Quote Originally Posted by TeppoT View Post
I was told last year from my nearby moto dealear that if a laowai buys a bike with B plates, the owner in the papers will be the dealer or some other Chinese fellow as laowai´s can´t actually own a B-plated bike. Do you think this will affect anyhow how legal the process is?

Other thing came to my mind that how to be sure that the dealer puts on a real B plates, that he actually register the bike in official way and then just sell´s it to me.
It will be a 100% legal bike. The B in a company name practice is very common. But stay away from small dealers, or the few dealers that cater to the expat market - you run a real risk of getting fake plates/documents (cost about 200 rmb, but the shop charges 2,000 rmb). Go to a large dealer - one that won't risk its high volume of business for a scam.

Foreigners can register B plated bikes in their name if their residence is in one of the approved districts (e.g., Hairou, Pinggu, etc).

You were very lucky with your Kawa re the police. However, any accident with an illegal bike is a nightmare. Fortunately, a legal JH600 is easily insured.