travel into china

hi my wife and i are planning to travel to beijing 2011 on our ttr 250 yamahas from england via the stans and mongoliai have heard it is almost impossible to get into china any help info much appreciated:riding:

Hi Fireblade,

One of our members, Chinabiker, just made a good reply about this the other day.... I think his summary covers it pretty well.

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Originally Posted by chinabiker

Hi

You've got more or less three options.

One
Entering with your own, foreign registered bike, which is possible but involves miles of red tape and a pile of cash. Most likely it will not work without "tour guide" and some unexpected charges may occur. It has been done many times and there are some agents to deal with. Consider minimum 3 months to get all necessary paperwork. One of these agents is Kashgar New Land Travel reportedly reliable.

Two
Getting your bike into the country without an agent on the back of a truck or sitting it out at a border is very unlikely to work. If you make it in this way, you have to go out the same way.
Although it has been done before, it seems to be out of reach today.

Three
The "get a bike in China" method is more feasible as long as you don't expect to get the bike of your dreams.
Legality of the rider is an issue and there have been many hot discussions about it already. As a visitor (except case One) it is very difficult to almost impossible to get your hands on a driving license. However, many people just bought a bike and rode all over the country without it and they were fine - I personally wouldn't recommend that though.

You don't need a permit to travel between provinces except for teebed and some sensitive places bordering it. Some regions are no-go for foreigners. On some inter-provincial routes you may run into check points.

All the above is based on this:
1 there are no rules
2 there are tons of rules to be followed
3 both, 1 and 2 can be simultaneously applied
4 different village - different rules
5 what worked yesterday, may not work today but may again tomorrow
...

Good luck with your trip :thumbsup:

Cheers!
ChinaV

Re: travel into china

cheers thanks for info :thumbsup: do you know if there are any trains we can catch from mongolia to beijing and leave the bikes in mongolia for a couple of weeks why we visit the great wall and the terracotta army etc near beijing many thanks :confused1: