Baihuashan, Beijing

[chinabiker]

BEAUTIFUL photos!!! Please clarify this: I read somewhere that 'big bikes' were not allowed in China, things must have changed!!??
Colourblind

To the best of my knowledge:

Every 2 wheeled, combustion engine powered vehicle is a motorcycle (I don't know how all the different 3 wheelers are defined).

Every motorcycle has to fulfill certain standards (god knows which) and go through the CCC (product safety standard) process. Additionally, emission standards have to be fulfilled, which are obviously different, depending on the city or province.
Further, it seems that emission standards are depending on engine size.
Smaller than 50cc (I think this is also the max for 2 strokers), 50 to 200cc (250cc ?) and above.

Some cities and regions ban bikes completly (e.g. Guangzhou), while other places limit the number of licenses or have different ones. In Beijing for example, there are "A" and "B" plates. The A's cost 15,000 RMB and allow you to ride in the whole city, while the B's are not allowed into downtown but cost only 1,000 and are not issued to foreigners.

All this is valid for domestic as well as imported .

Since there are only max 250cc domestic bikes, except the Jialing JH600 and the CJs (the experts may correct me), all others are imported.

Not many foreign bike manufacturers are willing to spend the efforts to obtain all necessary certificates, so there is only a small number of foreign manufactured bikes around (the legal ones). To my knowledge these are BMW, Ducati, HD, Honda and Yamaha.

Since import and other duties sum up to approx 180% of the overseas EXW price, the retail prices here are extremely high.

Notes
- Everything is possible in , nothing is easy and patience is the root for all success.
- Every village has different rules



Andy