Sell it. Have a going away party with the proceeds (socially correct, of course!). On your return buy a new 2026 RT1xxx for the two up touring and enjoy
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1200GS: On the fence to sell or store for 5 years
- Thread starter dhesty
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Sell it. Have a going away party with the proceeds (socially correct, of course!). On your return buy a new 2026 RT1xxx for the two up touring and enjoy
Thank you all!!
WOW - thank you all for weighing in with your comments! Your insights were very helpful to push me over the fence to sell the GS! For those of you who suggested taking it with us to S.A. (Brazil), I thought about that early on, but I was also not aware of extra costs and restrictions beyond shipping down. (I once had an adventurous plan to ride down, but axed that plan for various reasons). Moreover, we lived in Brazil for 7 months of 2019-2020, which was fantastic by the way, but even being on moderately busy roads in a car feels dangerous sometimes due to a few very aggressive drivers. I like the idea of someone else enjoying this fine motorcycle during the next 5 years, and my being able to choose another moto in 5 years depending on what we feel like doing. I'm glad I joined this community! Ate mais!
WOW - thank you all for weighing in with your comments! Your insights were very helpful to push me over the fence to sell the GS! For those of you who suggested taking it with us to S.A. (Brazil), I thought about that early on, but I was also not aware of extra costs and restrictions beyond shipping down. (I once had an adventurous plan to ride down, but axed that plan for various reasons). Moreover, we lived in Brazil for 7 months of 2019-2020, which was fantastic by the way, but even being on moderately busy roads in a car feels dangerous sometimes due to a few very aggressive drivers. I like the idea of someone else enjoying this fine motorcycle during the next 5 years, and my being able to choose another moto in 5 years depending on what we feel like doing. I'm glad I joined this community! Ate mais!
Rinty
New member
A guy from Ohio just shipped a bike to the U.S. from Brazil and the required documentation was stupefyingly complex.
He's got a long trip report on ADVrider and his user name is Ohio_Danimal. It's a great read.
https://advrider.com/f/threads/cycle-south-2020-part-four-down-in-denver.1296625/
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Thank you for posting this thread. Ohio-Danimal's well-planned adventure sounds exciting!
powwow
Member
It's quite an interesting read, with an illness that almost killed him, forcing him to abort his trip and return to the U.S. for a period. Then, after resuming the trip he got stuck in Brazil during the pandemic lockdown, ultimately resulting in shipping his bike back to the U.S. There's more...but I won't give away any more of the story.
captainmarko
Member
Sell it. If she doesn't want to ride on it now, she will even less in five years. Both storage and taking it with you are PITA, expensive propositions. Divest yourself of all that is unnecessary. Motorcycles will be available upon your return. IF you return.
Bon voyage!
Bon voyage!
