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Harsh law for french motorcyclists
A couple of decades ago in France, the socialist government decided that riders were having far too much fun on their bikes. So they put in a law that forbade motorcycles from having more than 100 hp!
So, despite the European Union wanting equality between nations, France continues "downgrading" motorcycles to 100hp. So far, not really a big problem, since you could quite easily reinstate the motorcycle to it's original power - as just about every French rider did. The French Parliament voted a new law last Thursday (in stealth mode), that if you're caught with a motorcycle over 100hp, you'll get 2 year gaol, 30,000 euro (almost $50,000 AUS) fine and your motorcycle confiscated! Obviously this only applies to French registered motorcycles. If you have a foreign registered bike, you can visit and use your 180 hp bike at any time. Motorcycling rights and law ridiculousness is on attack around the globe.
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Not only is that ridickulous, that's ricockulous and as such, sucks ****.
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Thats o.k., the squids keep it up and we'll be lucky if we don't have the same law here before it is all said and done...
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Too bad they allow foreign registered bikes in there. We could move over there and take over that country with our german machines!
Oops, I guess that's been done already...
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 ))To add to what is already been said about this law and the french rider's reaction to that, more and more bike sellers refuse to remove the power limitation when a customer ask for it. Some of them have alreday been judged guilty in some cases, thinking they were responsible for high speed crashs and so on ... Jay |
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What's a squid? Not a term I've heard in New England.
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 This, is a squid.   Squid talk: pOp weeLyZ n' ShYt yO...HeLmeTZ r 4 Pusiz...Ridin' Gear B 4 the Laydezz duDezzz, baD BoyZ 4 liFE 
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The good'ol Urban Dictionary...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squid
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How many squid can you see in this picture?
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Well, there's the one squid wearing blue jeans on the left... yeah... that one... third from the left... yup, the one with the beard.
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I wouldn't be surprised if France does that to stop the selling of italian motorcycles...
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Just kidding about the "eternal" rivarly between Italy and France
I really love France (I've spent my last hoydays there) and I have in high esteem french people and their public spirit. 
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Do we really have an ancestral revalry ? I thought we french were just jealous of your cars, weather, beautiful women, wonderful food, skilled racers, twisty roads, nice landscapes ... Alright we do have a revalry then ... )))Jay |
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