Quote Originally Posted by milton View Post
Just make sure you have a Shanghai yellow 沪C plate. Bikes with an out-of-Shanghai plate run the risk of getting impounded and sent back to its place of origin, as majority of the "Motorcycle Taxi" are plated out of Shanghai and much frowned upon by the Shanghai police, which would cost you a lot more than 200RMB plus the hassle to get it back.
Yes that's what I was told by a moto-shop owner recently.

He added; even with a yellow 沪C, along with the 200 fine, the bike may also be confiscated, u'll be able to get it back after 24 to 48h. But also said u need some real bad luck (or bad behavior) to end up on the cop that'll give u that trouble. Even the 200 fine seemed avoidable with some smiles and a good story.



I said I'd follow up regarding the Suzuki shop Pubei Rd, I got my Raptor regal last Saturday, everything is fine.
It just gets quite hot after a couple hours (cause no water cooling maybe?), nice thing is that even after 5hours driving, the exhaust stays cool, no more pipe burns.

No cop seemed willing to control my papers. But all seems to be there and fine.


Starting driving a registered vehicle in Shanghai brings another question;

Can I get fined by getting photographed by CCTV cameras for speed excess, or passing a red light or driving in a bicycle lane, or on a prohibited-to-moto lane (eg. Yan'an), as there are plenty CCTV cameras and I wonder if they can mail me a ticket thanks to my plate, or if being on a bike prevents from being subject to such infractions?