Motorcycles in China

Yeah they are all over, except they have one thing in common. Most of the bikes around here don't go over the 250 cc range, this seems to be the most common displacement. And you definitely won't find much over 600 and those are rare. The Chinese have realized something about their transportation, In Wuhan and probably all of china there is so much traffic that there are very few opportunities to drive fast, perhaps you hit an open stretch of road now and then or get on the expressway but it isn't that often that you would get your vehicle over 35 or so, if even that fast. So when all is said and done a 250 CC bike can get you around this place just as fast as an 1800 CC bike, and honestly some of the bikes around here look pretty damn good for having such a small engines, scooters are very popular as well, electric and gas. People use motorcycles and scooters for everything from transporting the family to doing deliveries. It's not uncommon to see up to 3 people and an infant on even an electric scooter, some of the bigger bikes have sidecars, most of these are Russian bikes called Ural's, and many of the bikes around here have been modified to take the Russian Dneaper engines, 650 CC and shaft driven these bikes are big and they need a little extra power to get that side car around. We have even seen a military green BMW with a side car. Now some of these bikes have even smaller engines 70 or 80 cc's like the picture with the woman sitting on the back of the bike, and the engine is placed so the head can be cooled by the air better. You really would be surprised how fast those little bikes go. Anyhow maybe I will post some more pictures later, I think I may recognize the bike with the girl, that picture may be here in Wuhan. Not sure though