I was checking this out........

http://www.4panda.com/special/drive/t-driver.htm

I was thinking would it really be impossible for a foreigner to actually obtain a temporary driving license for motorcycle? It appears there are license categories on the license application.

It appears to me that the procedure is identical to to a permanent license, except at the end you have a license only valid for 3 months.

Maybe it's a serious hassle studying for the multi-choice, doing the medical having the photos done, and license translation, it's hardly what you want to do....spend up to a week doing bureaucracy before you set off, but it appears that being legal is at least theoretically possible, and people telling others that they can't legally ride in China is actually wrong!

I might ask about this at my local PSB, if this is possible...the ZMC can then help people fully legally, with no risk of upsetting Andy!