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Things we want to see in 2017
A mixed bag: slow coaches getting out of the way, Rossi bringing up a bag of 10, Barbagallo Raceway re-opening to bikes, Toby Price doing the business in the Dakar Rally, and the WorldSBK men going to warRod Chapman: Bikesales staffer
1. Policing of slow vehicles that fail to keep left on dual carriageway – how did the lane discipline of Australian motorists become so abominable?2. The expansion of motorcycle footpath parking to cities beyond Melbourne. As so many other cities around the world already know, it makes sense on so many levels.
3. The spectre of mandatory high-vis clothing remain at bay. We're all adults, so let us decide what we feel comfortable wearing – or slap a coat of high-vis paint one every other vehicle on the road, too!
Kellie Buckley: Bikesales freelancer
1. I want to see Valentino Rossi win his 10th world title. There, I said it. And I want a Ducati-mounted Jorge Lorenzo to fight him for it every lap of the way. I want to see more of the Jack Miller we saw during the 2016 Australian MotoGP where he consistently finished in the top five or six in every session and didn’t crash once.2. I want to see Motorcycling Australia get itself together once and for all and I want to see Barbagallo Raceway do what needs to be done and re-open, because it’d be a crying shame for Aussie riders to lose another race circuit.
Sam Maclachlan: Bikesales freelancer
Wheelie buttons on bikes. We have gyro-equipped machines, we have linked brakes and fuel injection, so why not make a bike wheelie at the push of the button? It’s certainly possible. I know, I can hear the cardigan-wearers from here, but if there were wheelie-button-equipped bikes we could have wheelie-reserved sections of road. And stoppie buttons, where are the stoppie buttons? And bikes that can change colour and exhaust notes?Mark Fattore: Bikesales editor
1. Marco Melandri, Stefan Bradl and Eugene Laverty get straight up to speed in the 2017 Superbike World Championship, which would make for a humdinger battle against the likes of Jonathan Rea, Tom Sykes, Chaz Davies and Nicky Hayden. And it all starts at Phillip Island!!
3. The plethora of small-capacity adventure bikes from the likes of Kawasaki, BMW and Royal Enfield really gain a strong foothold in Australia. Adventure-based LAMS bikes for young people with a keen sense of, err, adventure, is a hot ticket.Tags
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