Quote Originally Posted by braillce View Post
My poor Chinese skills still allowed me to ask him a few questions.

1) It seems they're all 60cc (at his shop at least).

2) It seems one does not need a licence to register & drive one of those (sorry I couldn't clearly confirm, but I showed him mine (moto E) and he said "no need"...).

3) One clearly needs a Shanghai Hukou to register the red book (plate ownership) on his own name, as they won't let u register it on a foreign name. I'm not even sure the Alien Working Permit would suffice for this one, but it might, as the owner sure never had the occasion to try...


If u go there, unless ur Chinese is perfect, u better bring a Local friend to get a better grasp of all the details.


The owner was very patient and friendly.


Euphonius shared a detailed guide as how to get ur hands on the mysterious SH Hukou card (1st page):

http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...ukou#post14510

For motorcycles registered fully in our own Chinese name, I and others didn't need the SH Hukou card thingy... So I guess it's not necessary for scooters either.

The Honda shop on Zhongshan lu/Wuyi lu did all the procedures for me, with only the passport and temporary residence form (white A4 paper when you register to the police station) which has my chinese name on it, and voila...
All the documents (plates, bike ownership, insurance, etc.) are with my name on it.

FYI, this Honda shop has scooter too, and can provide scoots from other brands too (they are providing my Yamaha YBR 250).