Buying 2 motorbikes in Medellin, Colombia
 

Hello everyone, my friend and i will travel to Medellin, Colombia, on the 1st of December. We want to buy 2 motorbikes in order to travel through the country and also other neighbor countries. Anyone can help us? We are looking to spend a maximum USD 2000 per bike.

My friend, I’m from medellin and last year I sold my 2016 Suzuki v-strom 650 with 15,000 miles for around $9500 (28 million pesos). With the amount you want to spend $2000, you are lucky if you can get a scoter. Bikes down there are expensive, no like here that you can get an used bike for very little.
Hope this helps

Also, be aware of the scams. More likely $200 dollars for a bike is a scam. A bicycle will cost you mare than that.

jzap45, he said 2 thousand, not 2 hundred. Should be able to find something for that, Chinese 150 or so.

There's plenty of options in your price range so don't worry. Ok you won't have a brand new vstrom but who wants to ride one of those around ruta lagunas anyway.

Travellers bikes that come up frequently at your price are DR650 KLR650 and so on. Other options are the XR150L which is a great little bike, I've put over 20,000kms on mine in the past year with 0 problems (mines also Colombian plated).

So hang in there, something will come up, if not have a look at the xr150 or xre190 new or used in Colombia.

Thank you for reassuring me, where did you buy your bike from?

I got mine from another traveller in Santiago, Chile. If you can find a bike with a different plate (for example, a chilean plated bike in Colombia) you can possibly make a little profit by riding from one country to the other and selling there.

For example I paid $700usd for mine becuase of the Colombian plate in Chile, and I expect to sell for double in Colombia.

I sold my Canadian Dl650 in Cartagena for 1300$ So yes its possible.

You just have to be in the right place ag the right time.