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I get my bike serviced at teamoto (used to be midtown kawasaki).
Nothing but praise for the guys there, particulary their service manager, Tony, who is always willing to help, offer advise and have a chat.

Had my bike serviced prior to that at a little one-man-band place. Just trying to support the ...

Man, I bet he needed a whole jar of vaseline to free himself from the new puck mark his sphincter made on in his saddle!!!

I'll bet he was heaving into his helmet once he got off the freeway!!

TGL

Zombie wrote:I pull on the brakes, uh-oh, back end jumps to the left and I'm on my arse.

Oops! watch that back brake!! tend to use it only in roundabouts these days...

And great work on passing!! Now go work on those road skills!!!

TGL

It's a shame that most of these *Meet Your Friendly Police Officer* occassions aimed at the motorcycle riding fraternity are staffed by officers that no next to nothing about riding motorcycles other than the statistics.

Has anyone stopped to ask these enforcers of the law why they think that ...

I ride in the Brisbane heat... and rain, and cold, and in traffic, and at night and during the day and on weekends.... in fact, I ride everywhere - anytime.

Been doing it for nearly 20 years.

I've had 2 major offs. One involving a Volvo driver who looked left while turning right and one involving ...

That's an excellent video.

Are there any more? Be good if there were a few on picking lines, etc....

TGL

burkys_ninja wrote:I like the 14 so thats my vote. Besides not being able to have one makes it more attractive

Ditto.

TGL

The GTR looks like a fantastic tourer, and in my mind is a real icon, but I kind of like the appeal of something that has that mad sportsbike look...

How about a zx14 with some compromise?... 4 into 1 pipes with panniers???

Too much, you think?

TGL

I'd have to pick the 14.

It's the one that is closest in size and riding position to the zx9r '95 model I ride at the moment.

And that's where the familiarity stops!!

I ride every day and clock about 300k's a week so having something I can ride in the city and get out on the highway with my wife ...

Black and powerful.
Sleek and menacing.
Strong and feminine.

How about 'Grace'.. as in Grace Jones?...

TGL

'Hate' is such a strong word to use.

I'd have to say Honda but not because of the bike. I had a CBR900 back in the mid-nineties and when it was running it was fine.

When I had trouble with it, anyone who had anything to do with Honda at the time, from the honda sales staff and management right ...

At least the stickers will tell the casual observer that the car isn't the priority.

TGL

This is all the info I could find on "Heads up Displays" available for motorbike helmet visors...

http://www.gizmag.com.au/linktous/4427/

TGL

how far away is this from being a reality?

TGL

My view is that all such a system will get you is extra attention from coppers who might happen to spot the perspex sheet over your plate while you're pulled up at a servo before a ride. Hell, all I do is keep my rego label fixed to a corner of my plate, and they never fail to give it a jiggle when ...