BHP Limit in France

[goldy]

We are looking to move out to France in the not to distant future and have heard that a bike over 100BHP cannot be imported.
Can anybody confirm this as if this is so I wil have to sell my LT as it is over this limit (2005 model).

Thanks

[xtoseconomides]

Yes bikes over 100 Bhp are not allowed to be registered in france.
If you find a way to keep your registration ( bike in the name of a relative living in the UK) you could get away with it....

[Hilton]

So when was this "brilliant" piece of legislation enacted ?

[hschisler]

I've read this before and always wondered: What is the reason for the limitation -- is it a knee-jerk reaction to high-performance bikes?

[Steve_R]

Not really Howard. When I was stationed in Japan in the early 70's, any bike manufactured and ridden in Japan could not be over 750cc's. It was interesting when one of the Army guys I knew bought the first Kawasaki Z1, Engine S/N 000000001 and Frame S/N 000000001, and it was 900cc's.

[meese]

FWIW, France also limits the output on personal audio devices. Apple had to make special iPod firmware to limit the top volume possible. Fortunately, it's easy enough to get around.

I guess the French government knows more about what's good for its people than its people do.

[simoncharles]

Especially when it comes to sending them to fight a war.

[teejay]

When are they going to blaockade the ports and start setting fire to pigs which is the French way of protesting at something they don't like?
Teejay