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My current bike in China. Had her for over a year now. Just wish I had more time to ride her.

Don't feel bad. When I first started riding in China I had a few spills like that. One of them was an impossible situation and very nearly cost me much more than scrapes and broken bike parts.
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Also I'm a bit wary to use the 93 octane because acording to my service manual, gasoline used outside of North America should be rated 95 or higher for this model (only 91 in continent).

Great advice! I'll probably pull it next oil change and have it cleaned with something. Apparently a new OEM filter is about $250 so definitely worth the maintenance hassle.

Yeah, it seems Techron is quite similar to Seafoam. My bike is FI and I've had her for about 5 months in Beijing. The owner before me had a getoff and seemed to have just parked the bike for a long...

I actually didn't know what Naptha was until I just googled it... and I'm still unclear how I'd buy naptha in Beijing. Lighter fluid? Camping gas? Most of these products aren't pure naptha anyways...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358870
http://www.hdtalking.com/fuel_and_carb_related_issues/4575-sea_foam.html

It's just that I've used STP stuff in other vehicles and to be...

Sorry Carl, maybe I misread that.... you found Seafoam Carb + Injector cleaner in Metro?

I've seen the regular products such as STP and all those. But Seafoam is something extraordinarily different from what I hear.

As for sourcing and then mixing that stuff up... it'd probably be...

Anyone had any luck finding this stuff? Chinese name for it? Long shot I know...

Yep, what he said.

I'm going to take your advice Chinabiker and do a bit of a Northern exploration tomorrow morning. Will post up what I find. Happy motoring!

Ahhh!!! Well, it's all part of learning. Starting at the shittiest keeps my expectations nice and low. Check PM.

a 2003 GSXR1000 :icon10:

Hi Beijing Sportbikers,

I noticed a lot of support for the trikes and the dual sport tourers, but not much info on sportbiking in Beijing. So with that in mind I propose that we post up nice...

Thanks for the info guys. Thing is for example, an 02/03 GSXR600 can be had for about 22000RMB back home while out here they are looking for 40's, which is a substantial difference. And they are no...

Thanks for the replies guys.

Smuggling?? :eek2: That's bad and I wouldn't consider it. :riding:

In Beijing it's next to impossible to register a sportbike anyways, unless you go the fake Hebei...

Hi all. Wondering if anyone here has any experience shipping in large parts from overseas into Beijing/Tianjin? Or should I say, shipping a bike here in pieces with the end result being all the parts...

I believe it was any 'provincial level' hospital for the exam.

Great pics plus ride report. Those rural mountain twisties certainly stir the soul.

Hi Carl,

I was in Wuhan late 2004-mid 2005. Those pics were all taken there. Note the GSX400RRs color change! :naughty:

When I returned for a week in 2006, my old fellow riders were nice enough to give me a bit of time on this derestricted 97 Aprilia RS125.

A bit late, but this is the bike I was puchased in Wuhan in 2005. Had it for about 7 months and sold it before I left. 1994 GSX400RR. Overweight, crappy rubber and got me into a bit of trouble, but...

Thanks for the pic Andy.

Was great meeting you all last night! I had no idea there was anything of an expat biking community in Beijing, so special thanks to Lago888 for the intro. Hope everyone...