Hello everybody,

Together with my girlfriend we're planning a trip around the world. We're dreaming and thinking about it for many years and now we decided to just do it. The initial plan is to leave the Netherlands in september, fly to South America and buy 2 motorbikes over there, probably something like the Honda tornado XR250 or the Honda XR400 Falcon. We were thinking to start in Colombia or Chile because we got friends living over there who can maybe help us buy the bikes and get us started. After buying two bikes we want to travel all the way north till Alaska and make the crossing to Russia. From there we we want to cross Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece and so on. I was thinking to do it in 12 months.

For the seasons I was planning to be in Alaska around spring and Russia Mongolia, Kazakhstan Around summer.

The plan is to travel lightweight, we will bring a tent, sleeping gear and some gear to cook. And just the basic stuff you need.

-We traveled before but not like this, is this a realistic plan?
-Any advice for the route?
-Is it possible to buy 2 motorbikes and drive them to Europe? (paper wise)
-What is the best country to start and buy the bikes? (keeping in mind that we got friends in Colombia and Chili)
-Is the jump from Alaska to Russia still possible?
-What will the price be for the 2 bikes? New and secondhand?

If someone got any recommendations, advice, tips or information about everything and anything for this journey we will be happy to hear it.

Thank you for your help

Greetings