For years, in order to be able to access motorcycles with more than 48 HP, you have to have obtained your A2 license and, two years later, take the course that gives you access to the A license to be able to drive all types of motorcycles regardless of their power. This system is in force throughout the European Union and although each country can establish its differences, what is mandatory is to have had the A2 license for at least two years.
This suggests that the rider will have some experience before making the jump to faster and more complicated motorcycles, and will also have understood what riding a motorcycle means. But there are always exceptions, and this one from France proves it.
According to Infobae, a motorcycle user has had one of the shortest races we can remember. The gendarmes of Meaux, a town near Paris, stopped a man for exceeding the speed limit at a radar checkpoint.
Although we do not know the maximum speed of the road, we do know that it was travelling at 177 kilometres per hour before the “photo” was taken. But the surprise on the part of the gendarmes did not come only because of the speed, but also because of the condition of the user and his motorcycle.
Without a license and without a motorcycle
It turns out that the driver, who was riding alone and whose details we know only those that we will discuss below, had only obtained his motorcycle license 5 days earlier. But even more striking was the fact that the bike had just been picked up from the dealership and only had 10 kilometers on the odometer.
Considering that all motorcycles arrive with some kilometer on their odometer and considering that he was going at that speed, the motorcycle had not been in his possession for more than five minutes when he was stopped.
After this situation, his bike was confiscated and his driving license revoked, so within a maximum of 10 kilometers he went from being the happiest man to the unhappiest. Even so, he was lucky not to have an accident because it was obvious that he did not know the bike. A bike that, by the way, was the incredible Kawasaki ZX-6R that reaches higher speeds that would have gotten him into more trouble.
At least he has had the opportunity to learn his lesson and the day he gets his bike and license back, we hope he understands that racing is for the circuits and that, in addition, new bikes benefit from a break-in…
