Which motorcycles to drive at 80 km / h among the novelties of 2018 ?
The reduction in speed from 90 to 80 km / h on secondary network roads will officially become a reality from July 1. With which motorcycles will this contested limitation be the least unbearable, especially among the 2018 novelties ? MNC provides its answers…
Page 1 – Limitation to 80 km / h: the key points and the constraints on a motorcycle
Unless there is an improbable turnaround, it is now established: the speed will drop to 80 km / h on the secondary network on July 1, despite the hostility aroused by this measure. Neither the protests of the Senate, nor the demonstrations – FFMC and 40 million motorists in the lead – did (re) bend the government, nor the many voices that were raised against the absence of concrete elements. justifying and around the two-year experiment at 80 km / h in Yonne (89)…
- MNC file : All our articles dedicated to 80 km / h
- MNC of January 5, 2018 :
- MNC of 20 December 2017 :
Still, from this summer, it will be 80 km / h maximum on the 400,000 km of roads without central separator concerned: yes, like heavy goods vehicles and young drivers! All these beautiful people will circulate at the same pace, without the possibility of surpassing themselves … In other words "Jackpot!" for the State, which will follow its case closely: using its binoculars and other on-board monitoring devices, of course !
Remember for all practical purposes that a driver checked on the secondary network at 90 instead of 80 km / h – speed retained by subtracting the 5 km / h tolerance – will be fined € 68 and the withdrawal of a update on his driver’s license. From 100 km / h – selected speed -, the fine increases to 135 km / h and the withdrawal amounts to two points…
Ride slower and consume more: the losing equation for bikers !
But this drop in speed of 10 km / h will have other consequences for bikers, whose motorcycles will suffer from a lack of engine speed to 80 km / h in the last report. Only very smooth engines like Harley-Davidson V-twins and 3- or 4-cylinder purrs unflinchingly below the tachometer on higher gears.
The fact remains that even these "elastic" mechanics do not flourish at the limits of the sub-regime: downshifting to improve their response will frequently be necessary, if only to overtake in complete safety. With the key to a predictable increase in consumption and therefore polluting emissions … to circulate less quickly than before. Sacred progress !
With motorcycles equipped with large, strongly compressed twin cylinders, driving at 80 km / h in sixth gear is even practically impossible: some Ducati and KTM, for example, graze badly at 2500 rpm! With some Monster or the SuperDuke R, to hold the 80 km / h means the pure and simple abandonment of the last report. Here again, overconsumption is to be expected.
Finally, other motorcycles are incompatible with this reduction in speed, for both technical and philosophical reasons: Superbikes like an Aprilia RSV4 or a Yamaha R1 reach 160 km / h in … first gear. That is twice the speed now authorized on the road! Driving at 80 in a sports car? Good luck !
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So, among the main ones presented last fall, which ones prove to be the most adapted – or rather the least unsuited – to this new "regime"? MNC provides answers based on its experience and .
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