motorcycle and motor scooter Q & A (excluding electric scooters)

[jape]

Ask him if he has any contacts in Australia for me please mate .... I need some paperwork badly ... !

[Road Rash]

I promised an update and here it is, probably will not help some folks, but others that want to be legal and driving here in the Beijing area, here are some of my notes.
I’ve been living in China for almost three years now, riding scooters and motorcycles almost from day one. The first two years I was in Xian and the general consensus was no one cared so I never got a plate or license. After reading so much on this web site and others, also being the upstanding citizen I am, I thought it was high time that I got legal and Shit. I went to an agency yesterday and showed them all my paperwork, my visa that has more than 90 days, my police registration paperwork, my out of country driver license that shows car and motorcycle and my pictures that I thought were up to specs. After a careful review its seems that the paperwork was not all up to snuff, I needed to go back to the police station and get a new registration form, one showing that I have the correct visa on it, and to get some new pictures, apparently mine were not up to their liking. I did all this and went back today only to be told that my visa was issued to me in Guangdong province and that I needed to get a new visa. I was like WTF I was here yesterday and you said nothing about this to me so.. After a heated exchange, this never does anybody any good, I packed up and walked out of there and drove my Jeep home. Really no point to this other than to say it is never as easy as you think, of course if you have been in China for any length of time I’m sure you already Know this.
Hopefully I can send another P.M. to Chinabiker and I can get some local help…