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This issue with alcohol here is the very common method many locals drink socially. One shared bottle and glass being passed around. Great method for contracting all sorts of disease.

 

It's fine until the previous owner loses a lawsuit and has his assets frozen by the LTO for not paying the court order. The deed of sale pre-dating any lawsuit will not save you. I have experienced this first hand. Hired an attorney to fight it to no avail. Only way to get the bike released is to negotiate with the winner of the lawsuit. You will have no leg to stand on during negotiations as you either agree to their terms or the court will order you too turn it over to them or go to jail for contempt.

Another situation I could see happening is with the previous owner dying and their surviving family looking up their assets with the LTO and trying to come collect. Would a deed of sale save you in that situation?

I thought it would help in the previous situation but the court threw it out the window. The way the court worded what a deed of sale actually is was surprising to me. I'll see if I can find the document tomorrow but, if I remember correctly, it said (paraphrasing) that a deed of sale is only a precursor to the sale. The completion of the sale happens when the registration is updated. No registration name change = incomplete contract/sale.

Transfer your registrations. If you don't you are paying with fire.

 

Lemons are far more common with these Chinese products and, from what I've seen here, they just don't last as long.

However, there may be reasons for that. People who pay extra money for a brand name motorcycles may have more disposable income for preventative maintenance compared to those on a budget. Unless hundreds or thousands are tested side by side under exactly the same conditions we may never know.

Only one thing is certain with these Chinese bikes/vehicles/products, China is profiting massively off of stealing trademarks and intellectual property from highly educated engineers and designers from developed countries. Personally, I would rather support these professionals and the companies that pay them, because if they get ran out of business and these Chinese garbage factories are the ones left standing absolutely all progress and advancements would come to a dead halt. China is a culture of intellectual theft. P*ss on them.

 

A trailer/RV like back in the States would be a luxurious lifestyle here. My bedroom is a about 9ft x 6ft. No kitchen, bathroom or shower, those are a 1km drive from my room.

My parents had a pop-up camper when I was a kid and we would go camping in the summer in that. I enjoyed that...and would love to have one of those here.

I wouldn't have a problem living in something the size of the condo shown in this thread if it were a holiday or a few months it off the year...but I couldn't ever bring myself to drop the amount of cash they are asking for to make it a primary living space. But obviously there are people willing to live in such small spaces. More power to them if they are satisfied and happy with that.