Source: http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf...otorcycles.htm

"Biker Protest Ride Against Ban On Old Motorcycles

As mentioned (link), the city of Paris in all its so-called "wisdom", is going to ban all motorcycles built before the year 2000 from entering their city. There is no scientific reasoning for the ban, and when you consider that there is a ban on older cars as well, but only for cars built before 1996, you can see that the motorcycle ban is very discriminatory and not thought out.

The ban will be on age, so even if you retrofitted your motorcycle with the latest pollution control devices, fitted it with the latest Euro3 certified exhaust system, you will still not be able to ride into town. It also means no vintage motorcycles are going to be allowed to ride in town."

More info to be found at FFMC (Fédération Française des Motards en Colère)

 

And another reason for avoiding Paris.

The first question that always comes to my mind when reading such ridiculous decisions ... is that date subject to "renewal"? I.e. in 2015, bikes from pre 2000 are banned, in 2016, bikes from pre 2001 are banned, etc.

 

Banning vehicles older than _____ is just a test run for banning all vehicles.

"Why the outrage now when everybody thought it was a good idea to ban old, smelly diesel trucks?"