Hello there,

I've completed KL-Bangkok-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-Bangkok-Chiang Mai on a Hayabusa and all smaller places in-between and I'd like to share a certain opinion.. don't waste time and money and keep the journey fun!

Riding up to the Thai border is the pretty much the only option of getting there, but once in Thailand,
you have the choice of taking the smooth Thai state trains to other places.
Trains are frequent and aplenty, and you have the comfort of resting and enjoying the views (in the rare occasion when there are some views) and having a drink or having a go with karaoke in the restaurant car!

You can have your bike loaded on the cargo car up front in the train.. leave a nice tip to those who attend to you so that they don't **** about with your precious.

Taking the train saves a lot of your energy, gas money, and tires!
On a bike you'll need new tires when you've rode from KL to BKK but with the train, you'll still have some treads left to make it to wherever else you want to go in Thailand which isn't too far.

As for me I've had a full service and new tires in BKK even though I still had treads because I know of Cambodia, these bikes literally don't exist and if something goes wrong, it could cost you dearly.. both financially and mentally.

I can't help you in terms of your financial budget, as I've had cards with me.

1k gets you to Bangkok and back, but rather tightly and no further.

http://iamalaysian.com/project-i-am-malaysian/

Why not??
With a mordenas kapchai..!

His route:

Malaysia
Thailand
Nepal
India
Pakistan
Iran
Armenia
Turkey
Greece
Albania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Bosnia
Serbia
Croatia
Hungary
Slovakia
Austria
Slovenia
Italy
Czech Republic
Poland
Switzerland
German
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Uk

wait till he finishes the trip, n c how much he spent as a benchmark to TS trip. lol
dun forget TS has only 1.5k

When you ride your motorbike from one country and enter another country, do you need to get entry permit for your motorbike?
Can you use your driving license in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and China? do you need to get an International driving license?
Is your motorbike's Insurance cover also your trip to all the above country?

Previously some Yamaha FZ rider has already make it to China. So if reliability is your concern than I think you should not worry. Plus FZ ia fuel efficient bike rite. So FC won't cost you a bomb. BTW if you want to change your tire, change it in Thailand coz it is cheaper. my 10 cent