Just noticed that the bike developed a front fork seal leak on the way down. I think I´m responsible for disturbing the seal doing maintenance before I left Canada. Anyway, I did bring a spare seal and will install it as soon as a shop here can order the correct fork oil for me. Next I need to shed a lot of weight, either personally or from my gear. I think it is the best way to prevent suspension problems which is the common repair issue in South America i.e bad roads + too much weight = broken motorcycle.
I cant get rid of any clothes. I only brought one pair of pants and I won`t give up the heaviest stuff, my tools and spare parts they give a (false) sense of security. So it looks like the laptop, the sleeping bag, shoes, travel books (Im not a back-packer anyway), tie-downs etc need to go. Hell, I´ll be living in my motorcycle boots until Brasil and they have lots of cheap clothes there.