Hello everyone,

My fiance and I are headed to Columbia November 10th and are planning on travelling south america for approximately 6 months.

2 years ago I rode from Canada to El salvador and back over a period of 5 months. My initial goal was to ride down to Ushuaia but I ended up spending most of my time in Mexico (it's huge!). My fiance rides a motorcycle as well and fortunately for me I was able to convince her to ride as far south as we can (hopefully reach chili/argentina!) Her only exception is that she wants to backpack Colombia first.

I am more than happy to cooperate but I have some big concerns with logistics and efficiency and I'm hoping someone can help me!

We will backpack Colombia first and then go back to bogota to buy two motorcycles as I believe this would be the best place to buy a motorcycle with the proper paperwork. Any other recommendations are welcome!

Now my big concern is if we should bring all our gear from home, pay the (highly likely) extra baggage fee and try to find a place to store our gear in bogota, or should we just pack our clothes and buy all new gear in Colombia? Are the prices of quality gear the same in Colombia as in north america? Are they readily available? Do they have better/cheaper alternatives? I had mosko moto bags for my trip which i loved and could potentially bring on the plane but that would also be a big hassle and I would have to find a place to keep it in bogota..

Long story short.. When I did my trip 2 years ago I left from my own house with a DRZ-400 that I spent about a month trying to make as bulletproof as possible and I bought all the gear to last me the whole trip. I had great peace of mind knowing that I was leaving prepared, now not so much.. I'm also hoping this trip will go really smooth so that my fiance enjoys it so much that she wants to do it again !

Therefore i'm trying to find some insight if Gear/accessories are similar priced in Colombia or if I should look to buy everything here and go through the hassle of expensive baggage fees and trying to find a place to store all our stuff! Let alone hope that 2 mosko moto 80L bags will fit our gear!

Any info is highly appreciated, Safe travels!