gear selector seal

[Kopfjaeger]

Actually it USED  to be good going for a fang round the dams in qld Marsh, im sure harvey will agree, up over Mt Glorious and round Mt Samson. But the locals got jack of 24/7 newbies wrapping their bikes round trees...( understandable) .... the council put loose gravel on the road to "resurface" the p[lace and evryone complained... its now full of the Latte crowd.... you know ... chicken strip riders.... i got tired of riding there , yes did go a bit quick but saw my fair share of people "sleeping" near their broken bikes so i then used to head down to Uki , round Moobar and on old tweed road.... im guessing im not making sense to you... if you ever come over ... Its just a nice ride... no need really to get your knee out....

[Travis398]

"A Family Friendly Safe and Successful Day"

Not at all like Klavdy described it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/01/26/3122452.htm

[The General]

it is a safe and happy place to be and I wouldnt live any where else.

Yes, but how is it riding motorcycles?  I hear that the speed cameras and police make it nearly impossible to have a decent sportride on a bike...     

Hi there popcorn

Have been riding for around 30 years and travel around 30,000 km per annum, commuting, touring and the usual weekend stuff in the hills around Melbourne. Certainly in the last 5 years or so speed cameras and other police enforement activities have increased and you need to be very wary of them. Interestingly theres a great deal of government funded research going on into the reasons behind the increase in fatalities and hopefully this will translate into rider training and education rather than just straight out revenue raising enforcement. There are still a few places to ride for a fang on a sports bike around Melbourne where there is minimal police presence and its fairly easy to work out the predictable police enforcement pattern.  I tend to do track days when I really feel up for a decent fang am fairly lucky that the Philip Island Moto GP track is only an hour or so from home.

I`ll be down your way for the superbikes feb 27th, but staying at Inverloch Fri to Monday. I`ll be on a very standard FJ and would luv to catch up & discuss those enforcement patterns. Doug

[Arnie]

You got to stop listening to Klavdy mate!

Harvy

+1

Arnie

[Klavdy]

You got to stop listening to Klavdy mate!

Harvy

+1

Arnie

Arnie, you live in Victoria now, yeah?

THE number of kilometres above the speed limit that Victorians can travel without getting booked is probably the lowest in the world.

A 3km/h tolerance level is set for mobile speed cameras in the state and a 2km/h tolerance level is allowed for fixed speed cameras.
VICTORIA'S 3.5 million driving licence holders paid an average of $113 a year in speeding fines in 2008-09, compared with $63 in South Australia, $60 in NSW, $30 in the Northern Territory, $25 in Western Australia and $15 a head in Queensland in the same year.

Figures for 2009-2010 are even worse.

[SlowOldGuy]

Maybe you should put more energy into reforming your own country's political system. 
Or do they need the extra revenue to pay for rusting helicopters?

DavidR.

[Klavdy]

Maybe you should put more energy into reforming your own country's political system. 
Or do they need the extra revenue to pay for rusting helicopters?

DavidR.

Mate, I'm trying but the same venal fucks keep getting back in.

Oh, the State Governments don't pay for Defence, that's the Federal Government.

[Arnie]

Klavdy said,
"Arnie, you live in Victoria now, yeah?

THE number of kilometres above the speed limit that Victorians can travel without getting booked is probably the lowest in the world.

A 3km/h tolerance level is set for mobile speed cameras in the state and a 2km/h tolerance level is allowed for fixed speed cameras."

Yes, I live in Victoria.  Yes, the speed cameras and the laws concerning them are outrageous.  I am doing what I can to change them, and have been successful in fighting one speeding ticket I received in my underpowered LPG van.  Unfortunately it took over a year and ended up costing me more than 4x the $$ just paying the fine would have.  The speed camera laws have an inverted onus of guilt.  You are guilty UNLESS you can prove otherwise.  Changing these laws will be very difficult due to the huge rewards the state gets from the fines and the blatant lies that Ken Lay (asst comm of police) tells.

Until these laws are changed if you want to travel at more than the posted limit, you have to choose a place that is unlikely to have either a speed camera or a cop.  Else, you just book a ride day at one of the many tracks.

Arnie

[Kopfjaeger]

chuckles.....this is great!!! we have covered gear shift seals, australia day, cops, speed cameras and revenue raising!!!... i'd hate to ask a complex question....    cheers to all.