I wonder how much easier travelling by bicycle makes border crossings compared with  motorcycle or car. And if the same applies to low power electric bicycles. So for instance, do you still need an escort in western tibetan China or the Waziristan and tribal parts of Pakistan?

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2016/feb/16/crossing-asia-on-my-bike-i-met-countless-others-out-to-see-the-world-on-a-bicycle