temporary residency and buying motorcycle in China ?

[jordan325ic]

I've been trying to wrap my head around how to do a decent RTW trip than includes Southern Asia without the expense of air-freighting or buying multiple bikes over the course of the trip. The China / Burma situation makes this almost impossible. I have all the time in the world but not all the money in the world (plenty but I want it to last).

So I began to think that the big problem with China is their ridiculous policy regarding foreign registered vehicles but not foreigners themselves. It seems Chinese registered vehicles are free to move about the country regardless of who is riding them.

Buying and legally owning a Chinese vehicle appears to be possible with a temporary residency visa.

So I teach English in China for 6-12 months, get my temporary residency and driver's license, then buy and register a Chinese motorcycle under my own name.

With that motorcycle I would be able to enter and leave the country and ride around without a guide? Could I do SE Asia, then come back through China to Nepal, continuing on towards Africa, all without a government guide?