Hi,

I'm starting my B/list soon and will be shipping my KLR650 via air to Quito!
Since I live in Connecticut and the bike is new (2013), my intent is to drive it
down to MIA to break it in and get a feel for its handling. Then I can tinker
with it to my liking and finish the set-up after I get the luggage rack and gross travel weight figured out.

I've been to most of S.A. previously and want to concentrate on the western
faces of the mountains in Peru & Chile… down to Coyaihqui and then cut East
thru them and South down to Punta Arenas. I would then like to get into the S/W bottom area of Chile and do some serious exploration of that neck of the woods if possible!

My Spanish is limited and plan to engage a Spanish teacher while in Quito
to hopefully develop a basic conversational skill capability before I go out into the hinterlands. Hopefully, 3 months in school will cut it.

For ya'll who have made this, or a similar trip to this region……I'd appreciate
receiving ANY or ALL info or tidbits that will make this trip slick, lean and mean! IF, all goes well, I intend to take the bike on a boat to New Zealand,
cruise that country…...AND if I'm still kicking, go bite a kangaroo in the ass
while I do Australia!

ANY & All suggestions are appreciated and hopefully your inputs will help enable me to make my long ride safely, so I can get back to chasin women
and LIVIN MY LIFE instead of just existing and waitin for the door to close !!

Thanks in advance for any tidbits ya send my way!

Forest (FRIP) Cague
69 years young