Bikers to get a police escort in Paris for charity bid

AROUND 30 bikers from Cork are set to be escorted through Paris by motorcycle gendarmes as part of a charity drive.

Bikers4Charity are to undertake a 2,340 kilometre round-trip through Ireland, Wales, England and France in the hope of raising €30,000 for the Cope Foundation, Montenotte.

Rathcormac-based Ger Tobin, who is one of the main organisers, said the cavalcade will include some powerful machine like Harley Davidsons and Suzuki Hayabusas (bird of prey), which have a top speed of 205mph — not that they’ll be doing that, especially in front of the gendarmes.