Buying a bike in Japan
 

Hey, I'm from Australia, but I want to buy a bike in Japan and ride it thru central asia, then back to australia. Does anyone know if I would be able to get a carnet in Japan for the bike? If yes, Is it gonna cost?

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Try it out. The subject of purchasing a bike has been covered before.
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Carnets are acquired from JAPAN AUTOMOBILE FEDERATION (JAF)
You don't need one for central asia, though.
JAF requires a deposit for the carnet as bank bonds/insurance policy is not available for foreigners. And if you did have a carnet, you would have to bring the bike back to Japan to get your refund.

Thanks heaps, haha, been searching forums on and off for the last year but had not found anything difinitive. Have also emailed australian govt and got conflicting info from them.

A bunch of countries i will ride thru require carnet - iran, pakistan, india, nepal, malaysia, indo, east timor. Guess I will look into getting a friend in japan to register (maybe even signing it over to me somehow once it is purchased and registered). Carnet will be difficult tho - still waiting on automobile association in oz to reply (if it is at all possible they can issue a carnet). Another option maybe South Korea?

anyway, thanks again!