Hi!!!
I'm planning a bike trip to Iran for mid September, I'll pass Turkey to enter Iran but when I ask for Carnet (in Italy where i live) they showed me a message where TACI (touring automobile club Iran) says that motorbike over 250cc is forbidden in Iran from 23/07/2018 also for temporary importation.
I send email to TACI that confirm, but Italian embassy says he does not know this limitation.
Has anyone crossed the border these days and can confirm if it is true?
Thanks in advance,
Gelindo

Any new regarding that?
I'm from Croatia, didn't pay for Carnet yet, but but I just read that, didn't know till today.

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I heard that the German DACA also was passing along that info.

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I heard that the German DACA also was also passing along that info.

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ADAC has today added a new information on its website. It says: "07.08.2018: The temporary import of any kind of vehicles of an american manufacturer into Iran is forbidden." We talked to the ADAC today and have been informed that this is not a reduction of the initial restriction posted on 2 August, but that the 250cc restriction for motorcycles remains in place. The ADAC is working with the Iranian automobile club to find out more (they get calls all day on this...) and whilst they have received reports to them that people have been rejected they have reports as well that others have been admitted. We´ll be following this closely as we plan to enter Iran early September and will let you know here as soon as we hear any news.

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Hello guys,

i have contacted the responsible ADAC-employee and he told me the following:

- the iranian trafficpolice has banned the use of motorcycles with more than 250ccm. Therefore you can probably enter Iran with your bike, but you arent allowed to use it. So if you gonna push your bike to Tehran you will probably be fine^^
- ADAC is in direct and intensive contact with its iranian counterpart on this matter. They are trying to get an explanation for this new regulation and are slightly optimistic that this new rule will be lifted in a short amount of time. He told me that there was a comparable regulation earlier ("entry with vehicles with more than 2500cc forbidden") that got revoked some weeks later.
- Furthermore ADAC told me that contacting the iranian embassy on that matter should be useless, because the embassies dont interfer/bother with customs/traffic-topics.
- "fun fact": According to ADAC this new regulation hast nothing to do with our beloved Trumpinator and his sensible politics. Sarcasm off


I will wait until and watch the ADAC site closely. If there is noch change i will probably have to cancel my Iran-Tour for this year and book the 350€ i have already paid for Visa under "i love international politics"

Greetings from Germany

Hi, guys

Planning a trip from Russia, Moscow to Iran in the middle of September, stumbled upon this topic. Could anyone please post here any link in English? I can't find anything!

Thank you in advance

Interesting. That is distinctly different from what is in the ADAC website whch says:

“August 7, 2018:
The temporary importation of any American branded vehicle into Iran is forbidden!
On August 2, 2018 ADAC received the following information:
Since July 23, 2018 the temporary importation of motorcycles with engine capacity of more than 250 CC and of American branded motorcycles is forbidden.
Since receipt of this notification, we work at high pressure to obtain more information.
As soon as we know more, we will inform you"

That clearly states it is Temporary Importation that is prohibited. Seems the employee has more recent information (than yesterday) or is misinformed.

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- 2017 KTM 350 EXC-F (the Cougar)
- 2014 BMW F800GS (the Goat)

Hi!!!
I'm planning a bike trip to Iran for mid September, I'll pass Turkey to enter Iran but when I ask for Carnet (in Italy where i live) they showed me a message where TACI (touring automobile club Iran) says that motorbike over 250cc is forbidden in Iran from 23/07/2018 also for temporary importation.
I send email to TACI that confirm, but Italian embassy says he does not know this limitation.
Has anyone crossed the border these days and can confirm if it is true?
Thanks in advance,
Gelindo

I don't think posting the same question every day in a different sub-forum will help you obtain the answer you are asking for.

As EO wrote in different thread, we still have no reports of people having problems.
It is high season, so we will have more reports from others soon.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-in-iran-95666

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...an-250cc-95650

You're allowed to go through but only for 10 days max time period they treat as a transit.
I am very sure this will change in the coming time, when politics get cooled down, because they mess everything up for the benefit of few (bastards).

Cheers
Dooby

Hello everybody,

I know that more than 250cc is banned in Iran since long time but the Iranian custom doesn't take any action on this regard. I have so many friends on yearly basis they go there with their big cc's motorcycles and without issues. One time they faced an issue in Tehran since it's a big city and the police are so active there. So what happened is that the teenagers gathered around the big motorcycles were the police didn't like the situation, so it caused them some problem and the police called the custom and questioned them on how did you allow more than a 250 cc to enter the borders. The custom reply was " no issue with that and it's legal" since it's a foreign vehicle.

I live in Kuwait where we have many Iranian expat's. I was issuing my CPD and i was talking to one Iranian and he confirmed that any American made vehicle will not be allowed to enter Iran any more in 2018.

Thanks
Ossaimi





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We entered Iran with 4 big bikes 2 days ago from Turkmenistan.

No problem and no restrictions with time limits for the carnet

And I know some other travellers who crossed into Iran.

And we got stopped by police 2 times and no problem to use the bikes.
We even saw Iranian with big bikes.

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Hey Klaus,

could you (if possible) report your experience to the ADAC? I am currently in contact with them (they even asked me: "are you sure you want your carnet, because because of the current situation?") and they told me the following:

The prohibition of bikes with more than 250ccm is indeed an old customs rule and was never really used. But currently the iranian trafficpolice has aggravated this sanction and ADAC is therefore worried about actual police controls inside Iran (not about the customs at the border). Thats why your first hand experience with these police controls could be useful for the ADAC.

If you got any spare-time you might consider to send ADAC a short mail (carnetdepassages@adac.de). Eventually they will update the info at the homepage and all the people could be a bit more at ease...

Just a thought

ADAC gets their information from the Iranian Automobile Club, so I doubt that personal experiences will make them change their website advice; it would not hurt to try, I guess. However, Klaus has been for a long time known to me as a super-reliable source of first-hand travel advice and I´m glad he shared his recent experience. Safe travels!

Cheers
Chris

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