Yes, they do exist, specially in this country (France). A couple of decades ago, the socialist government decided that French motorcyclists were having far too much fun on their motorcycles. So they put in a law that forbade motorcycles from having more than 100 hp ! It was OK if you were an 18 year old kid, and you could buy yourself a 100,000 hp car, and drive around in that, but as a 21 year you could not ride a motorcycle with more than 100 hp !
So, despite the European Union wanting equality between nations, France continues "downgrading" motorcycles to 100 hp. So far, not really a big problem, since you could quite easily reinstate your motorcycle to the original power.
So, now that the center-to-right political party is in the power, you'd think that we should be OK. WRONG ! The French Parliament voted a new law yesterday night (in stealth mode), that if you're caught with a motorcycle over 100 hp, you'll get 2 YEARS PRISON, € 30,000 fine and your motorcycle is gone !! Obviously this only applies to French registered motorcycles. If you got a foreign one, you can come here and use your 180 hp bike at any time. !
I would love to see some lawyer bring the French government to the European court ! Whatever happened to personal liberty, equality and all that shit.... not in France !!
Maybe we should get a motorcycling President. Is John Kerry still available ???
