Motor Bike in Japan

[airurandojin]

How practical is it to use a bike for transportation in Japan and how difficult is it for a gaijin to get a license?

 

[skinandvein]

Hello...
How long it takes time to transport the sports bike from Japan to USA? & how many charges for it?
Plz tell me in brief.

 

[FrustratedDave]

How practical is it to use a bike for transportation in Japan and how difficult is it for a gaijin to get a license?

Quite practical, just remember that the roads are narrow here. As for getting your licence here, you will need a little understanding of Japanese to pass the written exam and it will cost a few thousand dollars to obtain. I got my bike licence here and it took me about 6 weeks to get if I recall correctly.

Hello...
How long it takes time to transport the sports bike from Japan to USA? & how many charges for it?
Plz tell me in brief.

About 2 weeks and will cost about $1,000-$1,500 US dollars depending on who you use for shipping.

 

[Mike Cash]

How practical is it to use a bike for transportation in Japan and how difficult is it for a gaijin to get a license?

Do you already have a license? You may be able to ﾂ鞘?倪?堋ｫﾅ?ﾂｷ窶堋ｦ (transfer) it, which is a hell of a lot easier (and cheaper) than going through the process from scratch.

 

[Simon V]

If you want more info join the yahoo group "Tokyo Riders" or "Gaijin Riders" who know all about this stuff, especially if you're new here and don't speak Japanese (yet).

mail : Tokyo_Riders(at)yahoogroups.com
website : (I'm not allowed to post URLs yet so you'll have to add the first bit yourself) groups.yahoo.com/group/Tokyo_Riders/

Hope to see you on the road some day if you're down Mt Fuji way.

Simon V