First Trip

[MikeyyO]

Hello All,

I'm currently in Southern California.

After reading Jupiter's Travels, and seeing heavily laden bikes cruising up Highway 1, I've decided I would like to either:
1.) Go around the world
2.) Make it to Patagonia, or
3.) Just as far as Guatemala.

Now, I don't have a bike, and only $8000.

I can really rough it, if it means completing the mission. I suppose I should get a cheap bike, and not one of those lovely KLR650s with the nice panniers.

1.)Any reccommendations for a good cheap bike?
2.) Any idea of gas costs or travel times from the US border to the Guatemala border? And to Patagonia? How quickly can it be done comfortably?

Money!

Thanks!
Mike.