Getting legal: Registering my JH600 in Shanghai

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ChinaV,

I'll trade you my ordeal for yours any day. Well, yours minus your little wipeout!

As for the cost, I'm looking at that fee as something like a certificate of deposit. Regardless of what happens to the bike, as long as the rules don't change it's like, er, money in the bank. Yes, that's a big "as long as"...

At least Shanghai hasn't banned bikes outright, as quite a few cities have. I'm guessing you are far from the Guangzhou CBD, right?

Actually, I think wiping out is still more fun than dealing with Chinese bureaucracy

I'm well outside of Guangzhou, but the ban on bikes now stretches from Guangzhou all the way to Shenzhen. JH600, out the door with plates, insurance etc. is 37k. I wonder why Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing allow motorcycles, yet Shenzhen and Guangzhou do not. We have a better riding season down here, and Shenzhen was the first major city opened for foreign trade.

Cheers!
ChinaV