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I took this bike through South America for some 10,000km over 4 months back when I was 18.?
Check the sandstorm brewing in the background.
on a 125cc 4-stroke?! That's impressive.
It was actually a 150cc, that battery cover plate is a replacement as is the gas tank; I got hit by another motorist from the side at like 100km/hr.
Terrifying shit, the gas tank exploded and I couldn't walk for like 4 days because I landed on my tailbone.
The other guy broke his shoulder blade and completely fucked up his face, fucking idiot.
I'm not fluent in Spanish either so I ended up getting most of the blame, being a gringo and all.
Corrupt fucking cops in small town Peru, they put me in a cell for the night until the guy who's hostel I was staying in came over with his Peruvian friend to get me out. It was right on the border with Ecuador and the only other person in there was a female drug mule who was like crying most of the time and then going ape shit at the cops any time they'd offer her food or water.
Anyway, crazy days. Fully worth it though.