Quote Originally Posted by HenryUK View Post
...Does anyone know of any classic motorcycle events or clubs that I could get an invitation to?
Welcome Henry. Interesting idea you've raised, and I do think this is a brilliant strategy. I've never heard of classic motorcycle events here, but I can imagine this kind of thing would be very popular now, given the rise of an affluent class, the intense demand for expensive bikes (Ducati, Harley, BMW as opposed to Jialing, Qingqi and Chunfeng...), and the yearning for unique meaning in society.

Last year, I linked up some Chinese sidecar hobbyists with a big sidecar festival in the US, and the US indeed had a program for lobbying the US consular authorities for visas.

I'm not naive enough to expect that this already exists in China, but these clubs certainly are starting to form -- Black Bats in Shanghai, for example -- and it may well be that they could issue a letter of invitation to an overseas motorcyclist that would help him or her apply for a visa and permission to bring in a bike temporarily.

I'll ask around.

cheers