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If I ride to india on my bike DO I HAVE TO RIDE BACK TOO OR CAN I CATCH A FLIGHT

Hi, I'm planning to ride to Punjab,India on a KTM EXC 525, I was wondering If I ride there on the bike do I have to ride back too or can catch a flight back and just leave the bike their and bring it back when I have more time......? Abit stupid to ask but I'm not sure..... Im planning to go next year march if anyone else is going through FRANCE, ITALY, GREECE, TURKEY, IRAN, PAKISTAN please get in touch as I don't have any1 thats up for it at the moment... my final destination will be Amritsar in Punjab India.. (GOLDEN TEMPLE)

My E-mail address is bhupi4719@hotmail.co.uk if you want to get in touch

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Try the shipping section for options on shipping from India to Europe.

You would need to go to a major port or airport to arrange shipping or airfreight. I don't recall there being anything in Amritsar. Best option would be New Delhi.

Btw why stop in Amritsar? :confused1: There is so much to see in India and Nepal... think the Hiimalayas or southern India via the palaces of Rajasthan.
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As a side note do not use Gati.
I could go on for hours about it but suffice to say they are not use to transporting motorcycles, and will call the police when you take your bike from there depot without paying "extra" charges!
Good job the police are slow to respond

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I'm from punjab near amritsar and ther is a sikh festival vaisakhi that I want to attend
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Hei Bhupinder, to travel overland through Middle East, Iran, Pakistan and India you will have to arrange a Carnet de Passage, a large deposit, redeemable when your vehicle returns to your country of origin, or is a proven complete write-off. Leaving a country, like India, without the vehicle imported by you could be a problem. It will be on their computers - as soon as your passport is swiped, you will have some explaining to do. The Customs will see this as an evasion of import duties, unless you can prove you are coming back and the Carnet is valid for this period.
Sending the bike by sea be aware of the extra charges at the other end, no agreement made in India with the shipper is valid at the port of entry. My advice is to oversee the construction and packing of the transport crate yourself, I didn’t, and was surprised at the totally useless construction that arrived in Oslo, literally falling apart, and that was before I saw that someone had cut the brake pipe to get the front mudguard off. To be fair to Mathew Dias of Lynn Packers and Movers of Panjim the paperwork and customs procedure was impeccable, there was a very senior signature on the export side of the carnet, and the usual demands for baksheesh at the airport were absent.
I have heard, but not experienced, that air freight out of Khatmandu, is the cheapest and easiest.
Have a good ride, it is one of the classic trips.
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It will be on their computers
The Indian Customs have computers??!! :confused1:This is news to me!!!

All I saw at the two border crossings and many checkpoints (in Kashmir) was a lot of paper work.

I think the only problem with leaving the bike will be if there is something stamped in the passport and the fact ask GSPeter said that you have a potentially big deposit for the CDP.
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I'm from punjab near amritsar and ther is a sikh festival vaisakhi that I want to attend

Before going to the Golden Temple you must visit Punja sahib and Nankana sahib Bhupinder. While visitng these places do drop a word.
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