Aussie Motorcycles

Job Interviews
bikerbetty wrote: As much as I loathe playing the gender card, I wonder whether a bloke in fairly tame looking bike boots (no toe-sliders, buckles or butch-looking hardware!) and protective pants, with a nicely ironed shirt, would have earned similar disapproval. I experience similar issues often ti... 3 Apr 2010 14:53

Aldi special this week
Before you say the obvious, this is not an ad or spam, just trying to pass on some information that someone might find useful I do not work for Aldi or anyone else but, Aldi have these ratchet spanners this week they look okay, I have a set of double ended ratchet ring spanners, but I will be looking at these fo... 29 Mar 2010 08:05

Allocated towing
What is the deal with allocated towing?? Wife was rear ended yesterday while riding the VTR250 though thankfully seems to have bounced better than I did when I had my accident. I arrived when police/fire truck/ambulance were on the scene (great job guys) but no tow truck. After details exchanged and wife w... 26 Mar 2010 20:36

Winners and grinners.
I think I tried this last year and was met with chirping crickets in response but with the MotoGP about to start I want to lock in some predictions. I reckon Stoner, Lorenzo, Rossi. I also reckon Ben Spies and Nicky Hayden will win Grands Prix. Ante-up people! -- Clem (http://xkcd.com/621/) ... 24 Mar 2010 15:56

OBD-II reader, Brisneyland?
Folks, has anyone here got an OBD-II reader (or laptop-cable/software)? (Brisbane-Northside preferable) I'm new to this but apparently the Triumph ECU connector is a standard "OBD-II" format. Thanks -- Clem (http://xkcd.com/621/) ... 20 Mar 2010 20:01

Standards Australia
If you are curious to see the draft AS/NZS 3845 (crash barriers), due for publication this month, then you should be thinking about testing your login credentials and paking sure your accounts are set up correctly. If you are interested to do this, here is the procedure to make sure it's all set up (this takes abo... 15 Mar 2010 18:24

Oil light coming on occasionally
Hi All, On another topic, three times now the oil light has on my bike (for those who haven't read the previous post, YZF 600, 94 model with 110 000kms). Two of the times it has happened up the same very steep hill at about 6000 rpm. Can't remember the third time. The oil level is fine, there are no majo... 18 Mar 2010 01:38

Fuel economy and hybrids
http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/audis-rotary-power-shock-20100303-ph0n.html As per the discussion had here a while ago - new audi will come with a 250cc engine running at a fixed rpm and only charging the batteries Not a diesel though. Wankel petrol. JL ... 27 Mar 2010 02:19

Help needed - Sydney
Are any of you nice people living in the vicinity of Seven Hills? I need somebody to have a look at this bike for me, and tell me what "slightly bent front end" actually means in this instance: http://www.motorcycledisposals.com.au/Bikes/Bikes%20Pages/5622R%20GPX250/5622R.html Thanks. BTH ... 11 Mar 2010 21:25

wreck auction sites
Anyone know of another site besides Pickles and Grays Online where I can look at auctions or sales of wrecked bikes? Zebee ... 15 Feb 2010 16:42