Exhaust scraping, no leathers, central london

[babelfish]

foreign plates. shouldn't be allowed

[fluffnik]

That exhaust is milllllllllllll...


















...imetres off the deck.

[carrotchomper]

"I am abrading ze exhaust in order to show les rosbifs ze superior riding of ze gendarmes. Call us surrender monkeys no more if you please."

[g_stacey]

Zee do look cool. Many bagdes. And zee shirts fit!

G

[Marcellus]

bit i m meeseeng me goon!!

[outnumbered]

It was a good contrast on Saturday between the bike police forces: The gendarmes in short sleeved shirts, open face lids and thin non-protective trousers; and the Met in full leathers, reflective jackets, full face helmets.

No doubt which looks cooler, and perhaps the french guys just never crash... You'd certainly be in a big mess after a high speed getoff, wearing what they wear.

[Marcellus]

guess you missed Mondays coverage of Le Gendarme in Le Dyke on Le straight road!!

[Chrispy Porker]

He could do with a good feed if you ask me.

[Flat in Fifth]

Marcellus said:

guess you missed Mondays coverage of Le Gendarme in Le Dyke on Le straight road!!

Doesn't he get extra points though for a conversion from someone batting for the other side?

[Lambochick]

outnumbered said:

It was a good contrast on Saturday between the bike police forces: The gendarmes in short sleeved shirts, open face lids and thin non-protective trousers; and the Met in full leathers, reflective jackets, full face helmets.

That's because France doesn't have an equivalent of the Health and Safety Executive. No State nannying on their side of the pond, and it's probably a better country because of it!

[reAnimate]

g_stacey said:

Zee do look cool. Many bagdes. And zee shirts fit!

G

The officer on the left in the white shirt looks like Kevins Dad from "The Wonder Years!"

[Chrispy Porker]

Lambochick said:

outnumbered said:

It was a good contrast on Saturday between the bike police forces: The gendarmes in short sleeved shirts, open face lids and thin non-protective trousers; and the Met in full leathers, reflective jackets, full face helmets.

That's because France doesn't have an equivalent of the Health and Safety Executive. No State nannying on their side of the pond, and it's probably a better country because of it!

Easier to put your hands up in shirt sleeves too

[711]

g_stacey said:

Zee do look cool. Many bagdes. And zee shirts fit!

G

This picture has surely got to be the subject of a caption competition both of these officers look like the have just witness something distasteful!

I got caught out by motorcycle riding gendarmes on the autoroute years ago. I was fairly moving along the road at about 6am on a summer Sunday morning, and saw a biker way up ahead who I was clearly going to overtake at a rate of knots. Never mind I thought, can't be the police as they're just riding in t-shirts.

Only my wife speaks French, so I received a bollocking by proxy. I was particularly impressed that I was saluted before my dressing down began

[babelfish]

At least one rider complained the UK bobbies holding him up.

Must be the weight of the leathers and hivis

Edited by babelfish on Thursday 12th July 21:45

Edited by babelfish on Thursday 12th July 21:45