OK! .. I went down to Padang this morning, all is pretty chilled, but i didn't have time to ride around Padang searching for insurance.

However, something else came up today and I had a need to contact Zurich insurance at Sadao, and I was passed the new number.

Yes, they still do insurance for foreign bikes to enter MY. They also do insurance for SG & MY bikes entering Thailand too, which i didn't know.

If anyone needs to contact the company, I suggest using LINE messenger, 0817666220 TH or 0124585681 MY .. The girls name is Ke .. Said "Gaye"

I also found out they are open from 8.00 am - 8.00 pm - Malay time zone.

ETS: Again, you will need some kind of English translation of your registration document, if I was on a foreign bike, they want to know the owner, cc, model, make, colour - and they want to see some kind of rubber stamp on it.

If it was me, i would do it myself, my Thai one is a very basic translation, typed on an A4 sheet by the local licensing authority, but it also has a little crest at the top and a big rubber stamp at the bottom.

The girls at Zurich, can process all your paperwork and obtain the ICP - all ahead of time - but for a fee. When Snakeboy came through, they helped him, but now they are charging a high price for the service. A colleague went to Cameron Highlands the other month, he wasn't in possession of any documents, just a photocopy of his Thai green book, he shouldn't have been allowed to take the bike out - as it was on finance - but we arranged for him to send the girls a copy of the document via LINE, and when he rocked up at 8.00 am, all his documents and ICP were sitting there in an envelope, he said it was one of the best 1000THB he had ever spent.