Shineray / XinYuan X5 review

[prince666]

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]

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.