Salutations from Belgium [Trip through South America]
 

Hello everyone !

I finally registered after several days of non stop reading :)

I'm a 30yo man from Liège (who knows this city? Nobody does for sure) and I'm planning a trip to South America in January. I should be fired today so I'll have plenty of time beer

My initial plan was to fly in to Buenos Aires, buy a bike there and then tour around SA but after reading several threads here it looks more complicated than I thought doh

One really useful thread was one by Xfiltrate however it's a few years old already, has anything changed meanwhile ? Maybe someone could redirect me to a newer thread ? Basically it says that you can buy a bike in Argentina but you need one Argentine to be the co-owner of it and he/she must cross the border with you if you want to move around...

The bike I wanted to buy initially was the Kawasaki KLR650 but a few things I've read here made me a bit reluctant now, like the fact that 400cc and above a considered luxury products and therefore heavily taxed on imports… Also if these are considered luxury products would such a bike bring me under the spotlights ? I mean I don't want to bring too much attention on me or on the bike and be worried all the time that it might get stolen…

So then I thought why not buying a 250cc like everybody does. (or at least that's how it looks to me) but I'm afraid I'll get bored after a few kilometers, I had a Honda Varadero 125cc and man this was killing me on the highway and as you probably know Belgium is called "the flat land".

Also I came across this website: adventure motorcycle tours in Peru and all South America - Moto Purchase & Buy Back

Looks good and all but I'm not paying anything upfront, my trust towards human beings is nowhere near this level.

So to resume: I want a bike that won't make my look like a ****ing rich gringo but that would still bring me anywhere and mostly one that I would be able to cross borders with. Budget would be around 2000€ (I've seen one KLR650 at 4500€, I thought I could buy it and then sell it later for 2500€ for ex) I can land anywhere Chile, Columbia, Peru, Argentina… I'm all in, one way ticket :scooter:

Cheers and have a nice day !