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  1. Re: Nice and honest dealer in Yunnan, Kunming

    TB-Racing, you have to admit thatyou can more easily ride illegal in China than in many countries, I know it's the case for mine (France). Obviously that's not true anymore as soon as u get in an...
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    Re: Scooter dealer in Beijing

    Hi

    First, thanks a lot for taking your time to give me all this info!

    Since I first wrote earlier tonight, I had my colleague call the guy at the shop again. He told me the 1,600 yuans was a...
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    Scooter dealer in Beijing

    Hi everyone,

    I'd like to buy one foreign brand gas-powered scooter, one of those JV models (Piaggio Zongshen for example).

    I used to know a few shops in Beijing but things change fast and...
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    Re: Insurance and registration in China

    hi

    I'm replying because I am about to buy a 125cc scooter and I plan to register it with the Jing A plates from my old and useless bike.

    A bike dealer in Tiantongyuan offers to help me...
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    Re: Gas restrictions for Beijing motorbikes

    yea, I'm definitely carrying my camera from now on. Weird thing is that they bothered me in stations in the suburbs (even though it was still within 4th ring road) but not at all in core downtown......
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    Gas restrictions for Beijing motorbikes

    Hello everyone

    Not sure it is the right place to post about regulations, but here I go

    I am facing difficulties to get gas in Beijing for a couple weeks, apparently there is a regulation about...
  7. Re: Nice and honest dealer in Yunnan, Kunming

    hi andre

    I didn't do all I wanted to do, crappy roads almost all under construction. I followed your advice and reached Lijiang via Panzhihua, and then headed south-west to Tengchong with stops in...
  8. Nice and honest dealer in Yunnan, Kunming

    Hey everyone,

    I posted several weeks ago a message in the classifieds looking for a bike in Kunming, and Slabo helped me out by finding a local biker's phone number.

    The guy's name is A Shuai...
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    Re: Buying a bike in south China

    @ Euphonius: thanks for the point, but Beijing is way up north compared to SH, and I'm afraid that round trip shipping btw BJ and south china will be expensive enough to make it worth financially to...
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    Buying a bike in south China

    Hi everyone

    Here I am, having managed to get myself some extended National Day holidays (2 weeks and a half starting Sep 22), and I'd like to ride in South China, that I still havent visited since...
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    Re: Shandong Ride

    Hi again. Thanks for the additional info.

    I just happen to have more days for the trip, and depending on people I know or will stay at, I have my trip planned so far until Qingdao, that I will...
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    Re: Shandong Ride

    thanks for the input.

    Sabine, I'll check the video (again, as I already had a quick look when u posted it last year ;-)

    ZMC888, I do want to see the nice inland roads, so I might well follow...
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    Shandong Ride

    Hey everyone,

    I am planning a small nice ride to Shandong (where I never been) on my Wonjan/Suzuki 250 cruiser.

    I plan 6 days for that, from sunday afternoon (after leaving work at 3pm) to...
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    Re: Bike situation in Shenyang

    I do have a 京A plated bike here; but I also might buy something else there, and get a local plate...
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    Bike situation in Shenyang

    Hello everyone

    I applied for a job in Shenyang, Liaoning.

    As I never been there, I have no idea what the legal situation is like over there. Is it totally banned like Shenzhen, very restricted...
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    Re: Wonjan parts?

    quick update for the ones interested

    they received my parts (tanker and mudguard) in about 2 weeks and a half; but it took 2 more weeks and dozens of phone calls to get them delivered (they...
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    Re: Leo's cj750 sidecar shop

    Hi Sabine

    Thanks for the tip, but its not for now to consider. Ideally I'll get a plain sidecar in 2010 to cut my teeth on the driving and hopefully in 2011 upgrade to a BMW-powered one.

    We'll...
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    Re: Leo's cj750 sidecar shop

    Small contribution to the debate here, for what it's worth

    I only went to Leo's once to have a look, and I wasnt very convinced, and its true that word on the street is that he's not good.

    I...
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    Re: Who is this motorcycle?

    Now I understand how Copenhagen intends to become carbon neutral ;-)
  20. Re: Went down on the street for the first time....in China

    Yea you're right, it must be true everywhere; actually I only have riden in China, never in my country... India and maybe Bangladesh in March may change my opinion about the traffic situation in...
  21. Re: Validity of Chinese driving license in foreign countries

    I only have the "moped" license in France (ie max 125cc), to get the bike category on an IDP I need the full motorcycle license (we have 3 different categories for motorcyles on the french license)
  22. Re: Validity of Chinese driving license in foreign countries

    Oh, and for 2010 that doesn't mean I won't do any road trip. I am still checking faisability and availability but I might well be riding a Royal Enfield Bullet 350 around north-eastern India (Assam...
  23. Re: Went down on the street for the first time....in China

    That is definitely a relevant topic in China

    I have had such bad experiences a few times, partly because I never really learned (=took classes) how to ride a bike, just got the 125cc french...
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    Re: Wonjan parts?

    I managed to get the contact of the Wonjan retail shop in Beijing by calling the factory in Chongqing (023 -6515011, this is the good number). They gave me the phone number of their shop in Beijing:...
  25. Re: Validity of Chinese driving license in foreign countries

    I like your idea CC, for its simplicity

    At the end of the day, I'm not sure that to avoid the possible extra money in backhander it's worth going through the hassle and cost of trying to get an HK...
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