From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle

reallly cool what u doing wish i had the courageous enough to take such a trip im about to start riding soon too good luck

[...] am riding from Chile to Texas on Honda 125 CGL. If you are interested check the progress on my site http://www.ojurik.com/BIKE or on facebook.com/funAdventure. Right now I am about o cross to Central America. I would be [...]

Thanks. Hope you get to start ridding soon and let the world know about your trip.

Very cool trip and awesome photos! Glad to see another 125 muscling its way around the world doing trips people think only big bikes can do! I have a Honda CBR125 and I’m hoping to do some longer rides (than city riding) this summer up here in Canada. Keep it up! Good Luck! I’ll be following your photos as you add them!

[...] in Santiago and has rode it 25,000 KM around South America and is now in Panama, headed for the US: From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle | Ondrej Jurik He says that Chile is a very easy place to buy a small bike and get it registered and insured. I [...]

Thanks Patrick. Hope you indeed get to do some great rides this summer.

[...] He looped 25,000 KM through South America, and only recently crossed the Darien Gap into Panama. From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle | Ondrej Jurik https://picasaweb.google.com/ojurik I don't know what his budget is like, but he is living pretty [...]

[...] guy has spent the last several months circling around South America on a CGL125 he bought in Chile: From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle | Ondrej Jurik He crossed the Darien Gap by bought, and has now rode into Costa Rica, planning to continue as far [...]

How do you afford this trip? Did you save up money first? Seems that with high gas prices, food, and fines it would be very expensive. Do you know about how much money (american) you spent. I am planning the opposite journey for next summer on a Harley Davidson Sportster. Very fun and I wish you luck and safety out there!

Yeah, saving first helps. Prices of gas are not that big of a deal if you have a bike that does close to 80mpg . Parts for my bike are fairly cheap too. And my bike does not go too much over most speed limits so fines are not much of my problem . On your Harley think $2000/month I would say – more Mexico, Brazil and Chile. Hope you do you trip and keep me updated. Happy to answer any questions once you are on the road.

Harley if you have not done so already, you should check out the “Horizons Unlimited” web site.  Lots of riders there who have done such a trip and can answer your questions: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/

Most riders on the HUBB say they needed somewhere between $50 US and $100 US a day to ride through Latin America.  At the low end you will be tenting and staying in cheap hotels, at the high end in nice hotels.

[...] South America on 125cc bikes (or even smaller). Lately I have been following this guy's web page: From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle | Ondrej Jurik He bought a new Honda CGL-125 in Santiago, Chile, and has spent the last year visiting every [...]

Ondrej: Eres grande!!! Te deseo lo mejor de lo mejor y que cuando llegues al término de este viaje sepas que fuiste haciendo muchos amigos aún por donde no pasaste.

Ahoj.super clanky,krasne fotky.Mam dotaz,jaka je cena benzinu v Argentine a i v ostatnich zemich J.Amer??? Dik za odpoved. Milan http://www.toyota-adventure.com

Ahoj Milane,
diky. Cena je vsude dost podobna. Skoro vsude je levnejsi nez v Evrope. Nejdrasi je v Brazilii – skoro jako v EU tzn. asi 28-30 korun. Drazsi zemi je take Chile 25 za litr. Argentina je o neco levnejsi nez Chile asi 20 CZK/litr podle kurzu. Nejlevnejsi je Venezuela asi 1-2 Kc za litr ale to je vyjimka. Stredni Amerika je o neco drazsi nez USA tzn. asi 4 dolary za galon teda asi nakych 17 CZK za litr. Hodne stesti v pokracovani vasi expedice!

Moc dekuji za informace.

oh my god, what a trip! You should have talk about this to ProCircuit guys, maybe they would had gave you the bike for free as sponsoring.

Ondrej,  
I am living in Cusco right now and came across this great story and adventure of yours.  I have work responsibilities until July/August of next year and then have to be in a wedding in Sao Paulo at the end of September.  I am about to buy this exact bike (CBL 125) to perform the field work I have here around Cusco, and then thought – what if I just did the leg of this trip from Cusco to Sao Paulo, following your route?  Its an idea – but do you think you could give me some more details on that leg of the trip?  Great stories and I have enjoyed it all!

Rob

Hi Rob, I think from Cusco you can go to Sao Paulo directly via interoceanic higway. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoceanic_Highway. I think it would make more sense than go down to Bolivia and Paraaguay. It’s all paved now I think, so you should have no problems.

Great I will check that out as an option.  Unless you think the route you took is not recommendable, I would love to travel that route and see the different countries and major cities along the way.  If you have any details about your route I would definitely like to take a look.  Thanks Ondrej.

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