Hi all!

We are currently traveling from China overland to Europe. For some reason we got really bored of public transport and are thinking about buying a motorcycle in Kyrgyzstan and take it as far as we can, hopefully all the way back to Germany.

Has anybody ever done this and has some advice for us?

From what I learned in this forum we need the following things to take a vehicle across borders (for non-carnet countries):

Drivers License
IDL
Registration papers
Insurance (depending on country, and usually purchasable at the border)

To do it properly we would have to register the bike in our name which I guess is not possible for foreigners in Kyrgyzstan. So this is the tricky part which we need to find a solution for. We have two ideas so far:

1. Get it registered in a locals name with a power of attorney allowing us to drive and sell it.

2. Probably cheaper and easier: getting some old german plate sent to us and forge some registration papers accordingly.

Do you think one of this is possible? Say as far as Turkey at least?

How does it work in Europe? Can we get some sort of transit plates and a green card?

We don't want to register the bike once we are back home, we just want to get there and probably set it up in the garden!

Please help us out and tell us about your experience. Every little detail is very much appreciated!

Thanks for your help!
Ju&Seb