Quote Originally Posted by culcune View Post
I have no plans on doing this (but would not say 'never' either), but wanted to know if one could purchase an export-only bike in China and successfully ride out of China on it? For instance, my daily commuter is a TMEC 200cc enduro bike. I replaced it new in May from a used one I bought and rode for 18 months putting over 10k miles on it. The new one has nearly 2k miles in the past 3 months, so I know it could theoretically handle a long ride, especially one that isn't at 10/10 throttle.

So then I thought--this bike is only made for export from TMEC Power and Technology something something long name in English, and is sold all over the world, but not made for China. Could a person purchase one in China, temporarily register it, and ride it out of the country? Again, not planning such a trip (not ruling it out, either), but just curious if someone knows if this is possible, or does one have to purchase a Chinese-legal bike?
The issue would be that the bike has to be legally plated. If the bike is made for export only, meaning not for domestic consumption - how would you propose to have the bike plated legally? I see that as your major hurdle. Without a plate and associated documents you're unlikely to get out through the borders...