The two options I am still considering are the following:
1. smuggle the scooter inside somehow (train?) and then re-register it in Urumqi under Chinese Mot.
2. air freight to Bangkok with AirAstana. AirAstana though does not transport "dangerous goods" and my scooter classifies as such. I can send the frame and everything but not the engine, so I'll take their word as written and remove the 2 kg 50cc engine and take it on...as personal luggage.
Going to Kashagar and then down to Punjerab isn't feasible now as the low season started therefore no opportunity to share costs with other travelers plus the fact that the pass in KKH might be snowed in.
Last but not least paying something around 1000$ to "tour" 800 km of roads (with a 50cc scooter it means from dawn to dusk riding) in 5-6 days sounds to me unreasonable.
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