Shu's got it right. Mexico offers so much diversity ... most know nothing about.
Even if just a month, you can see a lot and not rush. 4 to 6 weeks even better.
Beaches, mountains, jungle, Deserts, Ruins, big cities and middle of now where. You will get sick of Tacos. (pronounced TAAco ... not TACKo)

As mentioned above, India is another possibility. I missed out going on a trip with friends to India. They flew in, bought Enfields and spent 6 weeks riding all over India's high mountains. Sold off bikes, flew home.

I've done short trips in Thailand (twice) and Cambodia. I had work there so company paid air fare ... but I did not have much time, so took a few weeks touring round on rental 125's ... fantastic. Trust me, you won't run out of road.


Also, if you think you've seen all there is to see of the USA ... we'll, I'm betting you ain't seen half the good stuff. Takes years. Short adventures are all many of us can manage. Go for it!

I am pretty simple minded, it's true!

Thanks guys, you all rock!

I'm feeling a lot better about my future 'adventures' now. I think I'd read one too many tales of people spending 3 years riding around the world on 50cc scooters. Don't get me wrong, that sounds amazing and I'm super jealous of the people who do that, but it's just not something I can do at this stage of my life.

But your posts have reminded me what I love about solo motorcycle touring... nothing but the road and your thoughts; the changing landscape as you cross a continent; the grinning inside your helmet when you open the throttle on your bike the first morning after a couple of days off the bike. I can get all of that in other parts of the world, without having to quit my day job to get it.

I'm only here in America another couple of years before returning home to the UK, so here are my plans:

Spring 2016 - East Coast USA (2 - 3 weeks)
Autumn/winter 2016 - Mexico & maybe other places in Central America (3 - 4 weeks)
Summer 2017 - British Columbia/Alaska (4 weeks)
Autumn/winter 2017 - South America (2 - 3 months)

Even if I only do half of all that, it will have been a good couple of years!

By the way, if anyone is interested in my last trip along Route 66 I filmed it. Hours and hours of footage though, so you'd have to be pretty bored. Also, days 1 and 2 are just boring Interstate riding getting to the start of the route.

Route 66 Playlist

Sounds like a good plan Walkabout, do make the most of North America while you're there. I was amazed at how much good riding in a huge range of landscapes etc. trans Labrador Highway and Utah's back roads really stood out for me.
Enjoy and also definitely follow your 3 month plan as well - a lot of people would be envious at you even being able to take that amount of time. And there are far more people doing these shorter trips than you think - we just don't hear about them as much. I meet plenty when I'm on the road- they're flying in, riding a region then flying out to return at another date. It's a good way to travel as you really appreciate the contrasts with your home country and make the most of each experience.
Good luck

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Lands End? No way! I'm a Camborne boy :-)

I definitely need to do more off road riding in America. I've done a little, but not a huge amount... my 2nd bike is a Honda CRF250L which I plan to do some of the Colorado backcountry routes on next year. Maybe I'll make it over to Utah on it if I can get enough time off work for that along with everything else I'm planning. Have done plenty of road riding in Utah though and the scenery is pretty stunning!

Trans-Labrador looks pretty amazing too... wow!