Anyone know of how easy/difficult it would be to tour asia?
If there's someone who's done it or has some experience or suggestions
I'd be pleased to hear them.

I was thinking specifically about south east asia - maybe Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, Laos. That sort of area.

I read somewhere that it was possible (how easy I don't know) to get
hold an (Indian) Royal Enfield

Cheers,

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:18:00 -0800 (PST),
roaming.around99@googlemail.com wrote:

>Anyone know of how easy/difficult it would be to tour asia?
>If there's someone who's done it or has some experience or suggestions
>I'd be pleased to hear them.
>
>I was thinking specifically about south east asia - maybe Malaysia,
>Singapore, Thailand, Laos. That sort of area.
>
>I read somewhere that it was possible (how easy I don't know) to get
>hold an (Indian) Royal Enfield

There are a gazillion bikes in Asia. I've ridden in Indo and India (by
renting local bikes for a week or so.) It can be scary. Traffic in
major cities is abominable. OTOH, travel by public transport is easy.
If you just want to go to SEA and it's not necessarily about the bike
travel, buy a plane ticket. You can get anywhere you want to go by
train, bus, taxi, and rickshaw. Travel by motorcycle would be a bigger
adventure, and also more challenging.

Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world, and
politics has made it a bit more dangerous, but not unsurmountable.
Crime exists, and tourists need to take more precautions, but if
you're smart, it's not a problem.

Big motorcycles are rare. That means anything over 350cc.

As for a carnet de passage, you'll need to do some homework.
Where are you from?

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

On Jan 11, 6:18 am, roaming.aroun...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Anyone know of how easy/difficult it would be to tour asia?
> If there's someone who's done it or has some experience or suggestions
> I'd be pleased to hear them.
>
> I was thinking specifically about south east asia - maybe Malaysia,
> Singapore, Thailand, Laos. That sort of area.
>
> I read somewhere that it was possible (how easy I don't know) to get
> hold an (Indian) Royal Enfield
>
> Cheers,

i have a good resource for you:

2girls1...no, nevermind...

here:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/forum...91087476f3&f=2

or

http://tinyurl.com/2fwhq7

it's a forum that'll have lots of details on motorcycle trips of all
sorts

-c

p.s. HIJACK- my carb...

On Jan 12, 3:52 am, c <smalltalkingchic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 11, 6:18 am, roaming.aroun...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of how easy/difficult it would be to tour asia?
> > If there's someone who's done it or has some experience or suggestions
> > I'd be pleased to hear them.
>
> > I was thinking specifically about south east asia - maybe Malaysia,
> > Singapore, Thailand, Laos. That sort of area.
>
> > I read somewhere that it was possible (how easy I don't know) to get
> > hold an (Indian) Royal Enfield
>
> > Cheers,
>
> i have a good resource for you:
>
> 2girls1...no, nevermind...
>
> here:
>
> http://www.advrider.com/forums/forum...4c56a7bf5d111c...
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2fwhq7
>
> it's a forum that'll have lots of details on motorcycle trips of all
> sorts
>
> -c
>
> p.s. HIJACK- my carb...



I'm in the UK.

Thanks to C for the links - I really enjoyed reading the trip report
from the guy touring in Vietnam.

On Jan 12, 6:52 pm, roaming.aroun...@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Jan 12, 3:52 am, c <smalltalkingchic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 11, 6:18 am, roaming.aroun...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > > Anyone know of how easy/difficult it would be to tour asia?
> > > If there's someone who's done it or has some experience or suggestions
> > > I'd be pleased to hear them.
>
> > > I was thinking specifically about south east asia - maybe Malaysia,
> > > Singapore, Thailand, Laos. That sort of area.
>
> > > I read somewhere that it was possible (how easy I don't know) to get
> > > hold an (Indian) Royal Enfield
>
> > > Cheers,
>
> > i have a good resource for you:
>
> > 2girls1...no, nevermind...
>
> > here:
>
> >http://www.advrider.com/forums/forum...4c56a7bf5d111c...
>
> > or
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/2fwhq7
>
> > it's a forum that'll have lots of details on motorcycle trips of all
> > sorts
>
> > -c
>
> > p.s. HIJACK- my carb...


I found some more stuff in my search for touring Thailand, Malaysia,
Laos, etc
Some groups running tours and a Harley group too, if anyone else is
interested:


http://www.motorbikethailand.com/

http://www.thailand-on-two-wheels.com/

http://www.tours.avalon-world.biz/

JS