I registered mine in ~3 hours. I was probably the only one registering a bike that week in Anning, so they really had nothing else to do. It takes as fast as you can hop between three places on your bike. Not sure about the order, but roughly: Get the green book, motorcycle inspection, insurance. Now that I write this, I remember Andre's thread about registration. Goes into all the gory details >>
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...Kunming-Yunnan)
Remember, proof of residence is just a paper from some police station that states you live at some address. All you need is some landlord to say that yes, this guy does live here, he pays rent. The police will call the landlord to confirm. At least 'down here' where I am, that's all they did.