Greetings!

I have been living in Beijing for around one year. While my original plan was not to buy anything that runs with gasoline in China, getting motorcycle this summer now seems inevitable purchase I have K7 GSX1300R back home.

Lately I've been doing lot of background research and I have started organizing drivers license, with kind help of my chinese girlfriend. This shouldn't be a problem as I have valid licenses from Finland that I should be able to convert after passing theory exam. However I still don't have clear thoughts how one should get a bike, especially legally registered one. I'm looking for > 600cc or 1000cc second hand sportsbikes mainly (Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Ducati). As I have understood that most of these are fake and illegally imported. Are there actually legal ones? Either way, I happen to see quite a few of these on the road. FHLMOTOR is selling one (legal?), but 130k pricetag for -03 R1 is too high. Understanding that chance of theft here in BJ is exponential, I wouldn't want to spend more than 50 000RMB for a bike. Beijinger forums have few CBR600R for sale with around 30000RMB, but without papers for sure. BJ.58 was mentioned by someone here. If I filter out e.g. R6 (http://bj.58.com/danche/?final=1&jum...htype=3&key=R6) I can see many ~decent looking ones with reasonable price... 99% illegal? I also used instructions to filter out JING-A plated bikes, but mostly they were scooters and one little too expensive R6.

Then again, fake seems to be the way to go for many people. I believe the biggest issue for police is license and while that being covered, without accident, they worst might be they confiscate the bike? Or what do they actually do, impose a fine? Nothing in most cases? I have understood that western people end up paying the bills if accident happens anyway, but with registered bike you have insurance and a slight possibility that officials might see it wasnt 100% your fault. If there are any success stories in riding illegal bikes, I might consider that even though I don't like the idea. I don't want to stick to <=250cc, in that case, I could just stick to my Giant as two-wheeler.

Any help, comments or ideas are welcome. Cheers!