Dear Fahni and Michemouche,

Welcome both of you to the forum. As noted in these threads in recent months, China's vast motorcycle industry basically has been scrambling for the past year to bring its various models into compliance with the China3 standards, which were imposed in the manner you'd expect in an authoritarian country -- in one fell swoop, and with no mercy. Why it's taking so long for the 250cc and up bikes to come into compliance is anyone's guess, but odds are good that this is a relatively low priority, given the continuing popularity of smaller displacement bikes both in China and around the world. Bikes in the 400cc and above class are an even lower priority, since China's major players have been playing the OEM game in recent years and have little branded skin in the game internationally, while those bigger bikes are still not very popular here inside China.

But they can't just drop these bikes because of the stricter emissions standards, so it's a safe bet that most if not all of these bikes -- the Shinerays, Qingqis, Galaxies, CFMotos and the rest -- will eventually roll out their China3 updates. Just don't be holding your breath.

I'm still curious whether an existing pre-China3 bike can be transfered. Logic would dictate that they are viable, and transferrable, through the mandatory junking date listed on the registration. In other words, there should be China2 bikes out there to buy, if you don't want to wait for the new China3 bikes.

The Jialing JH600 is compliant today, and has been since the middle of last year. But it's always had EFI so the transition required less engineering.

cheers