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Motorcycling in Gippsland

Recently I was asked to write something about motorcycling in Gippsland.

“Gippsland” is a big place. It is that part of Victoria bounded

Anyone noticed that traffic in major population centres has increased significantly following the lifting of Covid restrictions?

You have? So have we.

It seems that public transport is being shunned which means the roads are

It’s just a bike.

Have you had this said to you? “But it’s insured, you can get another one”.

For some people that ride, this may be the case. It’s a transport mode of choice with some pros and cons. But for others, riding a motorcycle is a passion. You don’t just ride a “bike”,

The more things change, the more they stay the same - Victorian Motorcycle Advocacy Petty Politics.

A few years ago, the Independent Riders' Group, lead by Damien Codognotto, started making noise about being called the Motorcycle Riders Association. This represented a return to the

Here's a grass roots motorcycle safety Public Service/Safety Advertisement from the Cyprus Motorcycle Rights Club, (originally shared by FEMA on Facebook).

It confirms that the same issues

In a recent blog post, we shared a national survey focused on Road Safety Strategies on behalf of Dr Joao Canoquena of Queensland

As riders, we hear it all the time that bikes are hard to see. We hear that we should be wearing bright clothing and hi viz to make ourselves more visible.

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Riders... With wetter weather coming our way, try your best to maintain at least a 2 second safety gap ahead of you, and at least 4 seconds in bad weather. This gives you greater forward visibility, and more time and space

Luke Wilson died 10 years ago when a car driven by a police officer did a U-turn in front of him. The police officer was subsequently acquitted of all serious driving charges.

A description of what happened to Luke is from an article by Andrew Rule in the Herald Sun from 2013.

"A SPLIT-SECOND is the difference between