Hello! Me and my partner are U.S. citizens. In June 2022 (6 months ago) we bought a 2022 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT in London. The bike is registered to our friends address in London. We drove to Dubai (ferry from Turkey to Israel). No I’m that in Dubai, we wanted to ship the motorcycle to the U.S. however because we are U.S. citizens, the U.S. only accepts U.S. spec bikes built for the U.S. market. Yes I know this is ridiculous seeing as EU epa regulations are higher than US.

So shipping it home isn’t really an option. It seems selling it in the UAE also isn’t an option because I am not a UAE resident. Shipping it to the UK to sell makes no sense because current shipping rates are insane ($5,000+ by air). By sea would be 3,000 or so… but that wouldn’t make any sense because I won’t be in London when the bike arrives in a month to sell it.

My thoughts on my options are to either: A. Leave the bike in the UAE or Saudi with a friend for a year while I go home until I continue the rtw trip. Or B drive back to London (will take around $500 fuel, 1 week of driving, + a ferry somewhere. Does anyone know of any ro-do ferries from Israel to Europe? We arrived to Israel via ro-ro from turkey, but I want to get as close to London as possible.

I’m having the damndest time doing anything. And idk what to do. I wanted to be home in the US with my girlfriend who is already there and has been for 2 months. But right now I feel like I’m stuck with this $10k moto. I’m not sure on the laws for how long I can leave the bike in the uae or Saudi for if I were to do that route. Honestly I wish there was a brit here I could just transfer the registration to and they could continue around the world.

Does anyone have any advice/ideas? I feel so stuck.