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    I think DEATH_INC nailed it- saw a story about this place elsewhere- sounds like the city just doesn't like two-wheelers and are looking to clear the streets in time for the Chinese takeover of Jaguar. Ford Mondeos in fancy skins for the people.....

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    Ah yes, you are right!

    "Motorcycles are seen in a yard in Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou province Friday Dec. 8, 2006. Hundreds of motorcycles are being scrapped in a move to clear up a stockpile of over 3,000 unlicensed or confiscated motorbikes being held by police after their owners failed to pay fines. Many Chinese cities have increased restrictions on the use of motorcycles, with some cities phasing them out completely. (AP Photo)
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    Determined to kill my bike before it kills me

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    Here I was thinking it was a GSXR 1000 headstock warranty claim backlog.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smokin View Post
    Here I was thinking it was a GSXR 1000 headstock warranty claim backlog.
    Damn, beat me to it!
    "Suzuki quality control and pre-delivery checking centre".....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    Ah yes, you are right!

    "Motorcycles are seen in a yard in Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou province Friday Dec. 8, 2006. Hundreds of motorcycles are being scrapped in a move to clear up a stockpile
    I hear the warehouse has just struck a deal, and is going import them.
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    FRom 2006...Latest edict bans motorcycles
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...nabikes10.html
    GUANGZHOU, China — When officials decided that swarms of motorcycles and scooters had become a plague on the streets of this huge city, they didn't wobble in their course of action.

    The solution? Ban motorcycles.

    As of Jan. 1, the city's 260,000 or so registered motorcycles will be forced off the roads. Tens of thousands of people who use the vehicles to make deliveries or otherwise earn livings must turn in their motorcycles or take them out of the city.
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    The pic just looks like an average day for parking wardens at the local shanghai markets!

    Parking bikes chinese style!

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    They're all red probably because they're Hondas and they're all bein scrapped probably bacause they're Hondas.

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    Yer all wrong - those are brand new GN250's just rolled off the assembly line - you can tell they're 2 days old - all the chrome has fallen off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hebs View Post
    They're all red probably because they're Hondas and they're all bein scrapped probably bacause they're Hondas.
    Nah, that's a custom paint job, specifically for the nation:

    "Communist Red"
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    Quote Originally Posted by McJim View Post
    Yer all wrong - those are brand new GN250's just rolled off the assembly line - you can tell they're 2 days old - all the chrome has fallen off.
    This is where they ship from...
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    yet.....I see.....potential bucket racers......


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    Quote Originally Posted by nudemetalz View Post
    yet.....I see.....potential bucket racers......
    Ohhhhh yeah!
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    Quote Originally Posted by vfxdog View Post
    I think DEATH_INC nailed it- saw a story about this place elsewhere- sounds like the city just doesn't like two-wheelers and are looking to clear the streets in time for the Chinese takeover of Jaguar. Ford Mondeos in fancy skins for the people.....
    i thought it look like jaguar and for stock piling for the take over so they had a stock pile of shit they could build cars from

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    give it six monts some one wil lstart importing them here by the container load and start selling them on trade me

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