Quote Originally Posted by davidzweig View Post
Thanks for the info. We'll probably be about 150kg (75 + 55 + 20kg luggage). The bike looks like a good choice, and looks good, does it have fuel injection, out of interest? Insurance I think should be easy in the CIS countries, and cheap.
I'm in Kunming at the time i write this, and it is my third visit here and I think it is a very bad place to buy a moto because the selection is very limited.. im driving my 180cc scooter around and it looks more like a scooter than motorcycle..which in turn keeps the cops away because they dont like motos in their city...
i have yet to find the motorcycle market here.

Mile is a town ouside of kunming 130 kilometers south. many choices...

but if someone knows of a place to buy in kunming let me know.

if you can strech your money a bit you can buy a honda or yamaha scooter that has fuel injection and you wont have any problems with the elevation in certain areas.... my scooter is FI so it did well driving from Guilin to kunming.