You must decide which countries you want to travel in. If you buy a bike in Indonesia you will need to ship it into Malaysia - except if youre on Borneo/Kalimantan. And shipping is very expensive if your budget even dont allow you to hire a room that usually can be found for 5-6 £ a night. And I am not even sure if its allowed. And its probably time consuming as well.

If you wish to travel in Indonesia - buy a bike in Indonesia. Riding around in Indonesia taking in the sights and meeting up with the locals will easily keep you busy for several months, I would say 5-6 months easily if you go to Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Getting visa for all that time would probably be a bigger problem.

A malaysian plated bike goes into Thailand without a Carnet but Im not sure if it would grt into Laos or Cambodia. Those are not Carnet countries so thats not a problem or the problem. What do you say Recom273? I think it would be better to buy a bike in Thailand as it gives you access to Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia - Malaysia without a Carnet I belive. I belive also bikes are cheaper in Thailand. Although I have never seen or heard about the model you mention in Thailand

If you buy a bike in Vietnam it should go into Cambodia and Laos, heard different stories getting a vietnam plated bike into Thailand.

If you buy a bike in Thailand it should get you into Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia. But it might have to be 150 cc or over - at least for Laos I have heard.

If you buy a bike in Malaysia it shoud get into Thailand - unsure about Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.

If you buy a bike in Indonesia it should get into East Timor, unsure about Malaysia. Anyhow - getting it into Malaysia would include shipping (except from Borneo/Kalimantan) and thats expensive.

Camping - there are a few campgrounds in Thailand in national parks. Except from that I dont know. I really dont see the point when you can get a room for 5-6 £ most places. You will probably use more more money in petrol getting to and from those few campgrounds. Camping in 35-40 degrees isnt all that comfortable either.
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