Argentina to Alaska 
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| Bike Equipment | ||
| Description | Manufacturer | Cost |
| Bike Equipment: | ||
| Radiator grill | Ebay | £23.00 |
| Plastic Headlight guard | Ebay | £18.00 |
| Centre stand skid plate | Ebay | £20.75 |
| Long wire chain with 'eye' ends to use with disc lock | £8.00 | |
| Disc lock | ||
| Side stand enlarger | Touratech | £16.95 |
| Rear Shock | Ohlins | £500.00 |
| Map holder | Touratech | £35.00 |
| Comfort: | ||
| Tobinators | Ebay | £47.00 |
| Seat | Wunderlich Ergo | £168.90 |
| Luggage: | ||
| Panniers | Al Jesse Odyssey | £435.00 |
| Waterproof roll bags x 2 (49L & 22L) | Ortilieb | £55.00 |
| Rear luggage rack | Ebay | £27.04 |
| Adjustable straps | Rok straps x 2 pair | £24.00 |
| Electrical: | ||
| 12v pump + puncture repair kit | Ebay | £33.00 |
| Car plug to BMW plug convertor | Touratech | £5.00 |
| Garmin Quest GPS | Garmin- Ebay | £272.00 |
| GPS Bracket & cable | Touratech | £113.89 |
| Bike Alarm | Cyclone | £25.00 |
| Bike Spares: | ||
| BMW toolkit plus various others (including oil filter removal tool, vice grips, pliers, tire levers, additional spanners, sockets etc) | ||
| Duct tape | ||
| Liquid metal repair | ||
| WD40 | ||
| Fuses | ||
| Spark plugs x 2 | ||
| Cable ties | ||
| Seals for oil changes | ||
| Spare QD Fuel connector and o-rings | ||
| Oil filters x 1 plus seals for oil changes | ||
| Note- The plan is to flog the majority of the above on my return | ||
| Bike Equipment Total | £1,827.53 | |
| Camping & Personal | ||
| Description | Manufacturer | Cost |
| Camping Equipment: | ||
| Camping stove- multi fuel | MSR Dragonfly | £79.00 |
| Expresso pot- essential! | ||
| Head torch | £25.00 | |
| Mozzy net | £25.00 | |
| 1st Aid kit | £15.00 | |
| New Sleepng bag | Nanok Comfort -5c | £70.00 |
| Sleeping bag liner | £10.00 | |
| Sleeping mat | Thermarest Prolite 4 Regular | £48.00 |
| Tent | Tadpole 23 | £138.98 |
| Cooking pots | ||
| Thermal mug | ||
| Knife/Fork/spoon | ||
| Water carrier | ||
| Personal Equipment: | ||
| Camera | Canon IX-US 50 | |
| Camera car charger & spare battery | Ebay | £7.48 |
| Mini Computer PDA & folding keyboard | Palm Tungsten T5 | £98.00 |
| Iriver mp3 player | I-river HP-120 | |
| Custon moulded earphones | £149.00 | |
| Swiss Army knife | ||
| Money belt | ||
| Binoculars | ||
| Clothing: | ||
| Bike jacket and trousers | HG Cruise suit | £400.00 |
| Boots | HG Tuareg | £149.00 |
| Helmet | Arai Tour X | £250.00 |
| Winter/summer gloves | HG Tourareg summer gloves + Pathon winter gloves | |
| Walking boots | North Face | |
| Sandals | ||
| 5 sets underwear/socks | ||
| Long underwear (top & bottom) | Coolmax | £40.00 |
| T shirts - 2 long sleeved, 2 short sleeved | ||
| Fleece top | ||
| Swimming trunks | ||
| Shirts x 2 long sleaved | ||
| 1 pair cargo trousers | ||
| 1 pair convertible trousers | Columbia | |
| Fleece hat | ||
| Sunglasses | ||
| Waterproof top | ||
| Ear plugs | ||
| Paperwork: | ||
| Passport | ||
| Current driving licence | ||
| International Driving Licence | £7.50 | |
| Bike Insurance | ||
| V5 Registration document | ||
| Personal & Health Insurance | Budget policy | £118.00 |
| Vaccinations | Travel Clinic- Estimate | £250.00 |
| Scanned PDF copies of above plus hard copies | ||
| Bike manual | ||
| Camping & Personal Total | £1,879.96 | |
| General Expenditure: | Estimated Cost | |
| Flights/boats (including crossing the Darien Gap) | £1,000.00 | |
| Estimated shipping costs | £1,500.00 | |
| Food - £10 /day @ 215 days | £2,150.00 | |
| Fuel- estimate | £1,000.00 | |
| Camping, Hostels, Hotels @ £7.50 /day @ 215 days | £1,615.00 | |
| Tyres- say 2 sets @ £100 each set | £200.00 | |
| Estimated General Expenditure Total | £7,465.00 | |