The guys really poured on the gas as they're now in Buenos Aires.
Maybe we'll now get an update on their blog.
I've enjoyed following their progress.
Maybe we'll now get an update on their blog.
I've enjoyed following their progress.
Montreal to Buenos Aires via the Pan American Highway
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I have too - and I am very envious!
The guys have updated their blog and it's well worth reading.
It appears that the bikes will be shipped back to Canada which is about what I expected.
It appears that the bikes will be shipped back to Canada which is about what I expected.
It is good reading. I have learned some things from their trip.
I really enjoyed their journey as I could easily relate to what they were saying and experienced in Peru and Chile.
Always a shame when you following something like this and it ends
Yes it is. I was really enjoying their adventure. One of them is going to continue to travel for a while, but not on a bike.
It was like those South African guys I was following some of them are still trying to get their bikes back from up Africa someplace. I think they may as well just take it that the bikes will not be coming back ever 
The guys won't have any problems in Argentina, but those fellows in Africa have to deal with....shall we say....uncivilized, corrupt,....pick a word...officials.
They take what they want and who's to say no?
They take what they want and who's to say no?
lol this is why I say forget the bikes not worth the effort
I agree. Take the loss and be done with it. It's part of the risk you take on these epic journeys.
When we were in the cities of South America we were warned to be careful as there are plenty of pickpockets and thieves ready to snatch away anything loose.
I was watching a Canadian documentary about three brothers travelling in Peru and Chile. They hitched rides or took trains and had no vehicles of their own. A camera crew was following them of course.
They hired a scooter taxi in this particular town which took them to where they wanted to go. Their backpacks were piled on the back of the taxi.
As they pulled up to their hotel, destination, whatever, with the camera rolling, a man ran up to the taxi, grabbed one of the packs and started running away!.
The guys saw him and gave chase finally cornering him and getting the bag back.
The crook was an adult but small. The guys were big with long legs and easily caught him. They considered punching him out but thought better of it.
I probably could not have resisted the temptation to punch him out or break his wrists, at least.
The things is what I noticed from the blog was the bikes did not hold up to the trip anyway so they were not worth shipping back. Some of them they got back. Talking about being dishonest the one guy on this trip had his passport stolen by the customs official and had to cut the trip short. What a mission it was to get it sorted out just to get back to SA
I remember when the frame broke on one rider's machine.
I've read blogs from adventure riders who travelled to "questionable" countries where corruption is rampant and they made copies of legal documents like driver's licence, passport, insurance.
They were counting on uneducated rabble types at borders or en route not knowing the difference so if they were stolen or kept nothing was lost.
Motorcycle adventurer, Lois Price, rode alone from Alaska to the tip of South America and from top to bottom of Africa.
In her books about her adventures, she said she had a dozen copies of her driver's licence (for example) and if the border guards threatened to, or did keep it, she wasn't worried about it and rode away. She used up several of them.
They were counting on uneducated rabble types at borders or en route not knowing the difference so if they were stolen or kept nothing was lost.
Motorcycle adventurer, Lois Price, rode alone from Alaska to the tip of South America and from top to bottom of Africa.
In her books about her adventures, she said she had a dozen copies of her driver's licence (for example) and if the border guards threatened to, or did keep it, she wasn't worried about it and rode away. She used up several of them.
That is the way to do it for sure
Boerboel313
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Forgive me for asking, who was Mae Lyne? Did she pass while riding? Just curious.
Thank you, and disrespect intended.
Chris
Thank you, and disrespect intended.
Chris
She was the wife of CarlS and passed away in the hospital a couple of years ago.
Rocky is correct. She was a member here and rode an 03 Bonneville T100 with a sidecar. She was a lovely lady. I was heart broken by her passing.
