Alaska to Argentina
 

Looking for riders to take all or any of this journey with me. Hope to leave this coming June 05', but would be able to move dates w/in a few weeks.

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Preparing for the journey was like living a paradox.
-Ted Simon

I'll be leaving Los Angeles in early July, heading south, so probably a bit ahead of you by the time you go to Alaska and back. There's two of us, both on 1150GS's.
How long are you planning for the entire trip?

Ted,
We are a few people preparing the same trip. We can add you to the mailing list and share info.
Anne.

Well I would consider moving my trip up by a couple of weeks to ride with others. My only concern being weather in Alask/Canada. I'll have to do some research.

Are you guys LA Locals? Would love to pick your brains about your plans?

No sure who Ted is but I'm game for connecting with you and trying to hook up for some portion of your trip.

I haven't set any dates yet, but would love to begin discussions on date/route planning with you if thats something you're interested in.

Oh- forgot to respond to your question. I can be gone for as long as it takes. I was anticipating 6mo or longer. I want to take in the sights and meet the people. Hard to put limitations on that. I think it'll be my bank account that brings me back!

Well I would consider moving my trip up by a couple of weeks to ride with others. My only concern being weather in Alask/Canada. I'll have to do some research.

When will you be coming over from Oz?
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Hi
Leaving Calgary about 12th July in same direction as yourself over 6 months.Could get in touch nearer the time if you want to meet up for part of the journey.

Simon

Hi
As you deduced, we're both Aussies, and will be flying the bikes into LA. Planning on a six month trip, through Baja, then across to the mainland from La Paz, up to Creel, back down the Pacific Coast all the way to Panama. We're surfers, and will be hopefully, begging borrowing or renting boards wherever possible, hanging out wherever we find good waves. We both work in the surfing industry, so will be doing some business stuff enroute.
After Panama, boat to the top end of Colombia, then ride through Venezuela and to Manaus. Riverboat back to the coast, and follow the ocean all the way down to Buenos Aires. Then through to Ushaia and back up to Santiago for the flight home. That's the theory, anyway. Email me for more details if you'd like.

Regards,

Grant

Grant

I don't seem to read very well these days. Just emailed you with questions that you answer clearly in your post here. So forgive me. As I said though, do email/call anytime. Love to talk to fellow riders/travellers and will make every effort to cross paths somewhere along the way.

As I live in LA, anyone who needs a local resource for anything local here is welcome to hit me up.

Hiya Grant,
Looks like I will be in the LA area around the first of July getting ready to cross into Baja. Maybe we could meet up for a time. I am on a faster schedule than you folks but perhaps we ride for a bit. Also, when you get to Venezuela, look me up. I live and work in beautiful Pueto La Cruz, the jumping off place to Margarita Island.

Pirelli, I think you were asking about weather conditions in the North in the spring right? I rode up from LA a few years back and the weather was fantastic for most of the trip until I hit -4 celcius in the middle of BC. It was cold but gorgeous! At every single gas station, restaurant, hotel, (no campgrounds open) I stopped at (I stopped at them all.) people told me about how hot it had been the week before. So you just can't tell.

Happy Planning,

Susan

G'Day Susan,
Cool, I'll email as the time gets closer. Will you be travelling with Anne's group (Bilou?) What will you be riding?
A visit in Venezuela would be great, thanks.

G'Day Pirelli,
I didn't actually receive your email, but I'll contact you as the time gets closer, too.

We may not all be riding together at the same time or pace, but it would be great if we all met somewhere, all at once.

Grant

Hello All,

Right now looks like I'm going to try to connect with Bilous group somewhere btwn San Francisco and Alaska and ride south. Looks like most people are trying to start the journey around the second week of June with a secondary goal of entering Mexico about the first week of July. I'm putting together a list of people traveling and their aprox. departure dates and can send that to anyone who is interested...

Please also feel free to contact me via email.

Lastly, thanks to all who have replied to this posting. I cant wait to meet you!

Hi Ted.
My name is Homero, and I live in Florida, near Fort Lauderdale. I am planning to drive alone down to Rio de Janeiro around July August. Please include my name in your list. Just bought a new R1200 GS for the trip. Now have to install all the Touratech extras.
Thanks
Homero

I just want to throw my hat in here. I am planning on leaving from NYC sometime late Summer, sometime between June and August. If I leave on the early side I will go to Alaska first then down the coast and head for Burningman festival the last week of August before heading south. I may skip Buriningman if I decide it will prevent me from reaching Tierra del Fuego by Dec 31.


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Brooklyn Dakar
http://motorcycleramblings.blogspot.com/

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Looks like most people are leaving before me. Anyone starting from US/Canada around July or August. I may ship my bike to Seattle in July head to Alaska and then turn south for New Years in del Fuego.

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Brooklyn Dakar
http://motorcycleramblings.blogspot.com/

Pirelli
I live in Alberta Canada and might be interested in part of your journey and can help with places to stay and what not if you plan to come through this way. Let me know sounds like a party.

I attended the Copper Canyon meet back in October in a Jeep Wrangler with my two dogs and now have a van with two dogs. A real return to the bike world will have to wait for now. I've been travelling around the US for the last year after 12 years living overseas. I'm planning on heading to Costa Rica about the beginning of June and would love to meet up with people, carry extra gear etc. I tend to camp in out of the way places, which may or may not appeal to some. I have no route yet and don't really plan to make one till the last minute, though I do know I'll be going through LA at some point. Please add me to the 'going south' list. Or wave me down. White chevy van with a HorizonsUnlimited round sticker on the back!
Lorraine

Yolanda and I plan on continuing our trip to Tierra del Fuego by the end of October. We plan on shipping the 1150gs adv to either Colombia or Ecuador. It would be great to meet up somewhere on the road...

We live in Laguna Beach between LA and San Diego. Let us know when you're in the area.

Paul

http://www.natureseeker.com

Hello to the now numerous bikers potntially involved in this trip!I hope this finds you all very well.In particular to Pirelli-may I join your mailing list?I have left a reply to Bilous post explaining my situation but,in brief,it is that I also want to make this trip but a more likely arrival date in AK. will be July/Aug.This seems to coincide more with J.Sherm and Homero?Ultimately I would like to ride with you all for the whole trip if that was possible,but we shall see.Look forward to receiving an itinerary and hope replying to two posts will not confuse issues!Hope fully I'll be able to meet up with some of you somewhere.Sounds like it really could be great.Best Wishes,Rob

Don't worry too much about the exact date. I guaranty you that nothing will go exactly as planned. If too many of us ride together there may be other problems. We'll bound to meet each other on the road or at HU meetings and have fun telling each other how the trip went.

I probably cannot leave NY before July 1. I am think that July 4 +/- will be my independence day! If you want to coordinate with me send me an email.

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Brooklyn Dakar
http://motorcycleramblings.blogspot.com/

I've been working on an itinerary over the last couple of weeks and the more I tried to pin it down, the more I realised that I needed more time!
I think that after a couple of weeks on the road, anything's possible, so it's probably just a theoretical exercise anyway. I may pull the departure date back into June however, and New Year's in Ushuia is sounding pretty good.

If anyone is interested in the roads in Alaska, go to this site and check them out.
Covers a lot, with good detail

http://www.bellsalaska.com/myalaska/highways.htm

Pump for day

Robak, JSherm and all

I hate to admit this, but this message board thing has become more confusing than helpful in some ways.

Also, I haven't been as religious at checking the site to see peoples postings.

I think JSherm is right about too many people per group. But I figure that as long as people want to meet up in Alaska, it shouldnt be to complicated to org. there and meet at dif. points along the way.

I have essentially become part of Bilou's group, but we are all quite independent people and have maintained that we will go until it becomes a hinderance to see or do what we want to. I doubt that such free spirits will have trouble agreeing on whether to go "left or straight", but at least we always have the liberty.

Most importantly, I think that beyond the companionship what we all want most is security while on the road. So as long as everyone keeps that in mind, I think our group will alway be open to those who wish to ride for safety.

For future ref. please feel free to email me directly.

Ride hard!

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Lizanne would like to meet up with anyone from this trip for the Mexico to Nicaragua portion. I ride a BMW 1200gs

I'm leaving Southern California on July 4th and headed to Prudhoe Bay; then southe through Lake louise to Glacier NP/Montana, Idaho, Utah, AZ, Mexico all the way to Panama and then to TdF. Let me know direct at horizons at worldrider dott com if you want to connect...

I am reconsidering departing this year. I happened to be in Buenos Aires and met some people at Javier's place. They all agreed that 6 months for a Alaska to Tierra del Fuego trip was too fast. I do not want to do this trip just to say I did it and I think I may postphone the trip (again). For those counting, this will be my third postponement. I am now thinking of leaving around April/May of next year. Anyone else interested in leaving around that time please send me an email.

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Brooklyn Dakar
http://motorcycleramblings.blogspot.com/

Hello to everybody in this tread.

I'm planning on departing early August, first up to Alaska (provided there are no delays on starting date), and then south to Mexico and Central America (flying from Panama to Caracas )then south linking Manaus to Porto Velho by boat, from there to southern Peru then to Bolivia and Argentina.
I'm ok riding by myself, but I also will be happy to meet fellow travelers that will be on the road by the same time to share info or even (if we happen to coincide) some leg of the trip.
I plan to be in Argentina by the end of December, but this and the itinerary could be modified if something interesting comes up on the way.
So... to Bilou and Pirelli, please include me in your mailing lists since, even though you'll be departing earlier, we might still meet somewhere down the road.
Anyway I'll start a new tread to conect people departing south by September/October.
Anybody interested please feel free to contact me directly by mail.

regards, Fabio.



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sounds like it will be a nice time for new years. i'll be leaving boston aug 1 for alaska, crossing into mexico early sept hoping for tierra for new years. please add me to your email lists as it seems there will be quite a few of us on similar roads. i too am happy to ride solo but it is always nice to have some folks of common interests to share ideas/experinces. feel free to email me if my loose dates coincide with your own.
cheers
daniel

Anyone still in US and heading south in next couple of weeks??

I'm behind and looking for new crew.

Cheers,
Sacha

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