Shineray / XinYuan X5 review

**Snev313** · 09-14-2013, 02:27 AM

Hi Golden boy & gjackson,

sounds like an interesting adventure you plan there... how is your planing about the route, visas, how to get the bike into those countries etc....?

I'm highly interested in that topic and would like to discuss with you/share experiences ... as I ask myself those questions currently as well....

**thedannywahl** · 09-14-2013, 01:45 PM

I purchased a power outlet kit + cigarette lighter to USB adapter but after the flimsy fuse container thread broke and the lighter didn't fit right I scrapped it and honed my taobao-fu until I purchased a direct USB plug:

YESMAX 703 USB

was it more expensive? hell yes, but worth every kuai.

**prince666** · 09-14-2013, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by thedannywahl

I purchased a power outlet kit + cigarette lighter to USB adapter but after the flimsy fuse container thread broke and the lighter didn't fit right I scrapped it and honed my taobao-fu until I purchased a direct USB plug:

YESMAX 703 USB

was it more expensive? hell yes, but worth every kuai.

Great link i need one of these thanks for posting

**gjackson4431** · 09-15-2013, 07:24 AM

Well Snev I plan on taking the Irkeshtam Pass or the Torugart Pass into Kyrgyzstan. I can't find anyone else who has done that and I don't remember what I finally read that made me decide that was possible but I'm quite sure it is :) I'll get that visa in advance in Shanghai and I'll probably get the Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan visas in shanghai too.
I figure that if I have my chinese registration with the bike in my name and a license I should be fine at the Chinese border. For good measure, I'll have everything translated before I go for the other borders.
I haven't found anyone who has done this exact trip, but I have heard that someone took a chinese registered bike through southeast asia without issue. I also know of a few people who have left through the Kazakhstan border. There was also this post I read a while back about a guy who went almost everywhere I want to go but he never finished writing about it... Plenty of people have also gone nearly my whole route from the european direction and a few have crossed the caspian sea in the direction I'll be going. So when I put everything together, I'm reasonably sure that it's possible.
I'll get transit visas for Turkmenistan (5days) and Azerbaijan (3 days). Turkmenistan will be rough especially considering that the caspian sea ferry is notoriously unreliable, but apparently they will stamp you out of the country at the docks and let you wait there until the next boat comes so you don't over stay. Georgia is REALLY cheap and easy, and Turkey is also easy AND I speak Turkish so hopefully I'll get some points for that :)

I have another post in the ride prep section. Might be best to continue this there.

EDIT: Im glad you asked that question. I have a totally different plan now as most of these stupid visas are date specific.

**Golden boy** · 09-16-2013, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by Snev313

Hi Golden boy & gjackson,

sounds like an interesting adventure you plan there... how is your planing about the route, visas, how to get the bike into those countries etc....?

I'm highly interested in that topic and would like to discuss with you/share experiences ... as I ask myself those questions currently as well....

Hey Snev313,
We are on a very early stage of planning the whole trip - i dont even have the chinese license yet. Lets continue this topic in another thread and stay in touch how the whole planning comes along

**Symon260z** · 09-17-2013, 12:28 PM

Shuben,

Many thanks for this great review detailing your experiences of your ownership of your Shineray X5, after reading this I am 100% convinced of getting one of these for me. It is just the sort of bike I like and appreciate, not quite the Yamaha 660 Teneré I had promised myself but in China not everything is possible. Many thanks again.

**ShuBen** · 09-17-2013, 02:29 PM

bad news today - my high/low beam headlight switch is "kaputt".
It stuck in after pressing and doesn't come out. I pulled it gentle with a pliers, it came out but doesn't work anymore.
I requested a replacement free of charge from the dealer who agreed because of warranty period. Lets see how long it will take to get it.

EDIT: I have solved the issue temporary by bridging the switch. So when I switch on the light now from main switch it is automatically in low beam. High beam doesn't work now, but at least I can go with light during the day and for dark times i can go safe and slow.