of hilarious police brutality, HORT1 ticket issuing competitions and my infamous zero tolerance of anything at all. Imagine my horror when, quite unexpectedly, I rounded a corner on the trail to be confronted with the distant spectacle of a group of school kids

for "joyriding" purposes — just that it is only a minutely small percentage that involves any violence. That said, when you return to the spot where you left your R1 unanchored for less than 2 minutes while you rushed indoors for a leak, only to see a 14 year

The Australian Government is banning tobacco sponsorship at motorsport events.Ah yes, welcome to the Draconian Land of Oz.We have some of the most restrictive laws in the world.Victoria in fact, is often referred to as the Police State.NSW is a

could shake a tv remote control at and, with World Supersport, World Superbike, GP125, GP250 and MotoGP, the riders competing total over 150! Now come on, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that's simply too many!I know

freeing up some of my Bobbies' time and allowing to get on with proper community policing like issuing draconian speeding fines and battering the odd tramp or two, see. But them bikers are still causing me more bother than the National press at the moment

...Something that the parents' of two kids at the Ace Cafe will probably take more care over in future. Back in March 2005 the children ended up in hospital after being hit by some twat who threw his bike into the crowd after losing it while desperately trying to impress

.Bikers:Z1300 not exactly God's gift to making subtle progress is it? When they go past you at 120 on the M4 between J6 and 7 you have to have a piece of the action. So un-aerodynamic, it was sucking voids of air out of Slough on its way through. The riders

as fast as you wanted, I took it up to 150 mph to test that the panniers would stay on, they did. i then settled for my 7000 rpm/113 mph cruise with blips up to 125 + for bends and playing with other bikes to break up the bordom of motorway life. I got

relieved. When I sheepishly explained about the Canadians they looked at each other for about a full thirty seconds, then much to my relief, burst into spontaneous booming laughter.."Happens all the time .. "Bet it does.© Christopher Gavin 2005- 2006.

, plus the traffic would be flowing counter to that in Australia. To simplify things I decided to hire a motorcycle that I was already familiar with. I own a BMW 1150GS in Australia; it's one of those duel purpose motorcycles that can be used on or off