Travelling Southeast-Asia with Thai-Bike
 

We're intersted in buying a registered motorbike in Thailand, but only, if we can travel with it to other countries as well! Could you tell us if we can go with a Thai bike into Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia (or even Indonesia?!) with no or little problems?

Would be very grateful for an answear, Sannbak

If you have not already viewed this site I would recommend that you do.It covers a lot of the information your looking for.I am planning a trip to Chiang Mai later this year or early next.Hope to explore some off road trail riding as well as the amazing road networks in the Golden Triangle.

http://www.gt-rider.com

Hope this helps.

cheers Duncan

Hi Duncan,

thanks a lot for your mail, the gt-rider.com was very informative indeed! If you're interested in the experiences we made in Laos, just have a look at the message board there.

Have a lot of fun on your trip!
Bye Susi

As far as I am aware foreigners are not allowed to purchase bikes/cars/property etc in Thailand. The only way round this is by a Thai national owning the bike[if you know one well enough to trust]. To confirm this e mail David Unkovitch at the Golden Triangle rider site.
Also if you rent a bike you cannot enter Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam with it.

Joyce

A thai bike can be registered now by a foreigner on a tourist visa, so any one that can get a letter from your embassy verifing your address in Thailand can register a bike in your own name. But the choice here is rather limited for anything other than sports bikes, so be prepared to spend some time if you want a specific model.