My grandfather treated my family to a couple weeks over there. I'm in love with the country, especially Provence. This was my second visit to the country; i hope to live there some day too
So, why an 2006 model? Why not 2004? My plans as of now are to rid the fairing with a new light/s, aftermarket exhuast and lower it a little. Just keep it simple and fun to ride daily.
) never owned a car, just a scooter and motorcycle. Honestly in Paris you cant survive with a car (too many people, no where to park...anyway the transit system is the best there! Subways, Buses every 5mins...), what takes you 10mins on a bike will take you easy an hour in a car...But the driving over there is abit "Kamikaze" style...Like going on the sidewalk to get around traffic and whatnot, dodging the pedestrians that cross whenever they want (JayWalking does not exsist there!), dodging the cars and buses that run the red lights...ahh how i miss those days...NOT When riding theres no room for hesitation, its go or be killed! lol I learned to ride in that environment, everything else will be a piece of cake next to that lol
Haha yeah there are many more motorcycles in France...I lived in Paris for about 5 years (I first saw the FZ6 in Paris and knew i'd one day own that bike
Haha yes the controlled chaos is much fun to ride in! I was in it everyday. I havent lived there for 3years. It is very true how you say its safer because people are looking out for you! I did notice just the other day however that people here are becoming aware of "us" riders, they are moving abit to the side when they see us coming and i was happy to experience that here. As like you say in Paris cars/motos/scooters are all very aware of each other...Its good the goverment made some changes...heck i remember i particpated in a FFMC (Federation Francaise des Motards en Colere) motorcycle protest some few years ago, it was the most bikes i'd ever seen!! We rode on the Boulevard Peripheric into Place de la Bastille, we pretty much shut down the BP, lol, 1000's of bikes.While I agree that traffic in Paris is "something else", I actually find it safer than LA for example... ppl in Paris watch out for motorcycles... they know you are there, which makes a world of difference compared to here...
Also, if you go back to Paris now, you will find quite a lot of changes in driver behavior (red lights, use of sidewalk, speeding etc) do not happen anymore since our goverment decided it was enough. Yes the driving itself is still "controlled chaos", but nothing illegal anymore, and if you are used to that "controlled chaos", riding in Paris can be quite fun
Haha, ben ouais je suis bien obliger de parler un peu francais, parle c'est simple, mon problem c'est de bien l'ecrire...That's awesome!
Tu parles francais alors hein? tu faisais quoi a Paname pendant 5ans?
J'avais vu que tu avais les drapeux francais dans ta signature et je me demander si tu etais donc francais du coup. Ben moi c'est mes parents qui sont originaires du Nord d'la france, mon pere a emenager ici en Californie du Sud (OC) pour etre surfeur quand il etais jeune, je suis nee et j'ai grandi ici mais quand j'avais 14ans me parents on divorce et j'ai suivi mon pere qui est rentre en france sur Paris, donc j'ai vecu la bas de 14-18ans, passer mon permier A 125cc sur Paris, c'etais super chiant! Bien plus dure que de passer son permis ici, lol. Mais j'ai mieux appris en france Donc en gros j'ai fait mes etudes dans une ecole bilingue mais j'aime pas trop la meteo a Paris compare a SoCal y'a pas de conteste, je prend le soleil et la mer sans hesitation, haha...