Looking for Motorbike Parts and Other Accessories in Dushanbe

The first evening in Dushanbe, we arrived late after getting towing service for Team Donkey Van from somewhere after Kulob. Food at the high end pub was good and a stark contrast to everywhere else in Tajikistan. Dushanbe was a large big city with a clean atmosphere feeling upscale and posh to me for some reason.

A High End Pub in Dushanbe Tajikistan

The next day while Team Donkey attend to their Van repairs, and I scoured Dushanbe for bike shop with the hope of maybe further restoring Bragge to full functioning condition or at least get some Engine oil for the road ahead. 

The famous Bike-House in Dushanbe was not really helpful to me and he just marked out the automotive bazaar and asked me to find my own parts there.

Walking around inside the Auto market in Dushanbe

Auto market in Dushanbe Car Section

The Auto bazaar was large and it was in a way quite interesting to walk and explore all the little shops selling anything from ball bearings to springs yet it was difficult to find anything specific without knowing in detail the parts outlook and which nook of the bazaar to possibly find them. 

I did however manage to find the motorbike section of the bazaar but it was really small and parts were mostly China bike parts with not much translation help of matching Bragge specs. As thing would usually goes, you look for something and you find something else. So i found the full parts shop for Teams Donkey Van and a quick call to give them more options.

All parts available in Dushanbe for Toyota Hiace

I had downgraded my expectation to purely two item for bike parts then. Engine Oil and Spark Plugs. The spark plugs was proving difficult to find and I was semi-regretting throwing out the spare NGK CR7HSA spark plugs in the Wahkan Valley when I had to lighten the bike.

Many local vendors I met would try to help find the things I had on my long shopping list for Dushanbe. It looked like this below and eventually I would find almost everything but at places I least expected.

1. Water Straw Filter ( Did not manage to find )
2. Engine Oil – Motul 10W-40 Fully Synthetic (Found somewhere along the way to Hissar Fortress)
3. Spark Plugs – CR7HSA (Found NGK - C7HSA at an unmarked bike shop)
4. Ratchet Straps (A variation of simple friction straps was found in supermarket)
5. Bungee Chords (Cheap one found in supermarket)
6. Motorcycle Rain Coat (A Gift by another biker Tsetvan)
7. Bag Rain Cover (A Gift from Team Donkey)
8. Brake Pads (Did not manage to find)
9. Brake Fluid Dot 4 (Got a little top up at the unmarked bike shop)
10. Food Box (Found at Karvon Bazaar)
11. Oil Funnel (Found at Supermarket)

Unmarked Bike Shop

The stuff that I threw out at Pamir Wahkan Valley also needed replacing so in a way I went on a shopping hunt in Dushanbe going from one bazaar to another and visiting many shopping malls to find items that would help me with the trip onward.

Dushanbe was a big city with big modern shopping malls but high end camping gear was effectively non-existence and bike parts even harder to find with lesser “Masters” bike mechanic around. I still enjoyed walking around Dushanbe but it’s a city that I would have skip hop faster if not for the unfortunate event of food poisoning the next day

Dushanbe Capital

Dushanbe Capital

Dushanbe Capital

Traveled on : Jul 2024