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[quote]Doing that sort of speed,you deserve to be fined, in fact you may face a french court and prison if they wish. The limit around here is only 110.[/quote] Quote by Val 2 "Doing that sort of speed,you deserve to be fined, in fact you may face a french court and prison if they wish. The limit around here is only 110" The guy says he was doing 160 kph on a m/way with a speed limit of 130 kph - suggesting that he may face a prison sentence What planet are you living on? - the prisons would be full within a week

Roger It is indeed a small world The Garmin V, to put on my R80 GS Basic - but I never did as before I had the chance I was offered a good price for my Basic, (from a guy who was leaving to live in Spain), so it is still in the box. I use my 2610 in France but only really in the car. I sold my Adventure about 2 months ago as i really much prefer the "older" Bikes I rode the 1200GS - and i really wanted to like it - but I just could not for lots of reasons and as soon as I got back on my GSA, for me, the 1150 was a better Bike. I suppose I prefer the R100GS PD to anything - OK it is not in anywhere near the same performance class as the "oilheads" - but I just feel comfortable on it. After that it has got to be the R90S - which is an amazing Bike considering it was produced 30 years ago. I would love to get my hands on a R69S just to compare. Lunch next summer somewhere halfway. Keep in touch Bill

Fritz I hope that it will not be a problem - I already have an R80 registered here, (ex UK), and I think the CG was £70 - insurance is maybe £90. Four Bikes will cost me £300 to £400, (depending on the age), with AXA, but I would prefer a BM policy, with flexibility as i plan to continue changing the odd few Bikes each year, (I quite fancy a R1100S). Anyway there are certain Bikes that I could not part with, I have a R80G/S Paris Dakar and a R90S, and plan to spend time "restoring" older BMs. OK the French are "culturally different" - I spent about 15 years running French subsidiaries of UK Cos and we have had a holiday home out here for some time - but the reason why we are all here is because the way of life is preferable to the UK and, however frustrating, the normal things in life are quite possible, some just take a little more time and have to be looked at in a differnt way. Presumably that is the whole purpose of this Forum, to provide and exchange information and to highlight the differences. Lets be positive -(I know that there are lots of frustrations and the French do grind you down - they have me in the past), but a lot of this is because of our UK cultural upbringing, (which is not a bad thing), versus the French way. It is also quite amusing!!!!!! Anyway - what i wanted to hear was that the CG was still about £50/£75 and that to insure a Bike is about £100 for an old git like me - but there is this company, (tel no: XXXXX), that is good for Bike insurance, rather than going the traditional French route. France is such a great country to Bike in that we cannot let all their beauracratic crap spoil things. Tomorrow I have a petrol tank to sort out – the red paint on the inside must be flaking as I am getting red bits in the float bowl and had an interesting “stop start” ride this afternoon.

Charles Thanks Have a good holiday    

Hi All, This is my first post We have moved to France, being what I would call “semi retired”. I have a small collection, (maybe 12 plus), of BMW motor Bikes – 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Two questions that I would like some help with, (I have read previous posts about Bike registration in France). Registration How much will be the approximate cost per Bike, (carte grise etc) remembering that these are BMs so the C of C should not be a problem ( !!!). – is it less than £100 per Bike? Insurance In the UK I can insure up to 5 Bikes at once – one rider, (me), under a BMW policy. The cost is very reasonable, – e.g. I paid just over £200 a year fully comp for a R1150GSA, R100GSPD, R90S, R100S and a R80GS Basic – total value over £25k. – plus the ability to add and subtract a Bike for an admin fee of £15. Does anyone know of a similar scheme in France as I am sure that if I ask the BM dealer in Bordeaux I will get the usual “blank look”. The best scheme that I have found so far here is about £100 for the first Bike then a reduction of 20% for the second etc etc – but this is only third party insurance – which I would probably be quite happy with if it could include insurance when the Bikes are at home as usually I never let them out of my sight when I am out on them I am an “old git” with lots of riding experience. Great if someone could give me a couple of simple answers Any BM Airhead enthusiasts in 33 or 24? Cheers