WMTC, which means a worldwide motorcycle testing cycle, is now regarded as the most possible choice for the global motorcycle emission testing cycle, but whether or not it can be used in China is still unknown. In this study, a large number of data on the speed-time trace of motorcycles were sampled from various kinds of roads in 5 cities in China. Based on a series of criterion numbers defined, the driving character of motorcycles in the real-road conditions of China was obtained. With the aid of a specially designed program, an emission testing cycle that can indicate the driving characteristics of motorcycle in the real-road conditions was synthesized, and the exhaust emission tests of 20 motorcycles under the synchronized cycle and WMTC were carried out based on a CVS system and a motorcycle chassis dynamometer. The results show that although there do exist differences in some criterion numbers between the real-road condition and WMTC, such as proportion of idling mode, mean speed, mean running speed and the average acceleration and deceleration rates, the driving behaviors are similar. The results of exhaust emission tests indicate that the emission values of motorcycles under the synchronized cycle and WMTC have a relatively strong correlation. This means that WMTC can be introduced as a standard motorcycle emission test regulation into China.