The carnet gives your bike 12 months in India. The medical extensions in Pune are dodgy, the police/customs know this and they know you know too. Visas for longer than 6 months can be had, depending on your passport, check at embassy. Pakistan is the easiest way to extend a visa and may not be much of a backtrack if you plan where to go and when... do 3 months in the Himalayas, nip back to Pak, then return to do the rest of India. Mountains good June to Sept, the south Sept to June.
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