tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:51:35 +0000http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com (YG)Blogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-7840306109694362089Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:47:00 +00002008-06-19T14:51:35.538+10:00Guardrails: great victory for motorcyclists worldwide! On June 13th, CEN members voted a work item to improve the standard of safety barriers to take motorcyclists into account and reduce injuries and fatalities. This is a clear milestone for motorcyclists’ 20-year-long fight for their safety. The best birthday present FEMA (Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations) could dream of for http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/06/europe-proposes-standards-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-3418366855908201000Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:36:00 +00002008-06-06T09:41:25.648+10:00Dear Victorian Motorcycle Clubs, Please make your members aware of this invitation to join our protest against the way the motorcycle community has been treated by our government. This is not just about road tolls in the city. It's against wire rope barriers, the TAC tax, compulsory front ID for bikes and more. Your members who can't make it to the protest ride can help by filling in the http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/06/eastlink-protest-ride-departs-noon-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-9024782301219448514Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:33:00 +00002008-06-06T09:38:15.937+10:00Dear Victorian Club Committees, Webmasters, Editors and Motorcycle Shop Managers & Staff. Can you please make this petition form available to as many people as possible? Encourage people to print it out, copy it and collect signatures. People do not have to be a rider to sign it. Putting it on bike shop counters would help a lot. Completed forms can be returned to Denis Napthine MP or to mehttp://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/06/abolish-56-tac-tax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-4880592875246610861Tue, 27 May 2008 23:24:00 +00002008-05-28T09:24:28.421+10:00After the success of the 2007 MotoHeaven MotoGP Marquee, I am proud to offer you our 2008 Corporate Package at Phillip Island 3rd - 5th of October. This is an elite opportunity to spend 3 days with like minded people watching everything from Australian Superbikes through to the world’s best MotoGP talent! MotoHeaven’s friends, Stuntzinc will be performing their spectacular stunts right at the http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/2008-motogp-phillip-island.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-6575489919109073641Tue, 27 May 2008 01:44:00 +00002008-06-06T09:41:48.207+10:00There will be a protest ride on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The primary argument will be against road tolls for motorcycles but we'll be collecting signatures on the petition to abolish the $56 a year TAC tax too. And front ID for motorcycles and scooters is definitely a big issue on this protest run. If we get the numbers we plan to have stands at the bike expo and the OZ GP to collect more http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/protest-ride-tolls-tac-tax-front-id.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-8010741462555742988Sat, 24 May 2008 23:38:00 +00002008-06-06T09:39:29.889+10:00There will be a protest ride on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The primary argument will be against road tolls for motorcycles but we'll be collecting signatures on the petition to abolish the unjust $56 a year TAC tax too. Front ID for motorcycles & scooters is definitely a big issue on this protest run. If we get the numbers we plan to have stands at the bike expo and the OZ GP to collect more http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/protest-ride-tolls-tac-tax-front-id_25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-7214912083690169544Mon, 19 May 2008 23:42:00 +00002008-06-06T09:46:19.609+10:00Road tolls, at about half the car rate, will be introduced for Victorian motorcycle & scooter riders on Eastlink this year. This is not good for road safety, traffic congestion or the environment. Bike tolls will be introduced across the State. The only thing left of the gains made for motorcycling in Victoria in the 1980s is free footpath parking and rider training. Is anyone taking bets on http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/06/to-all-victorian-mps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-1728816209127408253Sat, 17 May 2008 23:47:00 +00002008-06-06T09:47:57.467+10:00Motorcycle and scooter riders will have to pay road tolls in Victoria for the first time since the West Gate Bridge opened. In a vain grab for cash Citilink will charge riders about half the toll for a car in spite of the fact that bikes take less than half the road space of a car, especially if traffic filtering is considered, and they cause far less wear and tear on the road. Global warming http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/eastlink-profit-before-safety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-5139310715298883576Fri, 16 May 2008 00:30:00 +00002008-05-16T10:32:07.751+10:00Find out what the Yamaha riders do and think when they are not racing for their team by checking the Columns section on the Yamaha Racing website. Every few weeks the Yamaha racing stars will check into the lounge to file their latest report and give you an insight into their lives at and away from the race track. You can now read the reports from MotoGP stars Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards,http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/lorenzo-toseland-and-edwards-columns-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-3678572312282587377Sun, 11 May 2008 23:33:00 +00002008-05-12T09:39:08.737+10:00Yamaha have re-entered the busy dual-sport market with a new take on an old friend. Damien from Dirt Bike Trader mag took it for a run... Two of the biggest growing sectors of the motorcycle market today are the scooter and the dual-sport crowd. The dual-sport machine is a hairy man's bike - one that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Earth and back again. Like a packhorse, it'll http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/mile-muncher-yamaha-xt660r.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-1811117492903432737Tue, 06 May 2008 00:17:00 +00002008-05-06T10:19:10.459+10:00Chad Reed is the new 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross /FIM World Championship number one after registering his ninth victory of the season in front of more than 39,000 spectators at the Sam Boyd stadium in Las Vegas last weekend. The Australian, still recovering from a broken shoulder blade, went into the final round of seventeen with a ten point lead over main rival Kevin Windham but blitzed http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/reed-2008-champion-with-las-vegas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-4362800453353567113Thu, 01 May 2008 23:43:00 +00002008-06-06T09:45:16.736+10:00Please watch the video. Pass it on. The Today Tonite item says that if the anti-gang law gets in in SA we lose freedom of association, the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven and the concept of proof beyond reasonable doubt. Appeals will be difficult if not impossible. Police will probably keep secret files on ordinary citizens (it's happened before) and double jeopardy will be a real http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/05/channel-7-today-tonight-bikie-bill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-5250215910407702257Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:20:00 +00002008-04-30T13:20:17.213+10:00According to Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, searches for 'fuel watch' increased by 75% comparing weeks ending 12 April 2008 and 19 April 2008. Searches were prompted by the announcement of a national fuel watch scheme starting in December that will publish petrol station prices for the next day online. The scheme aims to maximize transparency in petrol pricing byhttp://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/fuel-watch-australian-motoring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-3750330163947814823Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:49:00 +00002008-04-28T09:52:35.427+10:00A sun-blessed and roasting Grand Prix of Portugal at the stunning Agueda circuit was the perfect remedy for the FIM Motocross World Championship after the sea of rain and mud that washed out the Spanish visit last weekend. The splendid stage for round three of fifteen, south of the city of Porto, witnessed the Yamaha Monster Motocross Team score a double podium result with David Philippaerts http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/philippaerts-new-series-leader-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-1960048198646327816Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:48:00 +00002008-06-06T09:49:17.065+10:00I just heard a very ugly rumour that the Victorian Motorcycle Advisory Council (VMAC) approved in principle the purchase of 10 police motorcycles using money from the discriminatory Transport Accident Commission (TAC) antibike tax. The TAC tax is now $56 a year and growing. The tax was supposedly introduced to increase motorcycle & scooter safety. TAC called it a "safety levy" like speed camerashttp://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/tac-antibike-tax-to-buy-police-bikes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-4463617382920065168Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:11:00 +00002008-04-15T01:17:49.467+10:00Australian Supercross Star Chad Reed has recorded another personal milestone, becoming the most successful rider to ever compete at Texas Stadium, after winning tonight’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship race in front of 46,656 fans. This victory was Reed’s eighth of the season, the 34th of his AMA Supercross career, his fourth at Texas Stadium and sees him maintain a http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/australian-supercross-star-chad-reed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-2349575658119669559Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:09:00 +00002008-04-14T08:12:09.486+10:00Jorge Lorenzo topped off an incredible opening month in MotoGP with his maiden premier class victory today, his first ever career win at Estoril. After three pole positions and two podiums, the Fiat Yamaha Team rookie went one step further to win the Portuguese Grand Prix in fine style, taking joint first in the championship standings in the process. It was also the second double podium of the http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/lorenzo-takes-spectacular-maiden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-298935617129753201Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:43:00 +00002008-04-07T11:57:45.363+10:00The Mad Monkey crew at Dirt Bike Trader mag got their hands on a Honda CR500AFX for a day and bring you the first Australian test of this very unique bike. Story by Dr Dan. http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/back-from-extinction-honda-cr500afx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-4457862311859834481Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:55:00 +00002008-04-03T12:59:49.432+11:00The Grand Prix of the Netherlands at the Eurocircuit in Valkenswaard, close to the city of Eindhoven, opens the 2008 FIM Motocross World Championship this weekend and Yamaha’s strong arm faculty equipped with potent YZ machinery will go to the start-gate in earnest for the first time this year.http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/04/yamaha-force-commence-mx-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-4933039025459232648Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:22:00 +00002008-04-03T07:54:19.186+11:00The horrific injuries to a motorcycle rider in Melbourne last week prompted Police to once again urge riders to wear leather jackets and pants, everytime they ride. Too many riders are only wearing leather jackets and many not wearing any leathers on short trips, causing a major increase in injuries. In many cases, riders would walk away from accidents when they are wearing full leather http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/wear-leather-jackets-and-pants-evertime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-9019356960152672943Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:44:00 +00002008-03-29T11:44:47.503+11:00It’s MotoHeaven track time! A premium track day on Friday 11st April 2008 at Phillip Island for 2 Groups all day! That’s twice the track time!http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/phillip-island-club-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-1871436789653145081Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:07:00 +00002008-03-28T19:32:55.184+11:00 An Indonesian monkey riding a mini motorbike on busy streets. Looks like he forgot his helmet!http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/monkey-riding-mini-motorbike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (YG)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-7833337782523410753Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:43:00 +00002008-03-26T15:46:35.802+11:00Round two of the 2008 Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross Nationals is set to take off in Horsham from 13 April, promising all the excitement of the National Championship. Head to Horsham for this exciting must see event: Horsham Motorcycle Club 13 April 2008 Action starts at 9am with Racing at 11am. Henty HWY Dooen via Horsham Victoria Admission: Adult $30 Family (Two adults, kids free) $60 Kids http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/2008-rockstar-energy-drink-motocross.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-3134193742687424554Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:49:00 +00002008-03-20T15:49:43.590+11:00Come Test Ride a 2008 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle at Sy's Harley-Davidson in Moorebank, NSW on Saturday the 5th of April. Ride Day! Test ride a new 2008 Harley-Davidson Saturday the 5th of April, 2008 10/377 Newbridge Road Moorebank, NSW 2170 Tel: (02) 9821 3620 Signup starts at 9:00am. Rides from 9:30 to 3:00. http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/test-ride-new-2008-harley-davidson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KOZ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17362378.post-1209312488671051012Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:14:00 +00002008-03-20T09:16:40.208+11:00Saturday March 29 is going to be a night for the history books. Literally. Robbie Maddison has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge Americans Seth Enslow and Ryan Capes for the longest distance ever jumped on a motorbike at the Crusty Demons Night of World Records, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink. This, however, is just one of many records to be broken. Cam Sinclair, Melbourne’s own Dual http://www.bikenut.com.au/blog/2008/03/crusty-demons-night-of-world-records.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (RJC)