Road trip in preparation!

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Hey guys!

As the concretisation of a ever-been dream, I'm currently planning a bike road trip all around China this summer (like, something really serious, thousands of km planned :D ).

I don't have much experience in bikes, although was riding a 50cc supermotard when I was younger and a 150cc this last year in Beijing (and have few years experience with cars back in Europe).

Anyway, I'm currently looking at the procedure to get a driving license here (any advice on this? I've never take any bike driving exam, though have a european car driving license), and thinking about which bike to buy.

I was hesitating between 3 bikes:
- Yamaha YBR 250
- Suzuki GW 250
- Zongshen ZS250GY-3 RX3

I've looked more carefully at the Zongshen, which look better for what I want to do, and cheaper than the 2 other ones. Seems like it's quite easy to get if fixed in China as well. However, I'm wondering about the quality. What you guys think? Which one of those you'd prefer? Any other bike you could advice?

I was thinking that 250cc is a good choice for China and for my budget (20-25k).

Cheers!