June 28th - Legally French …

Triumphal momentAt last, at long last, John’s bike is officially, legally, French. Of course it didn’t go quite smoothly. Nothing ever does with us. John has had to pay the extra tax, and we have yet to hear anything from Triumph as to why we had to pay two lots, when both dealer and manufacturer knew the bike was to be exported. However, that aside, we paid, filled out the import certificate and presented our documents to the Sous préfecture. An hour later we were home with a new Carte Grise and a number plate.

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