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17 May 2008
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Buy bike in Magadan - Russia?
Hello,
Im sort of looking into the possibities of riding out from Magadan and onto Mongolia next summer. Considering the hassles with shipping and flying my present bike over, Im looking at alternatives.
Altough Magadan is remote, still around 100.000 people live there. So I reckoned, mhhh must be a bike shop there right? Im not looking for anything fancy, preferably around 250cc
japanese make or something like MZ. Doesnt have to be a strictly offroad machine, mud with road tyres is more fun right?
Anyone know whats available in Magadan? Lets say a new 250cc for ? $$
Greetz
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19 May 2008
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absolutely not possible
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You should contact the Vladivostok HU community for advice. I'm sure you could get a bike in Vlad. I've never been to Magadan though
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20 May 2008
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Here is two parts of question.
1) is it possible for foreigner to buy in Russia on the whole, and
2) is it possible to buy in Magadan?
1.
It possible, but there is no point to do that. Russian bureaucracy doesn't give chance, but we've got one popular document - a letter of attorney.
You could buy vehicle de facto, but de jure you just got a letter of attorney from vehicle's owner. You pay money to owner, he's give you a letter. Later you can sale it in same way, or can't (depend on your situation and where you are at this moment).
2.
It possible, but:
- it will take a long time for find seller, and
- it will Russian Ural with many problems, or
- it will Japanese bike with mistakes in documents or something same.
So better to leave this idea and buy own bike outside of Russia.
There is only one point to buy bike in Russia, if you going to sale it on another side of country, and you have much free time for travel and stay in Russia.
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Thanks for that Shustrik.
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I was in Magadan in 2005 (start of my journey to Istanbul)....
It is a reasonably large place as you say, but it is winter for 12 months and not many people ride bikes (I didn't see a single bike when I was there). There are no bike "shops", you may pick up a rusted and broken Ural but that won't help you get anywhere fast.
I shipped my bike into Vladivostok then got it on an airplane to Magadan (but I think the airline has now gone bust).
You're best option, IMHO, is to get a good japanese bike (perhaps in Vladivostok - if you can deal with the paperwork, or in S. Korea / Japan, then ferry over).
I rode/pushed my bike along the Road of Bones to Yakutsk and didn't pass anyone on a Russian-made bike (no offense Shustrik)!
Adrian.
Magadan to Istanbul
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