Bike on a budget
Hi,
I am currently in the very early stages of planning a round the world trip that would hopefully commence midway through 2009.
At the moment I'm trying to get a rough idea of the all costs involved as my finances are slightly limited. I do not actually own a bike and freely admit to knowing next to nothing; so I was just wondering if anyone out there could help to point me in the right direction to begin with.
My very rough plan is to head from UK through Europe, Iran, Pakistan, India, SE Asia and then ship to South America. I think I would stick to main(ish) roads where possible, but hopefully do some 'light' offroading.
Based on my current finances I think I would be able to afford a machine somewhere in the region of £1K - £2k. I am not at all concerned with the speed of the bike, but more interested in it having good fuel consumption and also spare part availability in the places I intend to visit.
Does anyone out there own, or know of, any bikes that loosely fit this description ?
Thanks,
Dave D
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