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Have the same V35 side cases on mine. Used them this summer (see my France trip post for photos) for first time and honestly, I can't find fault with them. Learnt that it's not a good idea to forget they're there though, with a few bumps off posts and cars. They quickly didn't look brand new :(...

Have had it for a year and a half and it still looks great for a design that's almost 10 years old. The next bike might be the FZ8... or a triumph:o

2nd and 3rd gears. Not sure what they're for. Going from 1st to 4th would save a lot of work :D

I live in the west of France in Brittany so France is nothing new to me. But there's France and then bikers' France, as I discovered. Once you get half way down and get away from the main routes, the roads are never straight! I rode down through the massif central (Mont Doré, Issoire)...

Best bike around for carrying stuff. Hooks and straps fitted in every direction on the passenger handles. 3000 km in 10 days including the Alps. Looking forward to next summer...:thumbup:

Ok! Tu es français vivant aux E-U et moi, irlandais (et un peu canadien sur les bords de par ma maman) vivant en France! Vive l'international!

You're talking about your bike, aren't you?

Have a great time! Good to see you guys coming over to Europe! You'll see, despite some things you might hear especially about France, we love Americans! (MacDonald's France has had the biggest growth rate of all the MacDo chains of Europe over the past decade or so, although that might not be...

Then there's Spidi, an Italian brand with a reasonably good reputation. It seems I'm not the only one thinking about high visibility. MOTORCYCLE HIGH VISIBILITY

Thanks! Cordura then, not polyester. I'll keep that in mind. Rev'it (a Dutch brand) does a nice jacket but probably too pricey for me. But then again, you only live once... Rev'it Cayenne Pro - webBikeWorld At the moment, I've a pretty standard old-fashioned but not old brown leather...

Just 2 bikes to my honour: A Honda Seven-Fifty from 1996 (Night Shadow I think you call it stateside...), great torque, smooth ride, lots of chrome, lovely quiet humming sound BUT heavy, old suspension, not great around town. My memory is of a sore ass and the wrong knee flexion on longer...

Hi folks, Would anyone know about this brand and jacket: Firstgear Kilimanjaro 4.0 Jacket? Or about this seller: Firstgear Kilimanjaro 4.0 Jacket ? Here in Europe Hein Gericke is the reference. Hein Gericke Daylight sheltex® Jacke, neongelb - Jacken - Motorrad-Bekleidung - Bekleidung...

I've just looked at your photo again. Looks like your indicators have already been changed position.

Come to think of it, they're 390 euros, not 450 euros. Still far too much, as you say, for two plastic boxes! Do a little search on this forum and you'll find at least two descriptions of how to install the racks, although yours are already installed. Watch out for your indicators though...

Last month, I bought a pair of Givi V35 panniers on e bay Italy. 255 euros p+p included. I'm in France, delivery within 7 working days. Would have had to pay 450 euros had I bought them in a shop in France. Having said that, I had to speak a few words of Italian, which I don't, but a friend...

The sort of reflection I continue to have occasionally. I tried a BMW '94 K75rt last September with a view to buying it and thinking that it would be a much better tourer / utility bike. What a step back into the past! Nice and comfortable and lovely wind protection but technology has moved on...

Once. Went out at 2 in the morning this winter and realised I had forgotten to put the bike in the garage. A heavy frost was settling on the bike which I didn't like, but I didn't want to sit on the cold frosty saddle... Pushing the bike off its centre stand without sitting on the bike is not...

That's what I love about America! You guys stand up for your rights and there's a consensus about what's acceptable and what's not. Here, there's a general acceptance that the police are allowed to ask you for your identity for no reason at all. Nobody finds that strange! As an Irishman living...

How I love this forum! What an insight into how things work in the US and other countries! Here in France, the police and gendarmes (police inside towns, gendarmes outside) mount check-points anywhere at all and for any reason (alcohol beath-test, ownership papers/insurance, road-worthiness...