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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour.
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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour.
Yeah... A definite option. But it's only worth £2500 and that £2000 cash back won't last long in Europe.

I'm thinking more of ideas for a long term solution, but yeah.. Scrape it from where you can.

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I thought it was worth around 5000.-
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Check out this site Ted, it could be the answere you're looking for.

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Jeez, this is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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Ted - you're a good looking boy - you don't need to ask this question.

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helpx is great. I'm a paid up member. Thing is, they dont pay anything. Great for accomodation...

Mick, I accept PayPal...
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this might be a longshot... is there an equivalent of "harvest trail" in europe or the UK?

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when you're paid by weight, hard work = good coin.

or, visit australia... the $ is ridiculously high against the major currencies. you might even go home with more in the pocket than you started with.

if you can repair small engines or use mechanised equipment you can rock up on a farm, let it be known to the owner that you have skills, and you'll quickly be out of the field and tinkering in the shed, or sitting on an air-con john deere with MP3 player (summer is coming).

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Sell your triumph and get a cheap 250 or another scrap bike . Then you should have plenty left for a good tour.
Thats what i wanted to write as well...to travel 9 months around Southamerica was only 2500 Euro including bying a small bike:

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How may kilometers have you ridden in total in those 9 months Tobi?
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How may kilometers have you ridden in total in those 9 months Tobi?
Around southamerica 28.000 km wildcamping and couchsurfing this way i met so many new friends that i will be back very soon

Petrol in Venezuela was free and very cheap in Equador and Bolivia (not paying the tourist price) and riding a local bike is not only cheap but you also get in contact with the local people more easy and can find parts if needet...

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Crikey! that is some tight budgeting! so tight imho that it must squeak!!
That works that out roughly to be €400 for fuel give or take, you said €700 for your honda 125 bike so that leaves you an average of only approx €5,2 or so a day to live on!
Pfffew! amazing!
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Crikey! that is some tight budgeting! so tight imho that it must squeak!!
That works that out roughly to be €400 for fuel give or take, you said €700 for your honda 125 bike so that leaves you an average of only approx €5,2 or so a day to live on!
Pfffew! amazing!
That is very impressive. I spent more than that on Beer per day while in South America
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