Buying and Riding a Motorcycle in South East Asia
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Mid-way through a world trip by motorcycle the authors found themselves in Thailand without bikes. Neither Thailand nor the motorcycle-less aspect was planned and they had to find information on travel by motorcycle in Southeast Asia fast. Every piece of information they were given contradicted the previous. In the end they bought motorcycles in Malaysia and spent six months riding throughout the region.
This handbook is all the information they wish someone had complied for them before they left. It covers how and where to buy bikes, if you should rent or buy, road rules and importation, as well as safety aspects of riding and camping.
Sherrie McCarthy
An avid reader, traveller and writer, I wrote my first book at ten years old, and promptly destroyed it a month later when my classmates refused to stop talking about it. It suggested a temperament that might be counter productive to my declared dream of becoming a published author.I teach English to support my travel habit, and I am replacing teaching with writing.When I am not writing a book, I am blogging or writing my Chasing Summer column:http://theindependent.ca/author/sherrie-mccarthy/
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Buying and Riding a Motorcycle in South East Asia - Sherrie McCarthy
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Copyright 2012 Sherrie McCarthy & Patrick Schweizer
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Table of Contents
Preface
Bikes
Rent or buy?
Buying a bike
Countries to buy a bike in
Renting a bike
Paperwork in Thailand & selling the bike
Shipping a bike
Bike modifications
Gear & luggage
Camping
Road rules
Road safety
Navigation
Links & addresses
About the authors
A very special thanks to the wonderful forum members of the
HUBB &
Ride Asia
who are always quick to help out with information and advice
to those who need it.
A huge thank you to Ed Donovan,
Alfons Van Hoof, and Kathryn Dutton,
you made this a better book!
Preface
Sherrie lives in Germany with Patrick, but she comes from Newfoundland, a stony island in the North Atlantic. On our last visit to Newfoundland, after a long, boring flight, we promised ourselves that next time we will RIDE to Newfoundland. On motorbikes.
Which we did. But not the direct way. We started on Betty and Wilma, our BMW F 650 GSs and rode through eastern Europe, Russia, Mongolia and somehow, after different incidents and accidents, ended up in Thailand - only without our bikes. It was an interesting journey but this book is not the place for it (however you can read more about it on UnleashYourAdventure if you are interested).
This book is about how to buy and ride a bike in Southeast Asia. Which is what we decided to do