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    Re: Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    Like I said, when your bike is registered you will have alot less problems in your trip. As our bike wasnt registered, (and we were too good to declare the bike at the border) you can only get a bit...
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    Re: Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    Nope, and it still doesnt. Getting a license plate in Europe means paying taxes and other bull* = +-1500 euro. Might as well buy another bike...
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    Re: Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    Just make sure its registered on your name and youll have alot less paperwork bullshit than we had. The common route is through kazakhstan, russia and then into europe. 4 weeks is short, dont forget...
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    Re: Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    We endid up paying a huge deposit for temporarily driving in kazakhstan, like how they do with the new trucks. Apparantly the law has recently changed a few years ago, so everyone is still unfamiliar...
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    Re: Shanghai to Paris on a GSX-R - ROUFFIAC MICKAEL

    Fallwew, in some way you should be happy your trip came to an end in China. The roads in China are so heavenly compared to the ones in Kazakhstan. Were doing a similar kind of trip now, but then on a...
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    Re: Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    7587
    there she is, waiting to be driven :riding:
    7588
    7589
    second service in dali new town. nowhere the right oil to be found...
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    Re: Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

    Follow my trip further here:
    http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?4472-Kunming-to-Amsterdam-on-a-unregistered-bike&highlight=amsterdam
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    Kunming to Amsterdam on a unregistered bike

    I started a thread when we were looking for a motorbike in Kunming. Eventually after meeting up with andre555 we decided to go for the YBR250 at the yamaha dealer in Kunming. After all it was there...
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    Re: China to Spain, May 2012

    Hows life going now? did you start your trip yet? We tried registering our bike in dali and that was just MAYO. Then tried shangri la but there it seemed alot better, except that we already paid our...
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    Re: Pin wrench anyone ?

    Is the drive chain too tight? Everybody has their own theory of checking the tightness of the chain, I always check it with full weight on it as this is the setting for most of the driving time. It...
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    Re: Fred's YBR 250 ;-))

    Fred I have the same. It happens during driving only when you put it at a certain pressure on the throttle it sounds like something is not quite right. Take the throttle off and its gone. I cant...
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    Re: Pin wrench anyone ?

    Fred,
    I just changed the spring setting to the stiffest setting. Which setting do you use? Me and my girlfriend an all packings weighed up too much for the 4th setting, so we just changed it to the...
  13. Re: URGENT - Yamaha dealer in Kunming / Leaking left fork seal

    Good to hear everything worked out well! We are travelling north from shangri la any day now, maybe well catch up sometime. Good luck with the trip!
  14. Re: URGENT - Yamaha dealer in Kunming / Leaking left fork seal

    The yamaha shop in kunming:
    24.984774,102.659597
    phone number: 0871-4320655/4169718

    good luck!
  15. Re: URGENT - Yamaha dealer in Kunming / Leaking left fork seal

    Im trying to start up google maps, but my connection is very slow. So i cant show you where the yamaha dealer is, but they do have some parts. I would doubt it though if they have the parts on stock....
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    Re: Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

    What a week! It all started about getting the residency registration outside the second ring. Nobody had a clue what we were talking about. We even had to move to a bigger hotel. Finally we got some...
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    Re: Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

    Today we finally did it. This morning we went to the Yamaha dealer to buy the bike. Luckily we had a different guy behind the counter this time, not the grumpy one anymore. Finally somebody trying to...
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    Re: Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

    Thanks for the replies! Today we ran around with a translator/guide who opened up many doors for us. We called many other yamaha dealers, but like ChinaV said all of em mentioned the same price...
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    Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

    Hi,

    Me and my girlfriend are trying to find a motorbike in Kunming that is strong and reliable enough to get us to europe. I found the thread where tokyokid did it on a 125 which sounds a bit to...
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    Re: China to Spain, May 2012

    What do you recommend then? I know the price is very high, there must be better deals around. ive been trying to contact the factory as well, but I only got chinese speaking people on the line.
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    Re: China to Spain, May 2012

    Looks like im dealing with Zhao Feng (赵峰), any experience with him?

    @ZMC888: Your right on that one, but its defenitly nice to know other peoples experiences before jumping into the deep end and...
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    Re: China to Spain, May 2012

    So if I understand it right, to register a motorbike on your name you need a one year visa. For me that means, like michaloonie, to go to Hong Kong and get one there. Thats quite some fuss for a...
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    Re: China to Spain, May 2012

    Hi daniel,
    Me and my girlfriend are trying to get the same model bike in kunming right now. Our idea is, like you, to drive back to europe as soon as possible. At the moment were having quite some...
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    Re: Newbs in Kunming needing bike recommendations

    He andre555 where exactly did you buy your shineray bikes in kunming? I looked around QianXinLu today but all I found were a bunch of city bikes and an old kawasaki 250 dirtbike that didnt work....
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    Re: Nice and honest dealer in Yunnan, Kunming

    I tried finding the dealership today but all I found were shops for car items. Can you be more specific where the shop is, is it in a side street across from the peoples court? Its kind of a big...
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