My friends son and his mates recently went to Vietnam and they all bought small cc bikes (around 110 I think) for around $300. They rode around Vietnam, went to Cambodia and then sold them all back in Vietnam after maybe 6 weeks for not much less than they bought them for. One even sold within the hour as there is quite a market for this among backpackers in Vietnam.
Anther friend of mine from HUBB (sadly no longer with us), came to KL a couple of years ago, bought a 200cc scooter (one of the bigger types) and spent 6 months going all over SE Asia then came back to KL and sold it to a backpacker, pretty straightforward. Don't bother thinking about carrying camping gear, accommodation is generally cheap enough, just make sure your luggage is waterproof.
One thing to stress is to make sure you are comfortable with the Asian traffic as there are usually a lot of accidents with inexperienced backpackers on bikes.
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