Ride across the USA

[Inhouse Bob]

I sold a KLR 650 to a fellow from South Africa so that he could tour the USA and all of the Americas. He didn’t have any trouble with the purchase. After a year of touring he returned the bike to his in-law’s home in Florida and left it there for a future ride. Later he decided to let the bike go and had his BIL strip the special touring bits and ship them to SA and junk the rest. This proved to be a bit of a pain from long distance, but it worked out.
The key to it all, I believe, was that I let him use my address as his local address. That made a bit of work for
me (accepting and forwarding paperwork and such) but it wasn’t a big deal. I suppose if he had gotten a bunch of tickets or something it might have been a problem, but he was an upright guy.
The whole experience was a positive for both me and my family. We didn’t know him at all except from Advrider forums but hosted him for a month while we prepped the bike for adventure and he touristed around the DC area. We were ready to
adopt him by the time he left. Great guy.
All that said, perhaps a good solution would be to find someone on the west coast to buy a bike for you and someone on the east coast to sell it when you are done. Trust is paramount in this scenario, but I have found that the folks in this site are a pretty trustworthy bunch. My tour in Australia depended on a lot of trust and was a huge success.
I will happily work with you on the east coast.
Meanwhile, enjoy the planning!


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