Buy, tour and sell in each country you visit, make sure the bike you buy is legally registered in the country, use a "gestor" (one who transfers titles as a business) , buy insurance - carry your soft luggage/gear with you.

Buy low and do some fix up and sell high. When you are ready to leave South America, sell the last bike you have purchased and walk with much more money than it cost you to buy your first bike.

I know several over landers who toured South America and the bikes did not cost them one cent!

Here is a Sportster I (registered in Argentina) that I bought and sold for a $4,000.00 USD profit - after fix up costs!

This is not an endorsement of Harley Davidsons... I could not wait to rid myself of the loudest, most useless, unreliable - most uncomfortable bike I have ever ridden. One saving grace...it sure attracts young and attractive Argentine women -

The only thing it was good for, - and some of the attention attracted was worth the all the pain in the a.....- Just circle the Obelisk (downtown Buenos Aires) a couple times on a Harley and get ready - those viagra tours have nothing on a Harley.


Eat, Drink and Buy Low and Sell High

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If you are thinking of making a loop, starting in one place and finishing where you started, it makes selling a bike on the backend easier.

think in a circle...



The thing is, it can be hard to sell a bike that is not registered in the same country. I'm not saying it can't be done, it's just that there is less paperwork and nobody has to pay the importation taxes to nationalise a bike.

So, start in one country that has easy purchase and paperwork steps, buy a bike, get it in your name and double check that the paperwork is buttoned up, head to as many borders as you wish. If the bike is in your name, you'll have no problems crossing borders and less difficulties selling it when you return to the country where you started.

I bought a 250cc chinese bike from charapashanperu and it has served me well. He had a custom frame made for it that has worked very well. I brought the Pelican cases / panniers with me, but you could have a frame made for soft luggage just as easy. Hoping to get down before the year is over to ride the Andes. Think small. You'll rarely need the speed or power of a 650, 800, and up. The chinese bikes are so incredibly affordable and easily to maintain (all the locals ride them, so parts and mechanics are everywhere.)

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2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.

Blogs: Peter's Ride

Fnn A xfitrate

Not going to work out for anyone on any sort of schedule of any kind. Buying ...
and especially selling ... takes TIME. How much you got? So, if your on the road a year and visit 8 countries you'll be spending a HELL OF A LOT of time screwing around ... and what are your odds the one or two are lemons and you get stuck with them?

By far the better idea is to do the loop that Peter did above. Buy and Sell in same country and avoid the hassles. You may even work out a buy back deal with a dealer or with Toby in Peru'.

Most travelers don't have that much time so need to get a bike quickly and get going on their tour.

Buying and selling a different bike every month or so for a year .... is Fookin'
madness! (selling bikes is hard work! if you want to come out OK on the deal ... I know, I've sold about 50)