I have been looking at mobile.de and saw 3 bikes that were in the 1200-1350 Euro range, with about 30-45Km on them. All bikes had a topcase and 2 had sidebags. I sent email to say interested, but no reply yet. My budget is to stay as low as possible. I need a bike similar to DR/KLR that is around 165 Kg, require a sound engine and transmission, electrics that are working and drive chain that will move the bike. Evidently I have to choose models different from USA, which is not a big deal. TransAlps are overpriced IMHO.

If the seat is not perfect, tank dented, rust on parts if the frame etc... does not matter so much. I only want 1 bike, but will look at many to help the search. The bikes above looked pretty good in a photo, not all that bad IMHO.

I was looking at these places so far:
*54320 Waldrach, Germany
West about 70 miles(112Km) of Weisbaden/Mainz, near Trier and Luxembourg border (Freewind)

*24321 Tröndel, Germany About 20 miles East of Keil, 50 miles(80Km) north of Lubeck (DR650SE)

*Warren (Muritz) Germany about 75 miles(120Km) east of Hamburg, about 85 miles(130Km) SE of Lubeck (Freewind)

I would register in my name with a German/Poland/France?? address. Insurance in my name also. I hope to avoid useless stuff like VAT(?), MOT, and TAX like in UK. By the way, what are MOT and VAT?

Of course, a plus would be if the bike had topcase/side bags already on it and so on. The trip is to go across Russia to Vladivostok.

PM or email suggestions...