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Finally got Kevin out of the barn. It's nice when your bike always seems to start first kick (Second kick first thing.).

Come see Besancon and some other neat places.












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Sunshine dry clean roads a bit envious I am beginning to forget what a dry road is like, I organised and lead the Otty Bottom ride out, rode down to the Kent rally on the Friday in torrential rain it stopped during the ride fortunately, the sun only appeared on Sunday for the trip home been rotten weather since



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Good video Simon but I have to hand it Les for the sheer skill in riding the rally route facing backwards!!!!
Mick

Scaly, How do manage to keep a UK reregistered bike in France regards to, MOT, Insurance, and Tax, I know it's tax exempt, but don't you still have to apply yearly, you can't apply for a French road licence can you? I'm seriously thinking of keeping a bike in Switzerland, going to find out this year what I need to do. Good Video.

Hi RoSy,



Pre 1959 is the thing. Not that powerful, but ok. Trouble is, you end up being over protective and fathering the thing!


It's not tax exempt, it's just zero tax rate. It was a long argument with the DeVious LA. They said there was a fine for late renewal. I said it is tax exempt which means it is exempt from the tax rules. They said they still apply, so I said it is still taxed but at a nil rate. They agreed, but did not seem to understand the difference between 'taxed at a nil rate' and 'Tax exempt' Anyway, I won. Taxed it over the internet, MOT exempt which in this case seems to mean 'exempt' so that leaves insurance, well I get several weeks of EU cover, starting when it came over to the EU in the back of a transit on a ferry, which was yesterday, or today, or possibly tomorrow, but never more than a week or two ago. and the bike always makes several return trips to the UK a year don't cha know?

I see, thanks for clearing that up I thought it (Kevin) was permanately based in France and thinking the poor thing was parked up all alone, abandoned to a dusty old barn waiting for your return like a lonely dog waiting for it's master. Been to Besancon a few times.

RoSy, Go read that again, you missed something.

I was being descretely naive not wanting to let your clandestine plan out of the bag. Wink and a nod, or is that Nods, Pun intended.

Why do they ride their bicyclettes on the wrong side of the road dans la ville en France?

RoSy...



Get yourself a tax disc holder. For Switzerland, If you wish to use the 'motorway' which can be anything from a national route, to 3/4 mile of just normal looking road between La chaux-de-fonds and Le Locle, you will need to buy a 'vignette' it cost 40 swiss francs (about £32) lasts for the whole year, and they will want you to stick it on you bike. You can get away with tax disc holder. Trying to scrape the expired ones of the car windscreen is a bloody nightmare. If you have a french registered bike, the insurance co. gives you a sticker that you have to stick on your front mudguard. What is it with these people?



You don't have to have a swiss vignette, just don't use the motorways.


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Latest french bikes rubbish laws... you have to carry 1 or 2 reflective jackets on the bike. You only need to wear it if you have broken down at the roadside and any pillion needs one too. It is a novelty to see riders wearing them in France, but still a good idea. you also have to carry a breathalyser, but the fine for not having one has been cancelled indefinitely. I don't have one of those either. they also want reflective stickers on helmets. I don't have them either, as I got a bright helmet.



France is nice and the police generally tend to be more on the instructive side, than the 'fine grabbing brigade' you get elsewhere.




(I nearly hit 'reply' before copying it all. good job too, as when I did hit reply, I had timed out and it wanted me to sign in again. Always select and copy your post if it takes a while to write, before hitting 'reply'!