A long time expat friend of mine is looking to rent some bikes for himself and his biker Dad who is flying over from the UK. Their route is fairly flexible, one option would be to pick up 2 bikes in Zhongdian (on about February 7th 2015) and ride to Dali, taking about 10 days. They would also be happy to do this in reverse or start from Lijiang. They would like to hire some nice China or foreign motos but plan B is to buy some cheap 125s and sell them on at the end of the trip if they are unable to secure something better.

If anyone has any info about renting some nice bikes in the area please post something here or email Will directly on: sharksbait18@hotmail.com