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Originally Posted by MattOnAMotorbike
Come the end of October me and a friend hope to be in Chile (Santiago) buying bikes to travel down toward Tierra del Fuego.
Does anyone have any advice on bikes that will be available and suitable? While it would be nice to get a big bike as suggested on other threads it seems that most bikes that will available will be quite small (and, of course, our budget is inevitably limited!).
I guess my questions are 1) Will a small bike (200cc?) take us over the Andes and 2) if not, will something bigger be available in Santiago?
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The Chilean andes are regularly crossed on bikes ranging from Harleys to Chinese 150cc's.
In order of cost:
Used chinese 150 or 200cc (not recommended, unless it is very new and well maintained)
New Chinese 150 to 250cc ($1500 to $2500). These are good bikes, if you take care of them.
Used Honda 125 to 250cc ($2000 to $4000)
Used Honda Falcon 400cc ($5000), nice bikes
New Honda Falcon ($7500)
Used KLR or XT ($8500)
Used TransAlp or Africa twin ($10,000 +)
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