Carnets are an issue for sure ... and I did not mean to suggest the OP should import his bike into India or China. Sell it off BEFORE entering. Then buy a local bike for the India trip, re-sell before leaving.
As far as Asia goes I've "heard" (and read reports here on HUBB) that small bikes from certain countries can pass through borders without a Carnet ... some sort of inter -Asia cooperation deal. IT HAS BEEN DONE.
Several here on HUBB have managed this ... I don't recall details ... it may be possible. Dunno, just a thought.
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