Hi all,

So I'm planning a trip to from Texas to Nicaragua with my dad in October. We plan to leave from Brownsville, Texas which is right on the border. My dad is riding his own bike and he plans to stay on in Nicaragua for a while. However, I would like to ride to Nicaragua and fly back because of time constraints. The countries we are riding through are Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

I'm wondering about a few options for a motorcycle:
option 1. Buy a bike in Texas and try to sell it in Nicaragua.
Problems: I don't know anything about selling a vehicle in a foreign country other than the import tax will be astronomical. Also, I don't think I will be able to leave the country until all the paperwork clears so I will be stuck if I can't sell the bike.

option 2. Ride my own bike. I live in San Francisco so I would have to ride to Texas to meet my dad, then we ride to Nicaragua together, then I would ride all the way back to San Francisco. This adds at least a week of riding time, and I have to ride through potentially dangerous areas by myself on the way back.

option 3. Find a rental company that allows me to take a motorcycle across international borders. The dream is that there is some type of 1-way rental service for Central America but I don't think anything like that exists.

I would love any and all suggestions on how to make this happen. This trip is super important to my dad and me so I will have to come up with something. We have pretty much everything in order other than what I will be riding.

Thanks!