Budget Bike
There are some good chinese made bikes that are able to do the trip. You can buy a motomia 125cc, 150cc or 200cc all for less than 1000 euro. A courier company has clocked 100 000km the Motomia.
A university professor and his wife bought two 125cc's (558 euro each) and toured around South Africa's borders 6000km in 19days and had no trouble with the bikes. See Steyns around SA on 125cc's for their story.
A few months later they decided to tour up the West Coast of Cape Town, bike still going strong. They are amazed and respect the little fuel sippers.
What is cheaper than a 125cc for fuel? You are on a budget right? For the bikes check : MotoMia Home , I think that they only have branches in Cape Town though. A bus ticket from Johannesburg to Cape Town would cost about R400 (40 euro) on way.
Selling them second hand once the trip is done should actually be easy, in an earlier post the Gumtree web site was mentioned, you could sell it there probually for 400 euro at least.
Bike choice is a funny thing each person will have their own preferences and likes.
Whatever you choice, keep us posted on your progress.
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