Just an idea
 

Call CAA and give her the countries you're interested in visiting. She'll probably need to 'clear' your email address because they have a macho spam filter. You'll receive a list of the duties/% by country.

Stick a world map on the wall. Buy a large assortment of children's markers or highlighters. Assign a color for each break in %...25%, 50%, etc. Color your countries accordingly......staying within the lines, of course..:)

Something might standout. There's rarely only one set plan...

George,

Not applied for my Carnet yet, got a while still and also want to leave it reasonably close to leaving time as I might be away for around a year and would obviously be easier not to have to renew.

Good tip on the credit cards above thanks,

Chris

my friend owns a bike shop
 

hi grant,

been following this thread. awesome news... been really worried about the import taxes in eqypt. was hating the thought of travelling the west side of africa... its really dangerous right now.

i have a question, a friend of mine has a bike shop. if i ask him to undervalue my bike it should be ok no? are bike shop owners running any risks by doing something like this?

i mean, we could invent something like complete engine overhaul and cracked frames etc... to bring the bike value down.

would this work?

many thanks, there is light it seems!

robin.

for george
 

so happy about this thread. eqypt was a massive headache for me....

:lol2: Hah hah! My Harley owner friend just spent USD3000 to "overhaul" his bike and it is now sitting pretty and shiny in his garage. :offtopic:

Maybe it's time to get him out for a ride again... :scooter::scooter:

buying foreign...
 

ref cheap swiss carnets- self valuation,( swiss bikes /res only)what are the likely dificultys for someone outside switzerland (uk) purchasing a swiss bike ...registering it... etc.
as an aside , is switzerland , like france , a country that does NOT have a system of yearly technical checks ?

With regards to the CAA, let me say nothing negative- only that my experience with them (her) has been somewhat "curious." Lone Rider mentioned a macho spam filter- he's right! Last year I tried to reach the carnet woman and NONE of my emails went through- we're talking about dozens of attempts (yes, I was trying by phone as well). This went on for weeks. The woman at the CAA explained that their tech guys had just upgraded their filters. I finally received my carnet in South Africa. She included 9 pages as I originally planned to do a loop from Capetown to Jo-berg (via Zambia, etc). I contacted her from Kenya stating I was now heading north to Cairo and had only 1 page left. She said "no problem" and in a few days I had a new carnet in my hands with Sudan crossed off (I don't think a carnet is required there). Egypt is on the list- and the carnet has 25 (yes, TWENTY FIVE) pages in it! In any event, the point is, she didn't ask for any additional funds. I was surprised by this as we've all heard about the high cost of carnets for Egypt. We'll know soon enough if my low cost carnet will get me through. Be steady everyone. H.