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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Great tale, love to see MZs are still being ridden great distances. I've owned and traveled on a couple of TS250s in the past, but for the past 20 years I have run an old airhead beemer and I have been out in Siberia on it visiting Irbit for the bike show in 2012.
Thought I would post a picture of my buddy Mick, who is now in his 80s and still travels far and wide on this ETZ all year round.
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Your amazing mate what a trip. I would really like to o find out more about shipping the way you did. I'm in nz at the moment got here on a uk bike 13 years ago the bike is still registered in the uk with the old uk plates thought I might drive it home. did you need a carnet? Any info much appreciated. Any reason you didn't just drive from vladivostok?
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No CdP needed. Vladivostok to anywhere is just boring slab. Lots of info in the Northern Asia section of the HUBB. I'm sure Phil will describe his interaction will the lovely Olga.

Post #19 at http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...e-trip-57891-2 describes what I did to get a bike out of Magadan to Europe via Vladivostok.
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Your amazing mate what a trip. I would really like to o find out more about shipping the way you did. I'm in nz at the moment got here on a uk bike 13 years ago the bike is still registered in the uk with the old uk plates thought I might drive it home. did you need a carnet? Any info much appreciated. Any reason you didn't just drive from vladivostok?
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Hi Richard (guessing that's your name). You don't need a carnet so it makes everything easy and you just travel on your normal plates. I really wanted to do the Road of Bones so that is why I shipped the bike to Magadan. So no reason why you can't ride from Vladivostok,though its probably mostly all tarmac by now and jsut a long haul. If you ride from Vladivostok then you won't have to wait around for the shipping to Magadan like I did, although I must say I had a great time there. Depending on time and bike you should consider diverting through Mongolia. I had limited time so just went straight across Russia. Time is what will drive the nature of your trip. The guy that everyone uses to clear their bikes through customs is Yuri Melnikov email ymelnik@links-ltd.com. He can fill you in on any details. Good luck. Plenty of detail on this site for such a trip as Chris has mentioned.
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Great tale, love to see MZs are still being ridden great distances. I've owned and traveled on a couple of TS250s in the past, but for the past 20 years I have run an old airhead beemer and I have been out in Siberia on it visiting Irbit for the bike show in 2012.
Thought I would post a picture of my buddy Mick, who is now in his 80s and still travels far and wide on this ETZ all year round.
Great shot. I'm also an airhead fan with an R60/6 currently running 750cc top end which makes it a lot nicer. Great bikes. Also have a Kiev built M72 circ 1958 (750cc sidevalve copy of BMW R71 which I'm sure you already know) which I rode across Europe from Latvia 20 years ago and brought back here to Oz which I still have. Here's a photo of it when I was in Brugge.

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Hi there ! Loved reading your story. Thanks for sharing. I am looking to do Magadan to London in 2021. What time of year did you do this? And did you just ship your bike direct from Aus (Canberra?) to Vladivostock? I would like to go to Japan first and then get me and the bike overland / ferry / cargo ship to Magadan. Do you happen to know anything about that as an option? Also...weren't you cold at night? Great set-up but I thought it'd be freezing at night regardless of the time of year.
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Hi there ! Loved reading your story. Thanks for sharing. I am looking to do Magadan to London in 2021. What time of year did you do this? And did you just ship your bike direct from Aus (Canberra?) to Vladivostock? I would like to go to Japan first and then get me and the bike overland / ferry / cargo ship to Magadan. Do you happen to know anything about that as an option? Also...weren't you cold at night? Great set-up but I thought it'd be freezing at night regardless of the time of year.
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Hi Carolyn, shows you how often I log into this account. It's a couple of years after your post! Not sure if it's still valid to respond but I shall regardless. Bike went via Korea to Vladisvostok. You should have no problem to ship to Japan. Reprots from firends is that Japan is an awesome place to motorcycle Then I believe there are regular vehicle ferries from there to Vladivostok. Might be wise to check if a carnet is needed for Japan.I could dig up my shipping compnay details if needed. I arrived mid June. Travelled June, July, August up to early September. Summer in Siberia is warmish, humid and full of mosquitoes and also short. I think it was high twenties for parts. Can get a cold day but I never had a problem at night. Starting at Magadan at that time and you're travelling the coldest at the warmest time. I wouldn't want to be there late-ish August or September. I'd recommend reserving at least 3 month's and do Mongolia and the "Stans" etc. I did a month to London and that's hammering on a little MZ. Happy to chat further if this helps your plans. Hope you are still planning to do the trip. You will not regret it. Cheers Phil
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