting half a day for a road to open up wouldn't have made the clock.
If all you have is 3 months, do it. It is possible. If you're running out of time.. just turn around! Ushuaia is nice and it is great to plant the flag, but is it worth missing something unique like the Salar de Uyuni.. no
Also, don't mess around with boats. That'll take atleast a week if you time everything perfectly. Fly from Panama city to Colombia via copa or girag.
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