Early on we decided to acquire the bikes in the US, instead of buying them in Denmark prior to departure. There were two reasons for that.

  1. Because of taxes, bikes are expensive in Denmark.
  2. We would save the cost of shipping the bikes across the Atlantic.

In total it would save us around $10.000 to buy two new Honda CRF 300 Rally in the US compared to buying them in Denmark and shipping them over.

The initial plan was to buy and set up the bikes in Portland Oregon where a friend had generously offered that we could use his place as a staging area for the trip. This would allow us to order the bikes and everything we needed to set them up in advance and have it delivered at his place prior to our arrival.

We placed an order for two CRF 300 Rally at a couple of Honda dealers in the Portland area in the fall of 2022. As the months went by and the dealers still had no answer to when or even if they would be able to deliver the bikes, we began to keep an eye out for used CRF 300 Rallys, but the good offers were few and far between.