Australian_Motorcyclist_2016_08_

TOUGH JUSTICE

The Justice Minister of the German

State Brandenburg has resigned. So, you

might well ask, what? Well, back in 2010

he apparently used a truck belonging to

the State to transport his broken-down

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to his usual bike shop. Admittedly, the

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Leipzig, so he put 502km on the truck –

and he didn’t repay the calculated cost of

435.30 Euros. So he quit - voluntarily.

Now let’s see, what would you have to do

here to be forced to quit (nobody leaves

of their own accord)? For the same

fate to befall a Minister in an Australian

government he (or she) would probably

have to pick up and deliver the bike

by helicopter – and have silver service

while on board...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WASP

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Enrico Piaggio patented the design

of the ubiquitous scooter designed by

Corradino d’Ascanio on the 23rd of

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I HATE TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, TEX...

You might be aware of my mate Tex and

his mate, the Dog on the Bike Bundy.

Peter ‘The Bear’

Thoeming

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exemption from the law prohibiting

carrying canines on motorcycles and

have become famous on their many

charity runs. But now Mary Thorn from

Florida has hit the headlines with her

on-board pet Rambo, an... alligator.

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Suzuki. At 1.8 metres long, Rambo can

now only watch and dream, perhaps of a

bike of his own...

BMWS TO REPORT CRASHES

“Hello? Is this the emergency call

centre? This is a BMW R 1200 GS. I’m

lying in the gutter...” That call is not far

off. From next year on, BMW will begin

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bikes as an optional extra. When it senses

a heavy impact, the system automatically

calls and indicates location and direction

of travel. False alarm can be countered

within a 25 second delay, and the call can

be sent manually, for example if the rider

is calling help for someone else.

The eCall system is becoming popular

with car drivers in Europe. What do you

think, will it catch on with riders here?

One limitation might be that it

works over the mobile phone network,

and Australia is by no means all

covered by that.

GRIZZLING

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That’s good so far, Gaston. Now let’s try it with the bike off the centrestand.

Take me to your kibbles, Earthling, or

suffer the consequences. Nanoo nanoo.

One of our contributors (or possibly ex-contributors...) reckons that this sign

proves I’ve been moonlighting, especially since the birthday is so close to mine...