Quote Originally Posted by euphonius View Post
So far I think all the JH600Bs (sidecar) are registered in Huzhou or other "towns of convenience" in Zhejiang -- but only because Shanghai has not yet done what it did with my JH600 and enter it into their database of approved models. ...
The issue is probably not related to the database of approved models, but a policy regarding the plating of sidecar. It is not allowed to just purchase a plate in the open market and apply it to the sidecar, unless it is already owned by the individual. One of the guys we rode out to Taihu with yesterday just got his 沪A plate successfully transferred to his sidecar this year, which implies the sidecar model is already in the database. I was told he actually had to go to court to win this right of transferring his own plate from his other motorcycle to the sidecar. Going to court, how about that!! Now it is an interesting question what constitutes "ownership" of a plate. Can one get a beat-up bike with Shanghai plate, scrap the bike and only transfer the plate to a new sidecar? I have no answer to that. I'd just like to point out that one of the sidecar owners did the impossible recently.