Hi Nicola,

Wow you have great plans. For Europa, North America and Southamerica you dont need a offroad bike if you dont plan to specialy look for gravel roads etc. In fact i traveled around Southamerica with a local Honda CG 125 for 800 Dollars. This biks is very comon down there so you dont look like a tourist and all the parts are available if needet.

Motorbike trip around Southamerica: Chile and Argentina part 1

I decidet to split my USA trip and the Southamerica trip into two different ons because crossing the Gap between Panama and Columbia is very expensive so i will rather fly to the USA one day to get another bike there.

If you are looking for a bike in Germany check out this webpage: mobile.de – Gebrauchtwagen und neue Autos – Deutschlands größter Fahrzeugmarkt. To register it you will also need to have a adress in Germany. Here the Honda NTV 650 or Yamaha Virago 535 would be my choice for a small person. Suzuki GS 500, Kawasaki GPZ 500 and Honda CB 500 are also low bikes.

Travel save, Tobi








-Tried Googling but am not sure where to start, this is possibly because I am too vague on the location still, but eg. Used Motorcycle For Sale - Buy and Sell Motorcycles Australia - bikesales.com.au is the biggest Aus-wide for private sellers to get a good idea of prices.

-I hear bikes under 500cc are pretty hard to come by in the USA. I don't want to buy in British Columbia because they have some pretty hardcore vehicle regulations there and it's hell expensive. Not sure what my options are for buying if I choose OPTION 1?

-I will need some address to register the bike no matter which continent I'm buying in. Are any countries more or less painful to register bikes in if you aren't a resident and plan to take it out of the country of registration? To narrow it down a tad lets say comparison between USA, Canada, UK, Germany or France as they are the places I would most likely go to to buy. Unless there is some country in Europe where good bikes come cheaper...

Okay that's a tonne of questions for now, please forgive my naivety, I'm learning!

If you need me to narrow things down a bit then just ask, don't have a go for being vague, I'll do what I can to be more specific!

Cheers in advance
Nicola[/QUOTE]