Thanks for all the quick responses, guys!
Yeah, I had a feeling that that could be too much to cram in with no prior experience in motorcycles. I'm almost certainly going to do the trip regardless; motorcycle or not, it's been a dream of mine for a long time and I'll be doing it one way or another. I'll probably default to my earlier plan of utilizing ground transport; while flying from some places would be enjoyable and convenient, air travel is a little much for my budget, and so I'll probably only have flights to and from my starting and ending points on the trip. Trains and buses and hitching seem to be good ways to get around, and that should carry me for most of the places I want to visit.
Regardless, I'm inspired now to learn how to ride and maintain a motorcycle at some point; that may be in college or afterwards, but I'm now pretty intrigued. Thanks again for all your help, folks.
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