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Thanks for the leads, fellas.

Glasswave, you going there to work? We should stay in touch.
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Thanks for the leads, fellas.

Glasswave, you going there to work? We should stay in touch.
I will be on sabbatical year from my college. I guess that means I'm working. ;-)

Right now, I hope to arrive in Moscow around 5/15, head straight to Mongohl, then down to Kazak where I would hope to procure a bike, I want to spend July & August heading down the mountains to Tajik then cross into XingJang & over to Tibet. This itinerary seems ambitious even w/o a bike. I figure I'll ditch the bike if it comes down to it. I hope to spend most of aug & sept in Tibet then cross to Nepal in OCT......

I'd be happy to hook up on my way:

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Email sent. I hope I got the address right, lol.
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I am an American living in Bishkek and I have desperately been looking for a bike here. I am looking at some used bikes but most are undependable (the Russian bikes may be easy to fix but still a difficult thing unless you are fluent in Russian) or small. I plan on two up riding and I am looking into the shipment of a KLR. The roads here are not that good at all. They are bad in Bishkek and worse out of town. When there are no pot holes there is a lot of debris and still not street bike friendly. The international licensee should be fine and the other paper work once in country is not a problem (as long as you have help with the language).

They also have classified here where you can find a few bikes. Most are about 2k more US than to what they go for back home. I am going to look at a 89 Yamaha 1000 sport tourer this week end that is going for 2500.

Another thing is, make sure you bring all your riding gear with you.
Hope this helps. Send me a PM and I’ll give you my email and cell.

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Hmm, what you say is 180 degrees out from what others on ADVrider have said about the availability and cost of bikes there. Of course, I am mostly interested in an old Ural or equiv.
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I am an American living in Bishkek and I have desperately been looking for a bike here. I am looking at some used bikes but most are undependable (the Russian bikes may be easy to fix but still a difficult thing unless you are fluent in Russian) or small. I plan on two up riding and I am looking into the shipment of a KLR. The roads here are not that good at all. They are bad in Bishkek and worse out of town. When there are no pot holes there is a lot of debris and still not street bike friendly. The international licensee should be fine and the other paper work once in country is not a problem (as long as you have help with the language).
You could try these guys:
SilkoffRoad Tours

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Novosibirsk in Russia has a large inventory of used bikes, mainly japanese.
I would appreciate any in you could offer on buying a local bike: brands, sizes, prices, paperwork and insurance require ments as I plan to be out there soon & looking.

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I have found that shipping here is almost imposable for bikes. It may be easier if somebody was from Europe and was able to buy/ship but I did not get that far. Buying and shipping from Europe or Japan was going to be my next step. Fortunately a little bit of hard work paid off and I found a 85 Yamaha XJ900 this weekend and bought it for $2300. US.

I have been looking for bikes locally for some time and the motorcycle community is just not very well “understood” here. There are plenty of scooters 100cc and under but not many other choices. As a foreigner I found the local auto classified somewhat helpful (eventually found my XJ900 in it) but it is in Russian. The pictures in the paper are of mostly newer bikes and since I have been looking there have been two R1s 95 and a 99 priced around 8000 US ea., one GSXR 1000, one 600 around 8000 US a 96 or so CBR 1000; 7000 US, a 04 Kaw. Z1000 10000 US. There have been others but you get the idea.

The older, cheaper bikes are in print and much harder to find with out an understanding of the language. There is the occasional Russian bike at cheap prices but they are usually 70s vintage. There are plenty of parts for them but if you don’t have the place to work on them, are not good at Russian or do not know the right guy to go to it would be an endless headache and could get expensive. I was leery of this because I would rather ride than learn Russian bike maintenance.

After being here for a while I found that the sport bikes would not be suitable for serious riding. The roads are not that good, some may be newer but for the most part it is rough. Back home I would prefer a sport bike but here I would not be able to go to the places that I wanted to. Most of the mountain roads are rough and usually paved but gravel covered or a dirt road. I wanted a dual sport, KLR, because of the roads but the bike I ended up with is light and works well on the rough roads. So yes, they have about every bike here but it depends on what you want to do.

My paperwork was actually very easy. I still have to record the sale to the police but the title transfer was done in thirty minuets. I have an international diver’s license with motorcycle endorsement and that was ok with them.
I have to say though; it would have been imposable for me with my limited use of the Russian language to do any of this if it were not for a good Kyrgyz friend. Without him it could not have been done. Even if I was fluent in Russian it would be hard to do without knowing someone to help.
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Are there some decent Urals or IZH's there, or other dirt-style single rider bikes? It of course would be great to have something with some power, but luckily dirt bikes have less power anyway. I can sacrifice speed while in Kyrgyzstan so I can come back to my Triumph Sprint and maybe a Ducati too.

I understand the Russian girls there are...umm..very friendly. Is that correct? Seems like that could be used to your advantage regarding having an interpreter for the bike shopping and purchase, yes?

I have a feeling I will be running into you once I get in-country so maybe you can show me the ropes with this.

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