Quote Originally Posted by davidzweig View Post
Yes, it's last minute, that's for sure. There's a tight budget, but we've been travelling on a shoe-string for months. We've got some cash in reserve, should it be needed.

Perhaps I'm biting off more than I can chew, especially without speaking Chinese. We can always scrap the China motorbike plan, enjoy SW China with public transport, and then pick up a Dnepr/Ural/Jawa/Izh etc. in Kyrgyzstan for a few hundred dollars, and have fun getting that home.

"Also when you are at the borders trying to exit PRC then there might be a major problem. " - Yes, that does sound like it could be a problem. Did you mean because of the license, or the bike not being registered in my name on the documents (or both? :-)

I will try to find some more information on the likelihood of getting across China and into Kyrgyzstan without any major problems. It's very difficult to judge though just surfing the net though.
Both... if you have a bike plated legally in another persons name you have to have a letter giving you approval/authority to ride the bike and take it out of the country. If you have a Waide plate or some such then this document aint worth anything... the bike stays! If you don't have a PRC DL then you might not be allowed to leave the country on it for obvious reasons. It's the DL that you really need to square away first IMO. Your time frame and budget are your next major obstacles to say nothing of the challenge and pure frustration you might/will have... with language. You need to have some idea of some simple vocabulary. If you have not already, you should be reading www.thegreatrideofchina.com

Might be better to use this trip as a scoping trip to work out for next time?