Hi, hope this helps -
1) A month sounds about right from my experience. It can be challenging to get through on the phone sometimes. I don't think you would be able to organise it in advance of buying the actual bike...
2) Depends on the value of the bike, what funds you have available to allocate etc. If you take the deposit option bear in mind there are other admin charges e.g. if you use bank guarantee then the bank may charge for this. For us it worked out about the same to use the Insurance option after rebate.
3) I'd imagine so? So long as a bike is not stamped into a country without being stamped out again I'd imagine you get the money back. Best to check with RAC I guess.
4) You would have to take the bike out of the carnet country to get the liability discharged. Depending on the figures involved I think that leaving it there could be quite scary? An option from Nepal is airfreight to UK (or Thailand then ride on to Aus?).
With Irish passport you will need visa's for Iran, Pakistan and India. All these need to be obtained in advance in your origin country although the Iran one can be collected at an embassy of your choice. Turkish and Nepali visas were available at the border. Its worth checking all these in case the situation has changed.
Neil
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