Thread: BEIJING and the plate numbers
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#11 Re: BEIJING and the plate numbers07-15-2010, 01:31 AM
The biggest pity is that they actually only want to get rid of the unsafe, polluting, uninsured, crappy suburb and farmer bikes. Unfortunately the majority of all bikes fall in this category and therefore the rules and bans.
Some reads about this topic in addition to what euphonius wrote in anger
http://www.itdp.org/documents/Guangz...015-Sep-08.pdf
http://motorcyclebloggers.com/2006/1...angzhuo-china/Andy
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#12 Re: BEIJING and the plate numbers07-15-2010, 01:35 AM
I also agree that it's not that bad with a motorcycle here as the rules are somewhat flexible, which works both ways and while it is often a source of consternation and frustration it can ironically be a savour at times - TIC! Likewise I have ridden through Hangzhou many many times, on a number of different bikes, from my wee JinJian 125 StarTrek scoot, my CF250T scoot and also my Dragstar 1100... not one time have I been stopped. I've also been there when there are plenty of traffic police around. As usual they tend to look the other way. One time I did ride up beside a police officer at an intersection in XiaoShan (other side of HZ bay) on my CF250Tand the cop spoke to me in quite good English informing me that motorcycles were forbidden. Honestly I can say I never knew that and had/have ridden through there many times on my way to get to/from HZ. The cop was polite enough to inform me of an alternative route when I asked. It only was a small detour anyway. To this day I still don't know where exactly in that town bikes are not allowed as I've never seen any signs. I've also ridden on occasion through Ningbo city but I've done so carefully. No point to push the envelope.
I ride though HZ mainly as its has to be ridden through to get from where I live in Zhejiang to Shanghai or vice-versa (which I've ridden many times over) and also since I like to go visit the motorcycle market in Hangzhou just to see with my own eyes what there is in the market place. Since things do change rapidly.
These city bans though got me thinking, with the new Piaggio MP3 300 hybrid I was thinking how that might go, in cities where petrol propelled/motorised bikes are forbidden (like Ningbo city centre et al) yet allows electric scooters - that'd be an interesting proposition since one could ride into the city using the electric motor as needed and then revert to the petrol motor outside such boundaries. This has made me think harder about the possibility of importing one. That plus the fact that I have spent two days now reading loads and loads of users reviews/reports on these Piaggio 3 wheelers. Aside from the F650GS/G650GS and KLR650... too.Last edited by bikerdoc; 07-15-2010 at 01:57 AM.
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#14 Re: BEIJING and the plate numbers
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07-15-2010, 06:06 AM^^hehehehe
Thank you guys for such informative posts... (being such a freedom lover, I can only shake my head on disgust. ARGHHH, hate bans.)
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