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[ettore]

Hello Everyone.

This is Ettore.
I have a few grands and a couple of months on hand which I though I might invest in some nice off road motorcycling travel and bush camping.

I have no experience whatsoever, just did my license last year (which of course didn't involve any off road), this will be my first chance to actually ride for myself.

Apart from riding mainly off road (or at least unpaved) and staying for the most of the nights in my own tent distant to anything civilized, I have no further specific requirements regarding my trip but to keep everything as easy, straight-forward and hassle-free as possible.

Since I like mountains and the sea, I thought about traveling around in the Andes range through South America.

Two weeks ago or so I discovered this site, and it already helped me a lot in figuring out things. Lots of useful info! Great!

Still there are many things to sort out, about which I'll read on and/or post the questions in a thread in the corresponding sections, like which bike to get (light, easy-to-handle, used, easy-to-fix, common, reliable, but still able to carry the minimal camping equipment?), whether it makes more sense to buy the bike in North America and drive it down (because of an eventually better market and/or better/easier ways to get insurance and paperwork done, especially regarding the foreseen border crossings etc.?), what cities/dealers (within a country) are good places to look for a bike (e.g. trustworthiness, good selection...), and what will be necessary in my equipment.

If in the meantime anyone enjoys leaving a word or two from his/her experience on the whole thing I'll be happy to read!

greetings