Quote Originally Posted by zman View Post
great thread!

if i was a temporary HK resident with a HK licence. would i be able to use it in China? or at least transfer to a Chinese licence without the riding test?

Also is it possible to ride a bike into China from HK?

cheers
Z
Dear Zman,

Nice to see you finally posting after almost two years of lurking!

Don't know for sure on your first question, but I would expect you can use your valid HK motorcycle endorsement to qualify for a mainland license as long as you can pass the written exam, since this is the case for most international licenses.

As for importing a bike, there's a lot of posts in this forum about the virtual impossibility of riding a bike into China from Hong Kong, or importing a second-hand bike into China from anywhere. I seem to remember Guangdong resident ChinaV, who long ago imported his V-strom, has posted on this subject, and probably Pfaelzer has too. Chinabiker has posted about regulations in 2010 that essentially banned importation and registration of used bikes, presumably an effort to rid China of stolen and frankenbikes as well as protect the domestic industry.

Search for the keywords import and hong kong and you might find what you are looking for.

Where in the mainland would you be planning to register? You realize you'll need to be a legal resident of that place, or have a proxy (person who is resident there or a local company) to register a bike.

cheers