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Gripe of the year
Speed -- or a lack thereof -- draconian state-based anti-association legislation and the state of racing in Australia are the hot grips topics of 2013Normal
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Mark Fattore – Bikesales Network editor
The absurd notion that some people continue to believe that Australia's premier road racing series is the Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), ahead of the non-MA sanctioned Australasian Superbike Championship (ASC). It's an anachronism and totally at odds with the real state of play. The ASBK is in a serious downward spiral, and to suggest it's just a "sign of the times" is a cop out. There have been a number of reasons for the freefall, including poor promotion. On the other hand, the ASC is holding its own, and the promoter delivers what it says -- without promising the world with half-cocked rhetoric.Rod Chapman – Bikesales Network contributor and now
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Various state governments’ stance on outlaw motorcycle gangs, especially in
Queensland. I may not agree with or condone everything one percenters get up
to, but declaring gangs to be criminal organisations, passing anti-association
laws, and tearing down clubhouse gates are developments that should worry any
citizen with the slightest bit of concern for civil liberty.
Martin Child – Bikesales Network contributo
Speed. According to all government reports and police studies, I’m five times
more likely to have an accident just by writing the word. Because speed kills,
in the same way being 108 and a heavy smoker does.
more likely to have an accident just by writing the word. Because speed kills,
in the same way being 108 and a heavy smoker does.
If we all just slow down, we’ll all live forever.
Promise. What a load of bollocks. Poor conditions kill. Bad decisions kill.
Inappropriate speed kills. But it’s hard getting a buck out of a corpse, eh? So
we’ll just make the population cruise around at speeds that don’t (seemingly)
need much human input.
Promise. What a load of bollocks. Poor conditions kill. Bad decisions kill.
Inappropriate speed kills. But it’s hard getting a buck out of a corpse, eh? So
we’ll just make the population cruise around at speeds that don’t (seemingly)
need much human input.
But that will bore them senseless, to the point that
Waylene’s Facebook pic of her toddler covered in cake mix seems like a better
home for dropping interest levels than the rider indicating left and slowing
for the turn.
Waylene’s Facebook pic of her toddler covered in cake mix seems like a better
home for dropping interest levels than the rider indicating left and slowing
for the turn.
But the ‘kills’ trumped-up, drummed-in message has
worked. Maybe too well. We now have a nation of slowed-down but dumbed-up
drivers to deal with when we’re behind the bars.
worked. Maybe too well. We now have a nation of slowed-down but dumbed-up
drivers to deal with when we’re behind the bars.
So take a walk to a busy intersection and watch the
drivers as they trundle past and marvel at the skills on offer from the drones
behind the wheels. We’ve rewarded the slow, not the skillful.
drivers as they trundle past and marvel at the skills on offer from the drones
behind the wheels. We’ve rewarded the slow, not the skillful.
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