Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions

pashnit is a good forum, and I did get good advice on there before doing a trip.

I even documented my trip on there, 7500 miles on a honda rebel 250:
http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18512

That thread has over 120,000 views as of now. Did the trip just over 5 years ago and had a hell of a time camping out by myself and staying with strange old folk I met off of craigslist.
Honda's are dependable. It was fun knowing there was only 20hp between my legs that was propelling me across America.

It's inspired half a dozen people to do the same thing.