Motorbike in Australia

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:56:56 GMT, "AC" wrote:

There's no more idiots riding motorcycles than idiots driving cars. What's
more dangerous - someone on a bike doing 70ks between cars, or (one of the
many) idiots in a land cruisers tailgating, and driving using them as
extensions of their insecure personality?

Oh you jealous brute you you you !!!

One insurer recently upped premiums for bull bars - about bloody time...


"David Bennetts" wrote in message
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"Piers Croft" wrote in message
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I'm visiting Australia in February next year and really want to spend my
5
weeks touring up the East Coast from Sydney to Cairns by motorbike but
it
is
very expensive to hire a bike for that long. Can anyone suggest an
alternative?

Apart from buying one or stealing one, no. I can understand that renting
one would be expensive, as they get involved in a lot of accidents. That
isn't surprising given the way a lot of suicidal riders operate them (one
idiot drove past me between two lanes of stationary traffic at about 70
km/h
recently), that you've only got two wheels in contact with the road and
nothing to protect you if you fall off, whether or not it's your fault.

Regards

David Bennetts