Two new riders in SH soon..

[Slenderman]

As of yesterday proud owner of a brand new C1D license!

[sandor]

Congratulation!
Now the purchasing comes i guess ;-)

[euphonius]

As of yesterday proud owner of a brand new C1D license!

Dear Skinnyguy,

Congratulations indeed. Since there's been so much confusion about getting a license since the turn of the year, how about posting details of your licensing experience in the Getting a Chinese Motorcycle License thread?

• Has Shanghai finally updated its electronic exams to include English and other languages?
• Are they administering a motorcycle-specific exam in English? (For months they were saying these English exams were not ready yet.)
• Has any aspect of the licensing and testing procedure changed significantly, or is it only the exam that's been updated?
• Was the process motorcycle-friendly, or did you still have to push hard to ensure that you got the D or E endorsement, rather than just the cage license?
• Did you convert a foreign drivers license or did you have to start from scratch? If the latter, what was the process for organizing a road test and what was the test like?

Nice to see the circle of legal Shanghai riders growing.

Cheers
Euphonius

[Slenderman]

Thanks guys!

@sandor - Yes, the purchasing already happened! went to Knight Rider last Saturday and got myself a nice X2 Enduro with 沪C plates. Registration 's gonna take about a week and with a bit of luck I should have it by this weekend.
What's your status? Did you buy the small X5?
I also had a look at that one, but the X2 just seams to be more the right bike for me.

@Euphonius - I didn't forget about the DL thread.. just been busy. But I posted there now and answered your questions.

[Webba]

Hi Slenderman,
If you dont mind me asking how much did the 沪C plates cost? Do you know if they are going up in price a lot at the moment? I was looking at getting some maybe in the next 1.5-2 years but Im worried by the time I get to the price they are now they will have inflated out of reach again.

Anyway, congrats on your new ride!

[Slenderman]

Hey Webba,

The price for 沪C actually went down! I can tell you, that was a pleasant surprise!

When I was at Knight Rider the first time about 2 months ago the price was 25k.
Now it was 18.5k for 沪C and 125k for 沪A.

How any further development will be.. only some crazy oracle with chicken intestines might be able to tell you!

[sandor]

Slenderman,
congrat! ride safely!

i am just about te get an x2 as well.

i read before on MCM that the residence permit should have 90 days left when registering a moto.
Jeff at CFmoto on Wuzhng lu in Minhang states that a passport with 90 days validity left is enough.
Can anyone confirm this?

the bests Sandor

Thanks guys!

@sandor - Yes, the purchasing already happened! went to Knight Rider last Saturday and got myself a nice X2 Enduro with 沪C plates. Registration 's gonna take about a week and with a bit of luck I should have it by this weekend.
What's your status? Did you buy the small X5?
I also had a look at that one, but the X2 just seams to be more the right bike for me.

@Euphonius - I didn't forget about the DL thread.. just been busy. But I posted there now and answered your questions.

[Slenderman]

Time for a little update..

It took a little longer then the one week to get my X2 eventually. But also because meanwhile I needed my passport to go home and do this:
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Had my X2 now since ard mid June and 2000km so far on the clock. No major problems!
I got used to the bike quickly and really like it now. It's a lot of fun! (And also I realized that I still have a lot to learn.)

Slowly slowly I'm collecting more and more equipment for me and the bike..
next will be the turtle tires.

A few pics because I know how much you all like them..

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[Slenderman]

This is how the bike looks now after I added rack and the Seven Boxes last week..
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