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  1. #1 Day trip to Moganshan 
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    Hey all,

    Yes I know, another Moganshan RR, yeah... As beaten as it may be, it's still the nicest place to ride a bike near Shanghai IMHO, and especially a nice YBR 250...

    So yesterday morning, waking up at 6AM, beautiful sky, decided to go to Moganshan and back to Shanghai in the same day as I had to work today.

    Bike still in break-in, 90km/h maximum, 3h30 to go there. I don't mind, the weather was beautiful and I was going to the mountains.

    Once in Moganshan, I discovered the Mother of all roads (discovery for me, not for others, I know...), a perfect stretch of asphalt, zig-zagging in the mountains forever. I spent 1h30 on this road, having fun, stopping to take pics and in all this time I encountered only 1 car. Perfect.
    This road is the S304, west of Moganshan city, and it is officially the Shit.

    Pics to prove it :
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    500km in the day, arrived back in Shanghai at 6PM, it was totally worth it.

    The bike was flawless, the break-in is finished now (over 1,600km on it).

    I will update this report with more details when I have more time.


    Cheers,
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  2. #2 Re: Day trip to Moganshan 
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    That's what I call a Happy Thanksgiving!

    Nice, and thanks for posting!
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  3. #3 Re: Day trip to Moganshan 
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    Some more pics in the meantime...

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    And a parting shot :
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    Did I tell you it was totally worth it ?
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  4. #4 Re: Day trip to Moganshan 
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    Thanks Fred! Never get tired of MGS.
    And there's something about fallen leaves + twisties that makes me very nostalgic....
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  5. #5 Re: Day trip to Moganshan 
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    Nice one Fred!

    What you write on the tank in chinese?

    Next time you come around Moganshan or Tonglu (anyway near Hangzhou) let me know, I may join in!
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    Quote Originally Posted by marcomagica View Post
    Nice one Fred!

    What you write on the tank in chinese?

    Next time you come around Moganshan or Tonglu (anyway near Hangzhou) let me know, I may join in!

    I didn't write anything, the guy at the Traffic Police station did it, before taking the "official" picture of the bike for the blue ownership book. I don't know what this stupid twat used, but I can't manage to wash it off, at least not with water...
    As I don't want to scratch the paint I didn't go berserk on it yet, but everytime I see the tank I'm snapping his neck in my mind...
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    It's just a 雅马哈 light spray and not deep, which means it's easy to come off - but H2O won't be enough.

    1) Get yourself some buffing compound and a terry cloth towel.
    2) Add some H2O to the towel (just dampen it) and work some buffing compound onto the moist area. Gently rub the white paint off.

    * Alternatively, you can go to any car wash in Shanghai and they can do if for you next time you get a bath. Just make sure they don't get overzealous and start removing your shiny red paint!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred View Post
    I can't manage to wash it off, at least not with water...
    Toothpaste

    Nice ride report. Thanks. The only time I went to MGS (a weekend) it was gridlocked towards the top.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred View Post
    the guy at the Traffic Police station did it
    Must be a Shanghai thing... we countryside people will never understand
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    Quote Originally Posted by marcomagica View Post
    Must be a Shanghai thing... we countryside people will never understand
    Shanghai allegedly has rules saying that a bike's branding MUST be in Chinese to comply with state regulations. So they spray it on. Every bike gets this treatment. Then you wash it off. I think they even charged me 10 yuan to spray it on, and the guy with stencil told me it washes right off. You know, it's a valuable service to bring the bike into compliance with the great state so that people who see the bike won't think it's a horse or a chocolate eclair or a thong bikini, but an actual motorcycle.

    Can't have people confused by foreign words, you know.
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