Hola,
I have got the feeling that more and more people discover the minimalistic way of traveling.(

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Does it qualify for the category "a tourist office map in a plastic bag taped to the tank and your school days sports bag with bungees on a 125cc"?

So, I found a pic for you to see the size of the XR (remember, 1,76m Spaniard resting its overweight 2nd degree on it ). Isn't it a "sweet petit lady"?

PS: Underboning and Palace, loved your examples!

Hola Estabangc!
Thats sure minimalistic...hahahaha......
Thanks for anwering my question here in this post!

I am about 1.90 so that will be fun on a xr125.
Have to put my "rox"handlebar risers on it so i fit beter.
(and the bike looks a bit bigger)

Thanks !

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Hola,

i'm currently in Santiago. Starting my big adventure on a little bike. I'm going to try to travel from here to Bogota in the next 4-5 mounths.
I'm looking into buying a Honda NXR and really looking foraward to it. The only problem I have is that I don't speak spanish so contacting people to buy second hand is turning out to be a big problem.
But still once that problem will be tackled (i'm currently trying to contact the santiago community and beg for ) I'm pretty sure it will be a blast all the way up.
I've traveled this way before in Indonesia on a 125cc Suzuki thunder and I must say it was the best trip in my life. Just don't expect to go fast. But then again maybe being able to go fast isn't always a good thing. I'm the type of person that if I can go fast I will go fast, and probably miss out on a lot.
Just one thing. It's just an opinion but NEVER EVER EVER buy chinese. I couldn't find a Japanese bike last year when traveling Laos so I bought one if the Ying Sing thingies and it was horrible. After 3000km it just fell apart and on the way it was pretty terifyng.


This is a picture of my set up in Indonesia. I know the weight distribution was completely off but still the 'Low rider' rack looked pretty cool.
I'm also 1,90m and what I did was buy some metal pieces to extend the back-springs(+-6cm). This made it a lot more comfortable for me to ride. But I must say when driving in the wet it also made the water spray right up the back of my legs

Suzuki thunder also assembled by Chinese using parts made there.
Chinese bike had many grades, if MUST buy one, the carb fitted may tells what the quality is. Reputable maker uses Keihin related (Deni http://www.dekni.com/ | http://www.keihin-knj.com/ ) products ONLY, "others" use Keihin clone.