France limits motorcycles to 100hp

[goof2]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

Norway has had a law in place like this for a while now, and the manufacturers follow it. If they want to sell bikes in those countries, they will comply. And France is a huge motorcycle market.

Remember, it was France that was able to convince the big 4 to restrict their bikes to 300km/h.

From what I understand that was the EU, not just France.

[smileyman]

Originally Posted by goof2

From what I understand that was the EU, not just France.

Yup, gang tackle. But you gotta think this was a speed limiter not a hp limiter. Public roads might be safe to exhibit high hp but not insanely high speeds.

[papapoi]

i ride an sv 650 i dont care what they do over there i dont have that many ponies anyway lol

[Dave]

Originally Posted by smileyman

Yup, gang tackle. But you gotta think this was a speed limiter not a hp limiter. Public roads might be safe to exhibit high hp but not insanely high speeds.

ya know ghost rider is french...