Ride from seoul to london via japan and the trans siberian highway
 

Hi, im wanting to take on a huge solo ride in 2017 or 2018 from south korea to england although im a little lost on where to start...

the plan in my head is to fly to seoul, buy a decent 400-600cc bike thats not going to break the bank but is fit for the task ahead, i would like to ride around korea before taking a ferry to japan and doing the same, then onto vladivostok russia and ride the trans siberian highway to moscow, onto st petersburg before continuing through europe to london.

as for a budget excluding touristic entry fees and what not, anyone who has done anything similar can shed some light on a realistic budget for such a ride? i primarily travel as a backpacker usually.

i visited asia for the first time earlier this year, took on some motorbike loops in laos totalling about 700km and then bought a cheap old 125cc bike in vietnam and rode 2000km solo through the country which was an incredible experience and prior to this trip i had no bike experience, but i always push myself to go further and the thought of riding the length of russia from asia back home is something i need to do

thanks for the help :)

Welcome to the HUBB. The best place to start is to spend a lot of time on this forum researching your route and what you want to do--there is lots of information here, including on budgets, etc.

I'm not sure about Korea, but generally it is tough/complicated to buy bikes in foreign countries, so make sure that that is possible.

Once you're in Russia, it is easy--just ride west.

Regarding Japan, you could probably get someone to "loan" you a bike, but you can't register it in your own name without being a resident of Japan. So, the official owner will have to do the paperwork when you sell the bike and leave Japan. Things get really complicated if you try to take the bike out of the country, though.