Hi all,

I'll be moving to Shaoxing for a year in Aug/Sep and I really want to get a bike and go through all the steps to legally register it. I am just realizing though, that it may not be possible as Shaoxing has banned motorcycles 禁摩 within the 2nd ring road for several years now. As a Shaoxing resident, will I be able to register a bike here or is that definitely a no-go? I know I should wait until I get there to figure this out but I am just too anxious!

Say I lived outside the 2nd ring road in Shaoxing, would it be OK then? Also, it's not a 24/7 ban, its something like 7 AM till 6 PM, so shouldn't that mean that its OK to register and own a bike as a SX resident, but just not to ride it at illegal times?

The place I'm supposed to live at is less than 1 KM from the 2nd ring road...