I'm planning to do something similar in 2015 :
The Caucasus, the Stans, Mongolia, Vladivostok, on a KLR 650.

I'm a kind of a loner usually but it will be my first bike trip out of Europe. Would be nice to have a little company, at least for some bits of the journey.

p.s. I'm a good cook and a beer drinker !

An R80 is not heavy for ANY roads, infact its one of,if not the best overland bike ever!
I am ready for 'incoming'!!! :gun_bandana:

hello!!
i am up for this trip......will follow this thread...

take care

nino

I was going to buy a house but this sounds a much better idea :thumbup1:

will be keeping an eye on this :funmeteryes:

Dam right :)

The house is already purchased (last year), but the new bathroom can wait. Or the deck. Or the carport. You never stop paying with a house anyway.
Better spend my money on travels.

Hi...!!
Fritz you can freight from the USA for about 2000 USD, and in uk bike like yamaha xt660z which i owe few years old can be purchased for around 4500 £££..(6000 usd)
Ted do you do any ABR rallies? the outlines of the trip are pretty much same as i was thinking...Only Iran is questionable as carnett is required and that is load of £££..??
is it May 2014 convenient starting point????
I will go to Iceland in august this year, little practice river crossing and offroading, anyone welcome..

Rtw 2014-2015
 

Hi There ,
Having did South America about 6 years Iv'e been itching to do another trip again .
I would like to do a RTW trip similar to " The Long Way Round " but going the other way so as to finish the trip in my own country rather than New York and then flying home only to wait a few weeks for my bike to arrive .
Would this be something you would consider .
I wait in anticipation .:scooter:

Same trip -
 

Hi Ted, and others,

Planning my first longer - similar trip for 2014.
I have < 3 months available.

Thinking of: Delft - Italy - Turkey - Iran - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan - Kazakhstan - Mongolia - maybe back with bike on Trans Siberia Express to Moscow - Delft

Seriously interested in sharing info on countries, routes, visa, interesting places, where to eat & sleep - bike transport (by Trans Siberia Express or other) - best period of traveling (Mongolia seems critical - river passing / snow) - how much time it will take etc. -

I think it is not a very good idea to travel alone through for instance parts of Mongolia.

Currently drive a '91BMWK75RT - think this will not work for Mongolia - looking at a Tenere 660 or older bike.

Looking forward sharing info - plans - thoughts and possibly parts of the road.

Leo
Delft
The Netherlands

I'm planning on departing the UK at the end of April 2014..

heading all the way round, but the first bits are :

My initial route plan is as follows:

Section 1: Starting from the UK to Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece and Turkey.

Section 2: Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, KKH -> China, Pakistan, India, -> Nepal.


before going onto the rest (that isn't important to you for this trip)
Section 3: Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Section 4: Australia , New Zealand.

Section 5: : USA.

Cheers

Mark

Keep all this info coming !!! It's great. bier

half-time score / next step?
 

Tried to get main info together / make overview: :D

Ted: 2014 or 2015 East Eur-bottom black sea-Kazakstan-Mongolia-Russia

Simplem: 2015 similar trip
BGil: 2015 Caucasus, Stans, Mongolia, Vladivostok

Fritz: 2014 April via Stans - Mongolia - far East
trackdayr: 2014 April UK-Ger-It-Gr-Trk-Rus-Kaz-Taj-KKH-Chin>
Leo: 2014 May NL-It-Trk-Iran-Turkmst-Uzbek-Kyrg-Kaz-Mong-Moscow>

rtwpaul: a maybe
kiraboo: waits in anticipation

Hope this is correct..:confused1:

Seems:
some like to go in 2014 - some in 2015
some like to go trough Iran Turkmenistan - Uzbek - Kyrchistan - some not.

Am I really the only one who likes to travel trough beautiful Iran - Turkmenistan - Uzbek - Kyrgystan?

Seems there are possibilities to join the road where solo might be risky (e.g. Mongolia :mchappy:)

Whats the next step? :cool4:

Chears Leo

From East to West anybody?
 

I got interested in and started following this thread at the first posting when the intention was heading from the East going West. I'm in Japan and also want to have a go at this. Anybody else interested in going that direction? :scooter:

hello!
i would love to go through iran, but the carenet is big issue...
my ideal route will be through turkey-Baku-turk-uzbek into the china to Mt. Everest base camp-up to great wall-mongolia-magadan- than i don't know...
best regards
nino

Iran - carnet
 

Hi Nino,

Yes - a carnet is required for Iran.

I found that I have to pay 150 Euro and have to deposit or have a bank guarantee of a about 2/3 of the value of the bike.
I have a rebate being member of automotive organisation (anwb)

If I not loose the bike in Iran, it will cost me 150 Euro + Visa.
(Could live with that).

Furthermore - I guess that one will run into problems trying to exit a country without the bike one took into this country..

I am willing to take the risk (probably being a bit more care full not to loose the bike)

Baku - passing the Caspian sea by ferry might be a (cheaper) alternative.

Cheers,
Leo