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12 Mar 2010
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Indian registered bullet overland to uk. No carnet?
Am currently in india and heading to nepal for 2 months and then re-enter india. I have an indian registered enfield. Not currently registered to me, but I hear it is possible.
I wish to ride back either through the stans or through china. The biggest hurdle seems to be the damn carnet!
I really really want to ride this particular bike back and have little patience for uptight beurocracy. There were some old threads on here about fake carnet's this would be a great help . Also wonder if nepalese paperwork might help matters. For one border crossing it all seems like such a ball ache!
I hear off another overlander that it is possible to get accross china and that a guide can be arranged from within china at a much lower cost. -So leave bike in nepal, get guide and then return for bike.
Getting bike on train accross pakistan, which I hear some have done. Any advice or other ideas would be most most helpful. I know this has been covered before, but I'm browsing net on a nokia and its painful reading through these threads espescially when the information is a little old.
All help gratefully recieved!
Hutch
Last edited by Hutch; 12 Mar 2010 at 17:05.
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5 Apr 2010
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Pakistan, Iran no carnet
It is a while ago now but I have spoken to three people who crossed Pakistan and Iran with Indian registered Enfields.
One had put it on the train from Lahore to Quetta, another had left it at the border, taken a taxi in Lahore and got a letter of authority from the head of customs there to cross the country and another travelled to Quetta with a customer officer on the back and paid his train fare back to Lahore.
Iran did not seem to be a problem.
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I think you are setting yourself up for lots of problems. Officially, carnets are required by Pakistan and Iran. There were only 2 trains a month from Quetta to the border when I was there in 2007.
If the bike is not reg'd in your name then get ready for more hassles. You will need a paper authorising you to ride it.
Yes, Nepali reg will make it easier, but you will probably have to sell your bike in India and buy another in Nepal. Apparently, you can register and obtain a carnet there. Perhaps you can buy just a frame with papers and swap the frame = Nepali bike.
You don't need a carnet for China and I have no idea what can or cannot be organised from within. Remember, if you cross from Nepal you are entering "Tibet Autonomous Region", an area in permanent lockdown, requiring more paperwork = more $$$$.
Registering the bike back home may not be possible, requiring possibly another frame swap.
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