Ola! Como vai? I'm David, an American planning on riding my motorcycle from Asuncion, Paraguay (where I am now) up the Brazilian coast. I already rode the bike down from the USA to Argentina. Anyway, I have a a bunch of questions for you folks. Would love your help with any of the following:

1) I have about 4-6 months budgeted for Brazil. I'm debating which month to enter. At a minimum, I'd like to be there for New Years, and Carnival. Would you recommend entering October/November? I'd like to head for Florianoplis but I want the weather to be awesome when I get there.
2) Any concerts/festivals I can look forward to over the months November ==> March?
3) Any awesome motorcycle routes I should catch?
4) If you have any sources of information/websites/etc for planning my trip thru Brazil? Is there an ADVRider equivalent in Portugese? I'd like to ask these same questions there (via Google Translate :P)
5) If you would be open to letting me throw up my tent or crash on your living room floor (I have a pad) as I'm travelling let me know. I have a pretty decent couchsurfing profile: https://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=41NQPPU
6) Can you recommend anything for picking up the Portugese language?
7) Is there a website for motorcycle rallies/clubs?
8) I'd like to explore perhaps selling the motorcycle in Brazil. Has anyone had any experience with this? Any useful websites for listing it?

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Hi I'm David; headed to South America via a Suzuki V-Strom 650.
http://www.davidparkinson.com