Are you sure you can’t take the bikes to France?
They may require a little modification but it would probably be cheaper than buying new bikes? North American bikes are much cheaper than European ones, making importing a bike very economically, even if you have to pay a little to get it up to EU spec.
If you have a container going from Canada to France, it would make sense to throw the bikes in there with your household stuff. That would be a very cheap way to get the bikes there.
I imported and registered a 2003 SV650 (US purchased) in Nice in 2004. There was the usual French paperwork, but it was doable. I shipped the bike in the container with my furnishings. I think you have a year once you arrive to get the registration changed. It took me about 4-5 months to register mine. That was mostly waiting for Suzuki of France to send me some documents (certificate of conformity).
Unfortunately, I don’t live in France anymore, but I could go through my paperwork at home and explain the process I used to register my SV, as best as I can remember?
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