From Chile to Texas on a Small Motorcycle

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The bike is packed and ready to go

The bike is packed and ready to go

This is some basic information about the trip I am taking.You can follow me on this site (posts in the Bike category) or via Facebook fan page.

Here is some basic info about the trip:

Who: Me, Ondrej Jurik. Previous bike experience 200 km on Jawa Mustang 50ccm. Now living one year in Latin America
What: Motorcycle trip from Santiago, Chile to Austin, Texas and hopefully to New York City (about 20 000 miles/ 30 000 km)
When: Starting on 7th of November 2010 and arriving to the US who knows when (probably sometime in 2011 or 2012)
Where: On the continents of South and later North America
Why: It should be interesting to see Latin America this way
How: On a small motorcycle Honda CGL 125

Here is the first video post about the trip:

Here is the map with planned and actual route:
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On Motorcycle from Chile to the USA in a larger map

These are some problems I know I will have to overcome:

  • crossing borders and arranging the paperwork
  • figuring out how to deal with corrupt police in some countries
  • escaping dogs that I noticed keep running after the bike
  • figuring out how to cross the gap between South and North America
  • traffic in crazy cities like Rio or Sao Paulo for example
  • getting used to using blinkers (unlike in a car you have to turn them off after finishing a turn and I keep forgetting about that)
  • not forgetting about the kickstand, I keep taking off with it still touching the ground :)
  • etc.,etc., etc.

 Posted by Ondrej at 1:36 pm
  • Freddymorales12

    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

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  • Anonymous

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

  • Patrick Payne

    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!

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  • Anonymous

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

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  • HArley

    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!

  • Anonymous

    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.

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    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.

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  • David R.

    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.

  • milan

    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

  • Anonymous

    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!

  • milan

    Moc dekuji za informace. :-)

  • http://flickr.com/kurakensama Darth Kraken

    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.

  • Rgradovi

    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

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • Rgradovi

    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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  • PETR

    Ahoj Ondro, to je úplná cesta snů. Příští týden letím do Brazílie, ale bohužel na motorku to tam nevypadá. Nebude čas.
    Než vyrazím, projdu si tvůj blog. Je moc zajímavý.
    hodně šťastných kilometrů !
    PETR ze Třebové

  • Anonymous

    Ahoj Petre, diky a uzij si to v Brazilii.

  • Ssamuel23

     Hola amigo, Quisiera saber ¿en que paises tuviste problema con los policias corructos? y ¿Cual fue la razon para detenerte?

  • Ssamuel23

    Hello friend, I wonder What countries did you have trouble with the cops corructos? And what was the reason to stop you?

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  • ojurik

    It was in Panama, they said I needed to have some extra papers. In the end after few hours of investigation and telling me they would seize my bike they let me pass with the papers I had.

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