Same here, I applied in HK for a legal China licence, costs me 1650 bucks HKD including 4 wheeled license, but I like the peace of mind that if anything happens at least legally I'm covered somewhat. My dad had the same license done up last year and got nicked by a radar gun on his second trip and it was a good thing we had all the legal stuff.

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Sometimes with the bigger Japanese bikes, being conservative might be an option, you can pick up a mint condition CB400 which might be 10 years old for 15,000, and have a good chance at finding parts. But some of the more 'exotic' bikes have often been crashed and even have parts such as forks from other bikes, which are just plain dangerous, and have no parts available as Felix mentioned.

The reason that I ride legally, even when most of my Chinese motorcycling friends do not is:

- In my home country, registration, insurance etc are a requirement.
- The cops CAN stop you and impound your bike, this causes paranoia, and restricts your time and location of movement.
- Big problems if there is an accident.

I am sympathetic to those who aren't legal, the law is a bit ridiculous, for example it's illegal for women to drive cars in Saudi Arabia! Should you ignore bad laws or not? We need to make our own choices here.