I doubt shipping from NZ to Timor/Indo would be viable cost wise, Probably get bounced NZ - Melbourne- Darwin - Dilli. Be cheaper to ride via OZ, or sell the bike in NZ and buy one in Indo. You could also get smacked with VAT/GST when you get the bike home unless you owned it for more than a year. If you don't have a visa for NZ...good luck with the work thing.

I am applying for a working Visa. i dont think its gonna be a hustle.
I am just worried that things get more complicated in indonesia like getting the bike registred and get a Carnet de passage. And get a solid bike at all. i am really keen to explore SE Asia on a bike but i dont wanna sell the bike everytime i cross a boarder and get a new one in the other country.
going through OZ would be an option, but i doubt i would save a lot of money because of the long route and since i already travelled the route from melbourne to darwin (by car, years ago) i'm not really hyped. especially because theres thouthands of kilometres without any curves...
how about air shipping? is this an afordable option? how much do I have to calculate?

Buy a bike in Kupang.....Mike at Hotel La Hasienda

Might know something then no shipping....no carnet !!!!

Frosty:

I've never imported a motorcycle into Indonesia, but I have imported a few aircraft (during the course of my job), and let me tell you, the Indonesian Customs people are a massive PITA to deal with.

The country gets a lot of money from import duties - and, at the same time, they protect their own manufacturing industries with heavy tariffs. Motorcycles are manufactured in Indonesia, so, it's reasonable to expect that you would get taxes and duties assessed at the time of import (don't expect the local customs folk to understand what a carnet is).

There are 250 million people in Indonesia, and every one of them owns at least one motorcycle. I suggest you just buy a bike locally - get the salesman to register the thing in his own name - and go riding on that. Once you are ready to leave, you could sell it in 30 seconds for half of what you paid for it and still be way ahead on costs compared to importing and exporting your own moto. Not to mention the advantage of easier access to parts & service if you are riding a local machine, and that you will "blend into the crowd" better on a local machine.

Michael

Michael

can i get a carnet for an indonesian bike? because i actually want to keep on visiting other countries in SE Asia
can someone recommend a good indonesian webside for used bikes?

Hi froston - please revisit twowheels03's post (above), which for your ease of reference, follows below:

He is almost certainly right. Shipping into Dili will needs be via Darwin NT, as there is no other shipping option, as far as I am aware.

Even though Timor-Leste is not officially affiliated to the Intn'l Carnet System, the customs officers there, in Dili, still like to stamp a carnet before they will easily permit your bike to enter the country.

Regarding the land border crossing between TL and Indo:

On the Timor-Leste side of the border:

1. First stop – go the frontier booth, fill-out a departure form and persuade the officer to accept it and stamp your passport, if you can wake him up.
2. Then backtrack slightly to get your carnet stamped out of the country by TL Customs.
3. Have a brief interview with the frontier guards – for me that consisted of a gang of three outwardly friendly men, who seemed a bit bored with their lot in life. A smile and an exchange of a few jokes seemed to warm things up and do the ‘let me pass through’ trick.

On the Indonesian side:

4. Get your Carnet stamped into Indonesia by Indo Customs.
5. Complete an entry form and get your passport stamped in. NOTE: make sure you have your entry visa beforehand
6. Get interviewed by the Indo Army. Not sure why?
7. Get interviewed again, this time by the Indo Police. Not sure what this is all about either?
Then .. you will soon be into West Timor, Indonesia.

When I went through, in September 2011, the whole frontier crossing process - from start to finish - took just over an hour. No doubt it could be a bit longer, if you have to queue at any stage, which I didn’t.

best

Keith

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Almost the same for us just over a year ago....The Timor side had no clue what to do with the paperwork, basically we filled it out and showed him where to stamp. The Indo side was much more organised, all happy and no mention of any "Fees" !! Glad to be out of Dili and moving that's for sure........