Firstly, congratulations on the bike - health to enjoy.
Secondly, here is an excellent website that documents all the finances of the a couple riding the Americas:
https://www.tiger800rtw.com/
Thirdly, this thread got me thinking about RTW routes in relation to finances.
Let’s say you’ve got $35K US.
We know shipping is a big cost, but you want to take your bike??
What are your must see places? - You said you wanted to go to Australia.
Well, from Europe you could go through Mongolia to Vladivostok or through SE Asia. Is one of these a must do? Or Could you just go the cheapest way.
Other must see places? SA? Africa?
Africa entails no shipping from Europe.
The entire Americas involves only one shipment, across the Darien gap but you’ve got to ship there and back.
For me it would be important to put my ‘places’ in order of importance. That way I could do my must dos first and if I run out of money, at least I’ve done them.