Hi from France

Hi everybody

I'm the owner of a VFR RC46A, yellow, from 1999. I bought it 2 years ago, and really enjoy it.
I made small modifications mainly for my confort.
I put an Ermax high windscreen, An Olhins rear shock absorber, Olhins fork springs, a scott oiler, a Green air filter, a Mig Exhaust muffler (I use it only sometimes, due to the high sound level over french laws)
I polished partly both wheels.
i often use a givi top case and when I travel far, I use 2 givi suitcase.

I tested 2 double bubble windscreen (MRA and PUIG) which didn't suit me, and I am small.

In 40,000 km, I didn't face much problems. Out of the normal maintenance that I do myself, I changed twice the voltage regulator and batteries, once the water temperature sensor which starts the fan.
I fell once last year, but I had only plastic damaged.

I have ordered a personal seat which I'm supposed to receive this month.

This summer, I made a trip to Slovenia, near the hungarian border through the alps. You can see on this little report some pictures of this 6500 km trip:

Dailymotion - Photorécit vacances slovénie corrigé, a video from Acma29. photorécit, vacances, slovénie, corrigé

During this trip, I met few member of the VFR french club, where about 5800 members are registered:
.:: VFR Club de France ::.
or
VFR Club De France - Portail

our club is very friendly and helps any french spoken people to solve their problems. Of course, French is our mother language, and only few people are able to write in english. And as you can see, our english is far from perfect!

Anyway, I hope I will find new informations here, and if so, I will transmit them the VFR-CDF.

 

Welcome to the group. Thanks for joining. There is a lot of good info here that may interest others.

 

Welcome, Acma. I enjoyed your presentation of your trip. How far was the ride and how long did it take you? I would love to do something like that some day.

 

Hello and welcome!

 

Bienvenue

:welcome:Bon joure Acma, Comon sava? Bienvenue a VFRW. Part me my french..................
Use to leave in Toulous et Normandie. Enjoy your stay. It is my 2nd home here:sportbikesmile::thumbsup:

 

Bonjour Acma!

Welcome to this site.
my wife & I have traveled in your beautiful country only a few times but LOVE it & want to return......
your windshield changes..........
you say you are small, & they did not work well.
what is your height?
I am thinking of a double bubble, but the stock windshield works pretty well for me...
I am 5' 9"...... 175 - 176cm....

Your trip looks wonderful! 2500 km?

TIA...(Merci beaucoup)
bob

 

What he said..

 

Bonjour ACMA,
je te souhaite la bienvenue sur ce site. Je suis italien et ma moto c'est une VFR 750 (1987). Je connais VFR France, un bon site ! Je fais partie de l"European Division" de ce site où nous avons trouvé amitié et de bonnes connaissances techniques !
p.s. : ma femme est de Lille et la partie restante de ma famille se trouve près de Mont de Marsan (sud-ouest ). Bon, Ciao !
Lamps ! Carmine

 

Welcome aboard. Stop by often.

 

Bonjour Acma,

Je suis Ecossais mais j'ai une petite maison secondaire en France, pas loin de Mortagne au Perche (61).

John (or Jean!)

 

Thanks to everybody for all these welcomes.

I'm 172cm. The Puig double bubble doesn't protect me enough. After few kilometers at full speed, I had 2 vertebras dismissed!

With the MRA double bubble, when it's raining, which happens quite often in my place, I have wet arms.

RFman, from VFR-CDF, which I saw was registered in this forum, made a special page on different windshield for 5th and 6th generation. See this link

RFm4n - GGaaazzzzz!!!!

Windshield is called "bulle" in french. He put pictures of different trade fitted on bikes. It may help you in your choice

 

Thanks. You can't imagine how many people speak it uncorrectly!
The best way to know if you can still use french, is to try!

French is a very easy language, you can see children, 3 year old in here who can already speak it!:smile:

 

Quelle bonne idée pour un Ecossais que de parler le français! Parce que même en parlant pas mal l'anglais, un Ecossais est trop dur pour moi à comprendre! :tongue:

Quelle idée d'aller dans le 61 quand on peut retrouver la culture celte en Bretagne, pour un prix bien inférieur à l'Ecosse! :smile:

 

Merci,

Ca donne quoi l'italien parlé avec l'accent chti?

 

Thanks Drewl. I can see that your bike is yellow and from 2000. In France, the yellow one was sold only in 1999.
Was it sold during many years in the US?

 

Aah! Mais il y'a beaucoup des Anglais en Bretagne et je suis Ecossais, j'aime les Francais!

 

Et ici, on aime les Ecossais!

Dans ta signature, c'est une phrase de Pierre Desproges, mais il manque la fin!
N'est ce pas?

 

Acma,
l'italien avec l'accent chti...et le chti avec l'accent italien.....t'as vu le film avec Dany Boum (les Chtimis ?). Bien, nous, les napolitains (je suis napolitain) sommes un peu comme les chtis, un peuple tout à fait particulier. J'ai visité la Bretagne : belle et savoureuse (come une assiette de moules-frites !). Tu verras, c'est bien de dialoguer avec nos copains du siteVFR, ils sont gentils et "ouverts" !
Ciao, Carmine

 

for all VFr owners and buddies not able to speak french : I said to our new franch pal ACMA29 that I found friendship,good technical knowledge and "open minds" on this site which I'm proud to be part of.
Lamps to all VFR owners...