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Lun* · #1 Unread post by Lun* » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:48 am

I'm a girl and i live in Paris (as i wrote ^^). I love motorcycle. I'm trying to get the french licence (quite hard) and in the futur I plan to buy Z750 or SV650 or ER6 or GSR600 lol I love them all.

So i register to this forum to know how "the rider's spirit" is?? ^^
(Sorry it is been so long i didn't speak english, so i don't know if the expression is the same than in french)

ZooTech · #2 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:58 am

Je ne parle pas de francais.

#3 Unread post by **cb360** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:45 am

Bienvenue Lun*. The ER6 looks like a great bike. I don't think we have that model in the US. Do you have a motorcycle safety class over there or someone who can help you learn to ride?

Also, can you post the expression in French. I'd be interested to see it.

Craig7220 · #4 Unread post by **Craig7220** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:05 am

Hello and welcome to the forum... Ride safe... and enjoy

kabob983 · #5 Unread post by **kabob983** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:43 am

Bonjour et accueillir!

Lun* · #6 Unread post by Lun* » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:16 am

thx to every one

ZooTech wrote:Je ne parle pas de francais.

lol je ne parle pas francais would more correct XD

cb360 wrote:Bienvenue Lun*. The ER6 looks like a great bike. I don't think we have that model in the US. Do you have a motorcycle safety class over there or someone who can help you learn to ride?

Also, can you post the expression in French. I'd be interested to see it.

I've tried the ER6, that IS a really good one!!

In France we have formation center to teach us how to ride correctly and safely. It is quite expensive (700€ for 28 hours oO and if it is not enough for 4 hours you have to give 105€

) but every bikers have to get this formation to pass the final test that occur in 2 parts. First part you've got what we called "plateau" : we have to slalom betwen cones, they are 2 kind of round (?) a speed one and a slower (you can only use the first gear). The second one, we just ride arround streets while the inspector watch us from a car. That's really stressful, and soon i'll pass the first part. I have to do quick because of the bad weather coming.

l'esprit motard!! ^^

#7 Unread post by **cb360** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:43 am

L'esprit motard translates literally to 'motorcyclist spirit', but I think you did it better. 'Rider's spirit' is probably closer, maybe a multilingual Canadian will check this thread - you know how it is trying to translate idiomatic expressions into another language... it doesn't always work very well.

That does sound like an expensive class. Good luck on the test. Here in the US we don't have to do a test on the street to get licensed - we can either take a test in a parking lot with an instructor or we can skip that part if we take a safety class and pass it.

Bonne chance! Faites-nous savoir il s'avère.

If I didn't say that correctly I meant, 'good luck and let us know how it goes'.

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ZooTech · #8 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:05 am

Lun* wrote:thx to every one

ZooTech wrote:Je ne parle pas de francais.
lol je ne parle pas francais would more correct XD

Actually, that's what I put at first...because that's how I remember it. BUT, cb360 pointed out a French mistake I made a while back so I put "I do not speak French" into the translator at www.freetranslation.com and it added the "de" to the sentence, so I figured I must have been wrong.

Oh well...

#9 Unread post by **cb360** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:10 am

One thing is for sure, French is pretty difficult for most of us Americans. I shudder to think what a Parisian would think of my accent... born in Pittsburgh to West Virginians, raised in Alabama, learned French in Africa and now I live in Seattle. I have certainly forgotten most of it but I imagine it would come back with some practice - the problem is that I wasn't an expert even when I spoke it every day.

Lun*'s english is better than my french any day.

Lun* · #10 Unread post by Lun* » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:26 am

cb360 wrote:One thing is for sure, French is pretty difficult for most of us Americans. I shudder to think what a Parisian would think of my accent... born in Pittsburgh to West Virginians, raised in Alabama, learned French in Africa and now I live in Seattle. I have certainly forgotten most of it but I imagine it would come back with some practice - the problem is that I wasn't an expert even when I spoke it every day.

Lun*'s english is better than my french any day.

Try to speak vietnamese then XD