This is all very interesting to me because I'm trying to plan an "Americas" trip myself starting late next year.
I am currently weighing up the options of buying a KLR650 in Canada (it's cheap at £3350 new) and riding it all the way down against shipping my own bike (Tiger800XC) straight to SouthAmerica somewhere.
Until reading this thread I WAS also considering buying a bike in SA because the thought of wearing out/wrecking my own bike along with the shipping costs doesn't really appeal but it's looking like that's becoming the best option.
I will say that time isn't a problem because I'm taking early retirement next March.
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2002 Tiger955i @ 72000 miles.
2013 Tiger800XC (2nd one) @ 15000 miles.
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