[Melb] VMAC community forum Melbourne 24/05/06

Melbourne, Wednesday 24 May 2006-03-21 Albert by the Lake
Aughtie Drive (SW cnr of Bob Jane Stadium), Albert Park

Light refreshments start from 5pm. All forums run from 5.30pm – 8.30pm.

VMAC Chairman Neil O’Keefe said that the forums will be informative and
relevant to all riders.

“VMAC is seeking feedback from all riders – from those on learner’s
plates to experienced licence holders; scooter and tourer riders;
recreational riders (including off-road) and regular commuters.

“These important community forums will provide riders with an
opportunity to help establish VMAC’s priorities for the future,” Mr
O’Keefe said.

Attendance is free and bookings are essential. There are no enrolments
on the evening.

Please send your name, address, phone number and email address and
indicate which forum you will be attending to email
or fax 03 9818 6534.

Alternatively you can post this information to: PO Box 2230, Hawthorn
LPO 3122.

You can request additional information on tel: 03 9854 2921.

VMAC is an advisory body comprising riders, members from industry,
research bodies and government, that provides strategic advice to
government on issues relating to the management and development of
motorcycling in Victoria.

http://tinyurl.com/gd8od

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

OK have booked, anyone else intending to wander along?

G-S

 

Yup.

 

**** that's a big "wander"!

 

On Thu, 04 May 2006 22:42:28 +1000, Nev.. wrote:

</snippety>

Erm, hasn't this already been done last month by the VACC's motorcycling
forum? And wasn't VMAC invited to the VACC forum? And hasn't VACC already
come up with a heap of sensible/nonsensical* recommendations as a result
of the forum? And is VMAC jumping on the bandwagon too late, seeing as the
VACC's forum has already sounded out the motorcycling community's
feelings, and pretty much already gauged the sentiments regarding the
management and development of motorcycling in Victoria?

My $54 worth ...

-
sanbar

 

The communique from the VACC forum is at http://tinyurl.com/qolw3 if
anyone's interested.
- sanbar

 

Looks at Clems pot gut, looks at his own pot gut...

*pot* *kettle* *black* ;-)



G-S

 

[confused look]
Erm; I meant that for you to just "wander" all the way from Castlemaine to
Melbourne and back on a cold night was a pretty big effort.....

 

Yah I realised that (after I'd posted, beer will have this effect).

Promises Promises


G-S

 

Why stop there? Maybe they should just asked for a brand new bike for
everyone on their 18th birthday... sheesh.

 

But at least you have a chance of bouncing off it, unlike wire rope
barriers.

 

I think they're certainly safer than WRB, and huge padded bags on
corners isn't really an option. Keep it on the road, and it doesn't
really matter now, does it...

 

In aus.motorcycles on 10 May 2006 05:29:59 +0200

I believe European experience is that hitting the posts on wire rope
fencing hurts most, followed by hitting the postsx on armco or getting
caught under it.

Hitting the wire rope itself doesn't factor into it, as very few bike
crashes are head on into the rope, they are along it meaning you hit
the posts almost immediately.

Zebee

 

The Murrundindi Shire (Kinglake, Yea, Mansfield areas) in the past year
or so has gone around installing lots of Armco, not wire rope, on
sections of the Melba Hwy and some other roads... but I note that most
of this new armco has posts set at about the same frequency as WRB
posts.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

It's big in Japan ...

-----sharks