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steelhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria
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 Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:30 am Post subject: Motorcycle.....Licensing, purchasing info |
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HEy all riders,
Heres my situation. I have been riding my 100CC Delphino for about a year now and I was thinking of goin a bit bigger.
Maybe upto a 125 scooter or a 125cc Daelim Cycle.
My problem is this, I am just a tourist, muckin around with Korean studies
I teach here and there, and need my transport.
On top of that, I have been hastled by the Police 4 tmes now. Talked my way out of it enough times, but dont really feel like being hastled
So ... my options.
Can I get licensed.. I dont even care about the license, more the license plate. I dont care about the cost of the insurance, Ive heard its hardly anything.
Is it gonna be a total hastle. I have no idea. The korean friends I have dont have a clue. One even said just keep driving....ignore them.
How can I get a plate for this bad boy? Well theoretical bad boy.
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Motorcycle license and plate ... same place as for a car.
Use the search function and you'll come up with all sorts of useful info.
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Maybe upto a 125 scooter or a 125cc Daelim Cycle.
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Though, you don't need a license for anything under 150cc. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Did the law change, Jack?
I heard it used to be anything above 50cc required a license and a plate, including insurance?
If you get a license, you need the proper documents that you got when you purchased it, along with your drivers license and alien ID card, and passport. I had to take mine to the local Gu-cheon office and fill out paperwork/pay money, etc. to get a plate.
If you sell the bike to a Korean one day, you will need to get a Dojang stamp made with your first and last name on it (preferrably Korean) and list the stamp at your local courthouse office (different place than the Gu-cheon, in my case).
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
Did the law change, Jack?
I heard it used to be anything above 50cc required a liscense and a plate? |
As far as I know, anything above 50cc requires a license plate; while anything over 150cc requires a plate and a driver's license. But this is Korea, so I could be wrong. |
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steelhead
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: plate |
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So on my alien registration card, do I need it to be e2. I know aliens can get cards here even if they are here on tourist visas.
This is stressin me out, luckily I get pulled over by kids and my korean is good enough that i can tell them I bought it last week and the guy told me i didnt need anything.
When I ask them where and how I do it.... they draw a blank and usually wave me on.
but still its a fuckin hastle. Should i Just go lifta plate lol |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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No, I'm sure you don't need to be E2.
US Military guys can get it all done easily on base, but non-military must get it done the Korean way.
And your Korean friends should know where this place is. By the way, it's often different than the place for automobile licenses. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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PM Captain Kirk for info he knows the ins and outs of paperwork.
All motorcycles now require a drivers licence, insurance and plates. Getting a licence is easy, insurance is about 100,000 won a year or less. Plates are about 15,000.
You will need someone fluent in Korean to be able to fill out the forms and talk to the licensing beaurea. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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You'll need to get your Korean driver's licence which is good for seven years and costs 20 bucks; just show your valid homecountry's licence. Then show them the papers for the bike you have. You get a licence plate.
Your Korean friends or boss could phone around to find the licensing bureau, get an address. Then you could go out there with your boss or a Korean speaking friend and get it done.
There is no test for the Korean licence if you already have your homecountry's licence. Just a basic vision test and walk this straight line plus grab my finger. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Americans now have to take the written test to get a driver's license.
The USA screws Koreans coming to American, so Korea screws Americans in Korea. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Americans now have to take the written test to get a driver's license.
The USA screws Koreans coming to American, so Korea screws Americans in Korea. |
Requiring people to learn the local driving laws is not "screwing," although it would be an inconvenience to say the least. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Derreck how in hell can someone learn how to drive like a Korean   Would you have to take some lessons at a smash up derby? Wear blinders? Be electrically jolted everytime you signalled? Believe that Buddha is your co-pilot?
If you get in an accident start praying that you are older than the other person so they are at fault |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
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Americans now have to take the written test to get a driver's license.
The USA screws Koreans coming to American, so Korea screws Americans in Korea. |
Requiring people to learn the local driving laws is not "screwing," although it would be an inconvenience to say the least. |
I was talking about the paperwork.
Canadians, Brits, etc. can just show up, flash their home country driver licenses and get a Korean one, no hassle.
Only Americans have to take the written test. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| JacktheCat wrote: |
| Derrek wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
Americans now have to take the written test to get a driver's license.
The USA screws Koreans coming to American, so Korea screws Americans in Korea. |
Requiring people to learn the local driving laws is not "screwing," although it would be an inconvenience to say the least. |
I was talking about the paperwork.
Canadians, Brits, etc. can just show up, flash their home country driver licenses and get a Korean one, no hassle.
Only Americans have to take the written test. |
The other guys don't have to take the written?
You're right, then.
Glad I got mine two years ago. Another 5 years left on it. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Today's korean herald has an article about HD's and the riders. The article mentions that no license is needed for 125cc and under. No mention of 150cc and under and no mention about plates.
It's a lot easier just to get an international driver's license from your home country and renew it every year. Even if you have a motorcycle endorsement...when you apply for a korean driver's license...they will not honor it. You have to take a seperate test...for the cycle if it's over 125cc.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 1:53 am Post subject: |
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No, no SPECIAL licence is needed. Over 50cc needs a plate and a regular car licence.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/archives/result_contents.asp?id=200505160009&query=harley
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Fatal attraction
The sales performance has surmounted formidable obstacles.
While the image of a Harley-Davidson rider suggests a care-free, rebellious individual who travels long distances whenever he wants, the perception of motorcycles in Korea is very different.
As a traditionally agricultural nation, Koreans didn't move from their community and only traveled short distances for logistical reason, explains Pablo Lee, chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson of Korea.
In a Korean motorcycle culture of delivery motorcycles and scooters, Lee has to battle with the perception that motorcycles are dangerous. Licensed car drivers are permitted to ride motorcycles with engines under 125cc without taking a test.
"Many have people died," said Lee. "They were riding without wearing a helmet, without knowing how to brake - They thought they were riding a bicycle not a motorcycle."
While domestic manufacturers were initially pleased with the law that allowed almost anyone to ride a 125cc motorcycle, the high number of fatalities convinced the government to ban all motorcycles from the nation's highways. That has kept the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which is built for highways, confined to thundering and growling on city streets, along with the smaller 125cc motorcycle.
Lee formed the Korea Motorcycle Industry Association with importers and domestic manufacturers to "rewrite all the rules about motorcycles. They have to be changed. All of them." |
Over 125 needs a special motorcycle-specific licence. That said, why are you getting pulled over all the time? Wear a helmet, a full-face is best so they can't see your big nose and enormous eyes. |
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