Japan-Russia-Europe slow bike April 08 start
 

Just putting up a post to see who else may be going East to West from Japan to Russia and onwards to Europe. I'll be a on a slow Bullet 500.
John

Across Russia
 

Any chance you can wait until June? I want to travel from Vladivostok along the Trans Siberia Highway to Eastern Russia and into Ukraine, Poland and east from there.

i want to be arriving at the Eastern parts of the EU by mid June. I intend to set out from Vlad around first week of May, after the May 1st holiday. I reckon about 6 weeks to get to the other end of Russia and through Belarus and then into Poland. So, maybe not....but hey its a slow bike so maybe you will catch up with me!!

rgds, John

Going this way contra (Prague - Tokyo). Start June 08. One man.

John,
Do you have a not later than date for your Vladivostok departure?
Riding slow is the way I want to go. Can I assume since you are riding the Bullet 500 that you will be riding on mostly hard surfaces (where available)? I am looking at riding a Triumph T100 modified to carry lots of gear.
Do you plan on traveling into Mongolia or any other country before reaching Belarus? I would prefer to stay in Russia along the Trans Siberian Highway.
Have you traveled across Russia before?
Lance