Motorcycle prohibited in IRAN
 

Hi!!!
I'm planning a bike trip to Iran for mid September, I'll pass Turkey to enter Iran but when I ask for Carnet (in Italy where i live) they showed me a message where TACI (touring automobile club Iran) says that motorbike over 250cc is forbidden in Iran from 23/07/2018 also for temporary importation.
I send email to TACI that confirm, but Italian embassy says he does not know this limitation.
Has anyone crossed the border these days and can confirm if it is true?
Thanks in advance,
Gelindo

Any new regarding that?
I'm from Croatia, didn't pay for Carnet yet, but but I just read that, didn't know till today.

I heard that the German DACA also was passing along that info.

I heard that the German DACA also was also passing along that info.

ADAC has today added a new information on its website. It says: "07.08.2018: The temporary import of any kind of vehicles of an american manufacturer into Iran is forbidden." We talked to the ADAC today and have been informed that this is not a reduction of the initial restriction posted on 2 August, but that the 250cc restriction for motorcycles remains in place. The ADAC is working with the Iranian automobile club to find out more (they get calls all day on this...) and whilst they have received reports to them that people have been rejected they have reports as well that others have been admitted. We´ll be following this closely as we plan to enter Iran early September and will let you know here as soon as we hear any news.

Motorcycle prohibited in IRAN
 

Hi!!!
I'm planning a bike trip to Iran for mid September, I'll pass Turkey to enter Iran but when I ask for Carnet (in Italy where i live) they showed me a message where TACI (touring automobile club Iran) says that motorbike over 250cc is forbidden in Iran from 23/07/2018 also for temporary importation.
I send email to TACI that confirm, but Italian embassy says he does not know this limitation.
Has anyone crossed the border these days and can confirm if it is true?
Thanks in advance,
Gelindo

I don't think posting the same question every day in a different sub-forum will help you obtain the answer you are asking for.

As EO wrote in different thread, we still have no reports of people having problems.
It is high season, so we will have more reports from others soon.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-in-iran-95666

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...an-250cc-95650

Hello guys,

i have contacted the responsible ADAC-employee and he told me the following:

- the iranian trafficpolice has banned the use of motorcycles with more than 250ccm. Therefore you can probably enter Iran with your bike, but you arent allowed to use it. So if you gonna push your bike to Tehran you will probably be fine^^
- ADAC is in direct and intensive contact with its iranian counterpart on this matter. They are trying to get an explanation for this new regulation and are slightly optimistic that this new rule will be lifted in a short amount of time. He told me that there was a comparable regulation earlier ("entry with vehicles with more than 2500cc forbidden") that got revoked some weeks later.
- Furthermore ADAC told me that contacting the iranian embassy on that matter should be useless, because the embassies dont interfer/bother with customs/traffic-topics.
- "fun fact": According to ADAC this new regulation hast nothing to do with our beloved Trumpinator and his sensible politics. Sarcasm offdoh


I will wait until and watch the ADAC site closely. If there is noch change i will probably have to cancel my Iran-Tour for this year and book the 350€ i have already paid for Visa under "i love international politics":thumbdown:

Greetings from Germany

You're allowed to go through but only for 10 days max time period they treat as a transit.
I am very sure this will change in the coming time, when politics get cooled down, because they mess everything up for the benefit of few (bastards).

Cheers
Dooby

Hi, guys

Planning a trip from Russia, Moscow to Iran in the middle of September, stumbled upon this topic. Could anyone please post here any link in English? I can't find anything!

Thank you in advance

Sure, here you go: https://www.adac.de/reise_freizeit/r...ssages_en.aspx

Scroll down the center section, select the tab "News" and click on "Iran".

Druzhba! :-)

See you there in September my friend.

Cheers
Chris

Out of interest I was told about this ban when I crossed Iran in 1994 but then it either did not apply to foreign registered bikes or was ignored. The reason I was given was that several acts of terrorism had been carried out by people on larger bikes and the police could not catch them, I have no idea if this is correct or not.

Interesting. That is distinctly different from what is in the ADAC website whch says:

“August 7, 2018:
The temporary importation of any American branded vehicle into Iran is forbidden!
On August 2, 2018 ADAC received the following information:
Since July 23, 2018 the temporary importation of motorcycles with engine capacity of more than 250 CC and of American branded motorcycles is forbidden.
Since receipt of this notification, we work at high pressure to obtain more information.
As soon as we know more, we will inform you"

That clearly states it is Temporary Importation that is prohibited. Seems the employee has more recent information (than yesterday) or is misinformed.

I have been told exactly the same, that the Iranian authorities ban the sale and import of bigger bikes for this reason.

And my hunch is that the situation is basically unchanged from what you describe and this will turn out to be nothing.

Thank you!

I've got Yamaha XVS1100A, does it mean I'm able to go to Iran?

I know about the ban on riding big motorcycles, but I thought it doesn't concern tourists as Farhad says here

Дружба! :-)