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Unread postPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:20 am 
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Location: France 89520 Sainte Colombe
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Hello all,
I just registered a few minutes ago. I'm French, aged 62, and retired since 1st of March. I was a civil servant in French Agency for Food safety.
First, I must apologize for my dramatically poor english, as a lot of Frenchies...

I'm very glad to join this open community where all the bikes and all the practices are welcome, and to read, share (and try to write about) topics I'm interested with.

I've been riding for seven years on a little Honda Shadow VTC 125, which gives me a lot of pleasure. However, we have felt (my wife and me) necessary to get a more powerful bike, not for speed, but for torque, because we are very , very often two on the bike... Then I purchased a used, but recent HD dyna FXDC 105th anniversary. But I must get a new license, after have taking lessons to sit for a hard examination. For the moment, I may ride only on private parking areas...

By the way, my father in law lives in Canada since he was retired. He lives In Duncan BC, a town between Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. We shall visit him in a few months, maybe on September.

I'll try to add pics of my bikes in a next post.

Arnaud

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Unread postPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:12 pm 
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Arnaud wrote:
Hello all,

First, I must apologize for my dramatically poor english, as a lot of Frenchies...



Welcome from the Vancouver area of BC.

As for your "dramatically poor english", you could give some of our Southern Cousins a lesson or two. About the only thing you missed was the capitalization of the word English, but I will just put that down to typical French snobbery towards all things English. :laughing:

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ceemes wrote:
you could give some of our Southern Cousins a lesson or two


Watch it, they're looking for cannon fodder for their army.



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ceemes wrote:
you could give some of our Southern Cousins a lesson or two


Watch it, they're looking for cannon fodder for their army.



:wink:


Been there, done that, and got the t-shirt. :mrgreen:

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Welcome, Arnaud! Your English is very good, there is no need to apologise for it.

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Unread postPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:09 pm 
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Location: France 89520 Sainte Colombe
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My Motorcycle: 2008/HD/Dyna Super Glide Custom
Hi all,

As promised, pics of my bikes (and me)

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My Shadow VTC. passenger : my daughter in law, sleeping safe and comfortable...


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My Dyna, unfortunately jailed in a parking. Youn can also see my young son's Kawa Er-6n

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Bien venue a TMW. :)

You will love the Malahat highway between Victoria and Nanaimo.

Vancouver Island is a great place to go visit.

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Location: France 89520 Sainte Colombe
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Thank you all for your kind messages of welcome.

ceemes wrote:
About the only thing you missed was the capitalization of the word English, but I will just put that down to typical French snobbery towards all things English. :laughing:


Sorry! :oops: Hmmm, may we consider it was a typewriting mistake?

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