With hundreds of motorcycles released at the speed of the snail in the two neighboring towns on Saturday, road traffic is likely to be loaded. And disturbed. Especially since the city of Princes gives, the same day, the kickoff of its Christmas market with the affluence that we know.
“Incoherent”
That said, angry bikers do not take to the streets for fun, or even to please. They went up like Comtois pendulums against the technical control risking falling on their leather and are determined to be seen and heard. They were 4,000 last year to demonstrate in the urban area for the same reason. It’s a safe bet that they will be very numerous to tread the asphalt on Saturday November 26th. The technical inspection could impact the two wheels by more than 125 cm³. “Incoherent in the sense that it is often the less than 125 cm³ that cause the most nuisance with tampered exhausts, driving without a helmet and urban rodeos”, estimates Bernard Daguet, of the FFMC 90. “This decree does not attack not a means of transport in itself, more of a hobby”.
The route from Belfort to Montbéliard
In another era, bikers had mobilized against the sticker. Today, they are headwind against technical control. So what to expect on Saturday? The rallying point for bikers from all over the Grand Est is set at 11:30 a.m. Place Meyer (behind the Maison du Peuple) in Belfort. There will be food and information around the FFMC stands. At 1:30 p.m., the procession will take the road via Kennedy Boulevard towards Danjoutin with a stop at a Technical Control Center at the Residences.
The route in Montbéliard
Head for Montbéliard where the junction will be made, around 3:15 p.m. and dust, at the foot of the droplets with bikers coming from Besançon and elsewhere. The procession will go up the Ludwigsburg bridge, pass in front of the station, take the circular boulevard to branch off into avenue Wilson, take the road along the canal for a return via the Pied des Gouttes to the Axone car parks. So much for the routes taken by the helmeted cohort on a last Saturday in November that could be a hectic tad.