Hi everyone.

New here as I was looking for some guidance and this place popped up many times.

I do apologise if I am repeating a post that already exists but after searching i couldn't fid any recent information on some topics (meaning 2023+)

So lets go baby steps at a time - I`m not new to touring have been touring around for the past 10 or so years but never outside of the EU so now the time has come.

The idea is to make a trip from Germany to India starting around April next (2025) year.

I am aware of the restrictions of driving trough China so i would like to avoid it and this seems to be problematic.

The two options i can see to do so are essentially go via Turkey -> Georgia -> Azerbaijan -> Ferry to Kazahstan -> Turkmenistan -> Avganistan -> Pakistan and then India.

The other one is Turkey -> Iran -> Pakistan -> India.

I would personally prefer the second one.

However i seem to be unable to find answers to some questions. As far as I understand motorcycles with higher than 250cc engines are not allowed in Iran - is this still true as i also find some information that this is no longer the case ?

Also as I understand for crossing the Iran - Pakistan border there is a military escort which has to be organized but no information on how to do that.

Last but not least - as I understand crossing the Pakistan -> India border is only allowed for people which are apparently neither from Pakistan nor India but i could not find any information specifically on crossing it with a vehicle. There is plenty on public transport but that's about it.

Anyhow I`m sure there will be many questions to follow but as a start I would very much appreciate it if someone has some answers to the ones i had so far.

Cheers