Just did a little Googling:

As far as I can see the first person to ride a m/c on Antarctica was a Japanese chap in 1991/92. Shinji Kazama's motorcycle trip A trip also a great deal more substantial than 50 yards up and down a beach before loading it back onto the ship IMHO.

From my conversations in early 2016 with a reputable ship's captain and a tour company representative in Ushuaia, it is highly illegal for normal individuals to take any foreign matter (especially motor vehicles covered in oil, grease, foreign dirt) to Antarctica.

Actually, it really is a fragile ecosystem, already threatened by tourism. Somehow, paying someone to illegally drag a motorcycle down to Antarctica so you can ride a couple of hundred yards up and down a beach doesn't strike me as much of an achievement. (At least Shinji Kazama rode all the way to the Pole in 1992.) It is an astonishing continent to visit for sure, but with all due respect to those who have shipped (or are considering shipping) a bike to the shoreline for a quick "ride", if you really want to "respect the environment", leave the bike in Argentina. It's a wilderness really worth protecting.

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When I sell a bike I always put "one careful lady owner" in the advert! Do they need to know that said bike has been half way across the planet?????


I am careful, honest!


To be fair, it is usually a bargain as I spend so much money making it comfortable, fitted with heavy duty inner tubes, protections (lots), luggage frame, luggage, power socket etc...


One exception: my BMW (the one that spent a year round south America!) was a dog but I sold it very cheap ...

More than slightly off this thread's topic - @ any moderator, please feel free to move this post - but has anyone else experienced issues with HD inner tubes?

I had a pair fitted once. BUT riding in a serious ambient temperature (40°-45°C) on associated very hot tar-sealed roads; the front HD thicker tube must've retained much more heat than a typical standard (thinner) one. Result: without warning it blew-out BIG time! Not nice changing it - in the oppressive midday sun. doh
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Hi Keith,
We used those in 2014 without any problem across the ( very hot!) deserts of Central Asia. The only tube to go burst was the only one we did not replace in my husband's front wheel. Cheap Chinese tat that split on the seam.

Last year we fitted them again on our 250s ( with slime inside to fill any puncture) and again no problem at all across Russia Central Asia.
Not a single puncture either, So I am big fan.

A tube would be a lot less likely to reach these temperatures on Antarctica... :freezing: Do you see what I just did there? :innocent: Thread back on-topic :Beach:

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Good work Chris. Very cool indeed, actually! :cool:

Seamlessly back on topic.