From my latest research it seems that Thai, Malaysia and Laos should be easy cause of an agreement they have signed recently. People also tell me that Cambodia would be easy too if it wasn't for some bad attitudes from the officers at the borders.
I'm starting to think that there might always be a way around things except for Vietnam; here I'll definitely need an agency to mediate for me unless I decide to get another bike there.
Considering that my trip will be quite frugal, I will opt for an undergone bike, most likely to be Honda, and on this matter I will never understand why the inland South Eastern countries in Asia still don't sell the Honda XRM, which is the best of the whole lot IMHO.
The Carnet shouldn't be necessary if not going to Indonesia, int. license mandatory. Also, as StepThruPanAm mentioned, either the bike is registered in our name or we should have some other sort of paper attesting that we didn't steal it from the previous owner (especially for Thai).
I'm trying to report all the new I get from other resources, please share your experiences to confirm or contradict what I'm writing. I think this could be helpful for a lot of us.
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