Shipping a motorbike overland from Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan

Hi all,

I'm have two concerns about crossing Xinjiang self-drive on my foreign motorbike, as a British citizen with no connection to/involvement in China:
1) That it will be out of my bugdet, even when sharing the permit & guide costs by joining a group.
2) That I won't know far enough in advance when I'll be ready to cross - the guideline seems to be that all dates & documents must be submitted to the guide agency ~3 months in advance, I doubt my ability to predict how long it'll take me to get from England to the Chinese border.

What do you think of my chances of finding vehicle(s) I could pay to carry me and my motorbike through Xinjiang? I think I'd probably have to load before the Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan border crossing, both for simplicity with the border guards and the practicalities of finding lots of stationary trucks. And it would be far simpler if the vehicle I found was going the entire way to Pakistan.

That’s an informal, almost hitchhiking, process, and wouldn’t produce any shipping/customs documents which might be required at Chinese border control points (?)
So I could consider shipping overland more formally, between two cities large enough to offer such a service.

Thanks for reading,
Robert :)

I don't think that's an option, there's no difference between your bike being on a truck and you riding it.

Hi Robfir

And welcome to MCM.

Over the years every type of question has been asked, talked about & debated?
So here is a link on MCM that will answer at lot of your question.

Link ........ http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...hina-Un-Guided

Very very few people have been able to get there foreign plated bike into China un-guided you can count the number over the last 10 years on one hand?

In this guy case he tried to count the number on both hands ??? you get my point now



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Thanks you two, I'll try a few things but be ready to go the usual way if needs be :)