luck to the French bikers. http://ukfrancebikers.com/2010/05/24/french-bikers-ready-to-bring-france-to-a-complete-halt-again/?utm_source=Committed+Campaigners&utm_campaign=11c677cb56-Newsletter_116_3_6_2010&utm_medium=email It's already illegal

rather heavy bikes, sometimes they haven't gone round corners very well, but Kawasaki's always make lots of horsepower and go extremely fast. And that is, after all, what motorcycles are supposed to do.So when they launched their new GTR1400 super

PSThis unit (German: Pferdestärke = horse strength) is no longer a lawful unit, but is still commonly used in Europe, South America and Japan, especially by the automotive and motorcycle industry. It was adopted throughout continental Europe with designations

to bear them on until daylight breaks, and the approach of the race's end. Le Mans is a racing legend, as big as Assen, Monza, and Indianapolis.Though the French Grand Prix takes place at a legendary location, it does not use the legendary Circuit de la

to host Formula 1 in China. The requirements of Formula 1 and motorcycle racing are mostly diametrically opposed: Formula 1 cars require wide tracks with long straights for passing at speed, with sharp turns at the end to allow cars to outbrake each other

at the pumps! The one thingto remember in France is that flashing headlights are ALWAYS a warning. Usually about a speed check ahead.You also have to remember, in defence of those 2CV drivers, that the french car tax system has always been based on horsepower

enough intimidation for you to consider 180mph motorcycles an unacceptable threat to your driving licence. Or perhaps marital pressures have been applied and a pillion seat the size of a Brillo pad is no longer appealing. Sometimes, something has to give

of the equation that has brought us to this point. Sensible is not motorbikes with 150-plus horsepower. Sensible is not engines that pull shockingly hard from 130mph, in top gear, as if they've barely got into their stride. Frankly, sensible is not a Hayabusa

during those difficult days. The Phoney War was over; for my grandfather, the war had started for real.While it is preposterous to regard motorcycle racing - even MotoGP - as even remotely serious global warfare, I still find myself thinking of my

of it's life so they want to provide all the protection they can for it by suggesting a fully synthetic ?Looks like a French version of the "Smart" ??Cheers Have a read if really interested. As a side note, I read in Classic Bike Guide* the other day