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General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Barry on July 20, 2011, 07:19:42 AM

Title: 100,000 French Motorcyclist's Protest
Post by: Barry on July 20, 2011, 07:19:42 AM

French bikers are up in arms against a raft of new legislation including banning bikes over 7 years old from Cities !

http://www.righttoride.eu/?p=7383

Title: Re: 100,000 French Motorcyclist's Protest
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on July 20, 2011, 07:41:21 AM

Do the French even make a motorcycle any longer?

Title: Re: 100,000 French Motorcyclist's Protest
Post by: Barry on July 20, 2011, 07:51:20 AM

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Do the French even make a motorcycle any longer?

I think only lightweights and scooters like Peugeot.


For us in the UK the concern is that more legislation in a major EU country like France is likely to spread accoss other EU countries.

Title: Re: 100,000 French Motorcyclist's Protest
Post by: RSMike on July 20, 2011, 01:06:24 PM

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Do the French even make a motorcycle any longer?

I think only lightweights and scooters like Peugeot.


For us in the UK the concern is that more legislation in a major EU country like France is likely to spread accoss other EU countries.

Not sure how successful these guys have been:

http://www.engmore.com/

Big and enthusiastic motorcycling population in France, I'm sure we must have some members who can comment further?

Title: Re: 100,000 French Motorcyclist's Protest
Post by: Dizerens5 on July 20, 2011, 03:08:02 PM

Keep fingers crossed but usually these extreme legislative proposals get watered down or abandoned in the end. A few years ago lawmakers in Switzerland intended to limited motorcycles to 80 km/h, that's 50 mph. Nothing came of it. These French proposals would also require riders to wear high-vis jackets.