Hi all, I am from Bristol England, but now living in N.France. Had lots of big bikes in my life, but my favorite was the Ducati 996. Roads are long and empty here and tempting to explore, but beware........lots of short, funny looking, blind, and ignorant car drivers lurking, and they love to overtake tractors on blind bends and tops of hills !
Welcome! The Kent DOC branch get over to France every now and then for a days riding. You'll have to give us some tips or maybe meet up?
Bienvenu I popped over here in 2001 and never went back! I am further down from you, there are plenty of Ducati fans and you can get Desmo mag.
Perfect unfortunate example for us motorcyclists, going through rural France.....This morning, in daylight, the wife's Horse was hit just outside our house round a slight bend, by a speeding car. Took the horse on the bonnet of the car more than 40 meters down the road. Horses Back legs and hips shattered. luckily the horse was on its own and took a walk down the road. Car driver unhurt.
Vet came out. Missis was in buckets of tears as he told her he has to inject to sleep. Gutting to see. Horses fault for being there, but the road has a 60KM/hr limit, cus its a small narrow road through a hamlet. The car must have been doing at least 100km/hr+. No skid marks. Just lots of plastic, glass, and red stuff. Gendarmes didn't bother doing a breath test because it was an animal that got hit. Ive got to Pay 200 Euros for animal to be disposed of and a fine for the horse escaping. Car driver gets his car fixed on horse insurance.
just wondering. obviously horses can be a good deal more expensive than the bikes we ride.. did your good lady have the benefit of an insurance policy to cover this scenario
Hhmmm... I should have seen that one coming. It actually gets funny as time goes on. I'm merely trying to point out that it could have been a motorcyclist that had broken down instead of an animal chewing grass on the side of the road..
