The time approaches. . .

Greetings All,

Well, my wife's job offer refuses to become solidified, so we've decided to go ahead with out travel plans. Submitted my passport today for yet another China visa (Yikes! They upped the price to $190 US).

Should be arriving in Shanghai on May 24th. and will take a day to relax. I want to visit the C.J. shops in Shanghai and hopefully share a beer with any fellow riders there.

Still hoping to scare up a two or three-wheeler for a ride up near Beijing.

All the excellent ride reports I've been reading these past weeks have been getting me keyed up. So I'm hoping for some ridin'. My motto "It's a pain in the ass when it is happening, but it's Adventure Riding when you tell the story!"

Cheers,

Dan K.
Black Hawk, CO

Dan, that's great news and it should be a great time of the year to ride.

As always, take plenty of pics! :icon10:

CC

Hey great news, come by our shop. call my mobile and I can tell the cabby where to go....

Winston

hi Dan
please give me a call when you are heading to Beijing
I am always up for a 2 wheel ride, and I even drive my 3 wheeler up in the mountains now & then. the riding around Beiujing is spectacular ,
safe journey's
TIM L
1348-864-0048

Dan,

:popcorn:

I hope we get to see a ride report here soon :deal:

Good luck and safe travels.

Cheers!
ChinaV

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Originally Posted by DanKearney

Greetings All,

Well, my wife's job offer refuses to become solidified, so we've decided to go ahead with out travel plans. Submitted my passport today for yet another China visa (Yikes! They upped the price to $190 US).

Should be arriving in Shanghai on May 24th. and will take a day to relax. I want to visit the C.J. shops in Shanghai and hopefully share a beer with any fellow riders there.

Still hoping to scare up a two or three-wheeler for a ride up near Beijing.

All the excellent ride reports I've been reading these past weeks have been getting me keyed up. So I'm hoping for some ridin'. My motto "It's a pain in the ass when it is happening, but it's Adventure Riding when you tell the story!"

Cheers,

Dan K.
Black Hawk, CO

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Dan,

you are welcome to ride with us. As soon as you got your visa, e-mail me - I may have found a way to get you some real :riding: papers.

See you!

Thanks everyone,

Even if I don't find a way to secure a ride, I'll still look you all up when I arrive so we can at least swap stories and drink a few beers.

Hopefully, when its all over I'll have a ride report to post.

Cheers,

Dan K.

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Chinabiker wrote: I may have found a way to get you some real papers.

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Is this some info you want to share with the group Chinabiker?:goodtime:

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Originally Posted by wuming

Is this some info you want to share with the group Chinabiker?:goodtime:

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First let me see how the procedure is, how long it takes, $$$ and how reliable the source is. :deal:

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Chinabiker wrote: First let me see how the procedure is, how long it takes, $$$ and how reliable the source is.

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No worries, I look forward to hearing about what you uncover. I have bought my plane ticket, and I am still hopeful of riding legally (still chasing up a few of my own leads), so any information you can discover will be very gratefully received. Cheers.:goodtime:

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Originally Posted by DanKearney

(Yikes! They upped the price to $190 US).

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The fee is reciprocal........based on the price the US charges Chinese citizens for a US visa.

All right. Have my visa and tickets in hand. I was surprised that they issued me a 1 year, multiple entry visa this time. Never got more than a 30 or 60 day single entry in the past. Frequent visitor perk maybe?

Will be arriving in Shanghai on May 24th. at 20:15. My wife, Yuan, is leaving tomorrow morning for Guangzhou and will be meeting me at Pudong that day. Guess I'll be a little blasted from the traveling, so the first night will be two beers, a little grub and straight to bed probably.

Looking forward to seeing Winston's shop while in Shanghai, and any other riders who might be around. Winston, I've got your number and address. I'll give you a call on the 25th.

I'm still hoping that everything will fall in to place for riding up Beijing way. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Cheers,

Dan K.

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Originally Posted by DanKearney

All right. Have my visa and tickets in hand. I was surprised that they issued me a 1 year, multiple entry visa this time. Never got more than a 30 or 60 day single entry in the past. Frequent visitor perk maybe? ...

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If your wife is a Chinese national, holding a residence permit abroad, it should be normal that you get a one year mult.

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Originally Posted by DanKearney

... I'm still hoping that everything will fall in to place for riding up Beijing way. Keeping my fingers crossed ...

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Bike will be ready, waiting for you - are you good with a beemer ? :lol8::lol8:
I hope camping is fine for you.

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Originally Posted by chinabiker

Bike will be ready, waiting for you - are you good with a beemer ? :lol8::lol8:
I hope camping is fine for you.

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Andy,

Thanks for everything you've done to help me make this trip become reality. I really owe you. Yes, camping is fine. I love to just load up the bike and ride till a good camping spot presents itself. Camping in China will be a first for me on this trip. From all the ride reports I've read from you and others, it will add even more interest to things.

Yes, Beemers are always good. :riding: Fell in love with them during my two stints living in Germany in the early 1980's and early 1990's. (Although I couldn't afford to own one then) Still have my '87 K75, and I picked up a 2007 F650GS last week. I'm loving the new GS and I'm hoping to run out to Moab, Utah to give it a good trail break-in and a three day camping trip in the next few weeks before I head your way.

Cheers,

Dan K.

<COUGH> TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES!!! < COUGH COUGH> :icon10:

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CC

Greetings All,

This is my last pre-trip post. I'm furiously packing this evening and will be jumping on the plane Shanghai bound tomorrow morning.

Thanks again to everyone who helped me get my trip sorted out. There's a great group of riders on this forum. I look forward to meeting folks in Shanghai and Beijing.

Cheers,

Dan K.

:clap::clap::clap:

:thumbsup:
CC

Doh!

I guess getting up at 4am after not getting to sleep until after midnight has an effect upon one's brain. I left the house this morning (I'm sitting at LAX right now waiting for my Tokyo flight) without writing down a couple of phone numbers.

Andy (ChinaBiker) and Winston (ShanghaiFingers), please email me your phone number's so I can call when I'm in your area.

Dan @ ColoradoPeaks . net

Cheers,

Dan K.

Dan,

Call me at 13795237411.... See you soon. I will be away Monday, but in my shop Tuesday-sunday....

Winston