excellent
glasswave
your plan seems very good. it s probably the best choice to buy local in your case.
(renting is not the solution : there s very little renting market there + you ll be annoyed at the borders if the documents are not at your name).
i would buy a local bike when you arrive in the first -stan you visit, a local bike, like a ural (the russian bmw). the price would be less than 1000 usd, no need to be new, get and make the right documents (many bikes are without documents there, i don t know about the right documents, for a foreigner, how to get and valid them ?) especially to cross the borders, no need Carnet de Passage en Douanes (CPD) over there, maybe pay a little bit at the borders to make things easier. and then sell it in the last -stan you visit (500-1000 usd).
try to know on the forums, via NGO, travel agencies there or your embassy for the required documents.
same in china, since importing temporaly (or not) a foreign bike is such a pain.
let us know, your idea is excellent !!!
i have some info on my website (date : 2002) but not much about renting/buying local :
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