Has anybody completed a round the world trip on a motorbike?
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I am hooked on documentaries on Youtube by the likes of William Gloege and Teapotone folllowing their trip around the world.
Has anybody completed a round the world trip on here? I am hoping to take 6 months at some point to have a bash and see how far me and my wife can get! I am currently working out costs etc!
Has anybody completed a round the world trip on here? I am hoping to take 6 months at some point to have a bash and see how far me and my wife can get! I am currently working out costs etc!
Something I have looked at a lot.
HUBB (horizions unlimited I think) is a great source of information both on their website and on facebook.
Roughly, depending where you travel and bike and number of excursions that aren't related to riding etc, budget for at least £1000 a month.
I saved a really good website for average costs per country recently and will edit my post if I can find which device I saved it on!
ETA - found it https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_coun... should help with budgeting once you have decided route and what you want to achieve. Also take into account what level of comfort you want. Do you want a hot shower in an expensive hotel everyday with a meal out? Or are you happy camping with the odd hostel and mostly beans and rice?
HUBB (horizions unlimited I think) is a great source of information both on their website and on facebook.
Roughly, depending where you travel and bike and number of excursions that aren't related to riding etc, budget for at least £1000 a month.
I saved a really good website for average costs per country recently and will edit my post if I can find which device I saved it on!
ETA - found it https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_coun... should help with budgeting once you have decided route and what you want to achieve. Also take into account what level of comfort you want. Do you want a hot shower in an expensive hotel everyday with a meal out? Or are you happy camping with the odd hostel and mostly beans and rice?
Edited by MotorsportTom on Friday 13th July 15:32
MotorsportTom said:
Something I have looked at a lot.
HUBB (horizions unlimited I think) is a great source of information both on their website and on facebook.
Roughly, depending where you travel and bike and number of excursions that aren't related to riding etc, budget for at least £1000 a month.
I saved a really good website for average costs per country recently and will edit my post if I can find which device I saved it on!
ETA - found it https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_coun... should help with budgeting once you have decided route and what you want to achieve. Also take into account what level of comfort you want. Do you want a hot shower in an expensive hotel everyday with a meal out? Or are you happy camping with the odd hostel and mostly beans and rice?
I'm sorry what?!?!? 1000 a month...........total? HUBB (horizions unlimited I think) is a great source of information both on their website and on facebook.
Roughly, depending where you travel and bike and number of excursions that aren't related to riding etc, budget for at least £1000 a month.
I saved a really good website for average costs per country recently and will edit my post if I can find which device I saved it on!
ETA - found it https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_coun... should help with budgeting once you have decided route and what you want to achieve. Also take into account what level of comfort you want. Do you want a hot shower in an expensive hotel everyday with a meal out? Or are you happy camping with the odd hostel and mostly beans and rice?
Edited by MotorsportTom on Friday 13th July 15:32
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k we should all go - rent the house out and just bugger off! That's cheaper than staying here and working!! 
The Selfish Gene said:
I'm sorry what?!?!? 1000 a month...........total?
fk we should all go - rent the house out and just bugger off! That's cheaper than staying here and working!!
Completely depends on your bike and your level of comfort and the countries you visit!f
k we should all go - rent the house out and just bugger off! That's cheaper than staying here and working!! You will eat through that in way less if you have a brand new adventure bike, only eat in restraunts and want to stay in 3* and up hotels around America.
It will be way less for parts of Africa but it's a ROUGH figure. The longer you go for the cheaper things get (not riding everyday and can buy food from markets and cook yourself etc)
MotorsportTom said:
The Selfish Gene said:
I'm sorry what?!?!? 1000 a month...........total?
fk we should all go - rent the house out and just bugger off! That's cheaper than staying here and working!!
Completely depends on your bike and your level of comfort and the countries you visit!f
k we should all go - rent the house out and just bugger off! That's cheaper than staying here and working!! You will eat through that in way less if you have a brand new adventure bike, only eat in restraunts and want to stay in 3* and up hotels around America.
It will be way less for parts of Africa but it's a ROUGH figure. The longer you go for the cheaper things get (not riding everyday and can buy food from markets and cook yourself etc)
The Selfish Gene said:
28k including purchase of bike? lost earnings?
or just a straight 4500 a month? Seem a bit high? Unless you're having a properly nice time in top hotels?
28k is the total for 6 months not including bike purchase.or just a straight 4500 a month? Seem a bit high? Unless you're having a properly nice time in top hotels?
£3500 for fuel
£10,000 for accommodation (£50ish pounds a day for me and my wife)
£7200 for food (£40 a day)
£2500 bike consumables / issues / insurances - this is likely slightly high, but most people I have spoken to have said to budget higher and add a bit
£5000 spending money for activities, tours etc
I know it can be done cheaper. However my wife won't enjoy sleeping in a soggy Vango tent every night and I want her to come with me. So the idea is to stay in 'OK' hotels all the way! The odd night camping on a mountainside etc will be nice. But she would like the option of a hotel etc if possible!
I drove London to Sydney in 2009, but in a Subaru Forester rather than on a bike.
We spent about £25k all up, but that included £4,500 for the car - so call it £20k for a fair comparison. Given it was almost 10 years ago, with inflation I'd say around £20k-£25k + vehicle these days is about right. You'd save a bit on some of the freight costs though (getting over the wet bits) since it's much cheaper to ship a bike rather than a car.
About £5k of that was taken up by all the Chinese costs - you had to have a Chinese guide, Chinese insurance, Chinese registration etc etc. You can now go under China since Myanmar has opened land borders, so avoid the hassle and cost. (Although China is well worth it!)
We went for a similar level of 'comfort' to what you're describing. We camped a little bit through Europe and Aus where camp spots were nice - but the rest of the world we stayed in the cheaper end of mid-range hotels.
All up I'd say you'd do it very comfortably on a bike for £25k for around 6 months.
You won't get around the world in 6 months though
I took us 4 months just to get half way around to Aus and we weren't dawdling!
We spent about £25k all up, but that included £4,500 for the car - so call it £20k for a fair comparison. Given it was almost 10 years ago, with inflation I'd say around £20k-£25k + vehicle these days is about right. You'd save a bit on some of the freight costs though (getting over the wet bits) since it's much cheaper to ship a bike rather than a car.
About £5k of that was taken up by all the Chinese costs - you had to have a Chinese guide, Chinese insurance, Chinese registration etc etc. You can now go under China since Myanmar has opened land borders, so avoid the hassle and cost. (Although China is well worth it!)
We went for a similar level of 'comfort' to what you're describing. We camped a little bit through Europe and Aus where camp spots were nice - but the rest of the world we stayed in the cheaper end of mid-range hotels.
All up I'd say you'd do it very comfortably on a bike for £25k for around 6 months.
You won't get around the world in 6 months though
I took us 4 months just to get half way around to Aus and we weren't dawdling!The Selfish Gene said:
fair play - looks like an epic way to do it!
The cash soon mounts up doesn't it.
I wish you well! It literally a dream come true for me to do that.
If I ever stop racing I maybe I can dream!
I had planned to race this year and next but decided i can do that later in life so have put this down as my priority now in the motorcycling arena. Sold my race and track bikes to start the fund building!The cash soon mounts up doesn't it.
I wish you well! It literally a dream come true for me to do that.
If I ever stop racing I maybe I can dream!
walamai said:
I drove London to Sydney in 2009, but in a Subaru Forester rather than on a bike.
We spent about £25k all up, but that included £4,500 for the car - so call it £20k for a fair comparison. Given it was almost 10 years ago, with inflation I'd say around £20k-£25k + vehicle these days is about right. You'd save a bit on some of the freight costs though (getting over the wet bits) since it's much cheaper to ship a bike rather than a car.
About £5k of that was taken up by all the Chinese costs - you had to have a Chinese guide, Chinese insurance, Chinese registration etc etc. You can now go under China since Myanmar has opened land borders, so avoid the hassle and cost. (Although China is well worth it!)
We went for a similar level of 'comfort' to what you're describing. We camped a little bit through Europe and Aus where camp spots were nice - but the rest of the world we stayed in the cheaper end of mid-range hotels.
All up I'd say you'd do it very comfortably on a bike for £25k for around 6 months.
You won't get around the world in 6 months though I took us 4 months just to get half way around to Aus and we weren't dawdling!
That sounds like an amazing trip, how long did it take you? Do you have some pictures We spent about £25k all up, but that included £4,500 for the car - so call it £20k for a fair comparison. Given it was almost 10 years ago, with inflation I'd say around £20k-£25k + vehicle these days is about right. You'd save a bit on some of the freight costs though (getting over the wet bits) since it's much cheaper to ship a bike rather than a car.
About £5k of that was taken up by all the Chinese costs - you had to have a Chinese guide, Chinese insurance, Chinese registration etc etc. You can now go under China since Myanmar has opened land borders, so avoid the hassle and cost. (Although China is well worth it!)
We went for a similar level of 'comfort' to what you're describing. We camped a little bit through Europe and Aus where camp spots were nice - but the rest of the world we stayed in the cheaper end of mid-range hotels.
All up I'd say you'd do it very comfortably on a bike for £25k for around 6 months.
You won't get around the world in 6 months though
I took us 4 months just to get half way around to Aus and we weren't dawdling!supercommuter said:
That sounds like an amazing trip, how long did it take you? Do you have some pictures
So many pictures!The website we set up is still up London2Sydney I've switched everything to free hosting so it's a bit clunky now.
Photos here Flickr Photo Album
It took us four and a half months, which was probably a bit too fast. I reckon 6 months would be about right.
I've done 3 x RTW trips with oceanic travel by air and a lot of local ground transport, e.g. Istanbul to Cairo overland. Each of my RTWs was 7 months.
IMHO if you want to do the bulk of it overland, then 6 months is not enough. You could still have a pretty good adventure if you limited yourself to a smaller area than RTW, e.g. depart the Arctic Circle in Alaska in the northern summer and arrive in Tierra del Fuego in the southern summer, six months later.
IMHO if you want to do the bulk of it overland, then 6 months is not enough. You could still have a pretty good adventure if you limited yourself to a smaller area than RTW, e.g. depart the Arctic Circle in Alaska in the northern summer and arrive in Tierra del Fuego in the southern summer, six months later.
walamai said:
So many pictures!
The website we set up is still up London2Sydney I've switched everything to free hosting so it's a bit clunky now.
Photos here Flickr Photo Album
It took us four and a half months, which was probably a bit too fast. I reckon 6 months would be about right.
wow - what was the middle east like?The website we set up is still up London2Sydney I've switched everything to free hosting so it's a bit clunky now.
Photos here Flickr Photo Album
It took us four and a half months, which was probably a bit too fast. I reckon 6 months would be about right.
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