Now I’ve got to admit probably like most of the bikers I know I like my food, I don’t care if it’s a decent bacon and egg roll at a rally or even that Madras curry that seems like a fantastic idea on the way back to the tent at silly o’clock in the morning.

Now I’ve known a few Australians in my time and all have been some what tapped BUT the most excellent party people ever but this takes the biscuit this can only be what happens if you buy an Australian biker the Hairy Bikers Cook Book,

This was spotted by the CGU Safety and Risk Services ( sounds like the same people that tell kids not to play conkers as it might have there eye’s out), Now this was taken on a long weekend to celebrate Australia Day and the food loving aussie was on his way to a Barbie,




All I can say is thank god he was not on the way to a hog roast.

Remember drink driving kills,

Cooking and cruising also not so cool.

Australian Daily Telegraph piece.

Stay safe,

Oneleggedfreak

Labels: barbecue, biker, dumb, motorcycle, oops

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Now like most of you out there I like to think myself a law abiding citizen, I pay my road tax, I pay my insurance and I abide by the laws of the road.

I drive with due care and consideration to other road users and keep an eye on where I’m going and what I’m doing.

So what really gets my goat is the idiots on pushbikes be them in their day-glow Lycra shirts and shorts with their aerodynamic helmets (protective headwear is always advisable) or be they the teenage BMX – Mountain bike stunt riders, who think that the Highway Code does not apply to then,

Only the other night on my way home from work I was approaching a set of traffic lights when a idiot on a push bike decided that without looking or signalling to cut across three lanes of traffic, then as the lights turned red he then thought he did not have to stop but cut across the oncoming traffic to mount the pavement and continue on his way.

Now I think that if I had done any of these things on my bike I would have received a torrent of blasts of car horns from aggravated car drivers or even started a new career as a grill ornament or had I been riding on the pavement the old bill would have taken a dim view on my riding style.

Now WHAT really winds me up is that before anyone can drive a car or ride a motorcycle on the road we have to past tests, pay insurance and pay road tax, so why can any cretin jump on a push-bike and ride like a idiot and when (NOT, if) they are involved in a accident the blame is usually placed on the car or motorbike rider.

Now most people who have been involved in a collision with a bike (hopefully the pushbike rider was or is not hurt) will claim for the repairs to their car or motorcycle from their own insurance. BUT if anyone is hurt or damage is done to property the police should be informed. NOW HERE IS THE BEST BIT; as far as I’m aware you may be able to make a claim against the bike rider through their public liability clause in their house hold insurance ( If they have any that is).

How about instead every other road user footing the bill why doesn’t the government make a test compulsory for pushbike rider’s also compulsory insurance, then if the government has not made enough money; instead of wasting money with GATSO cameras and community support officers why don’t the police sit outside of the local high school in unmarked police cars and as the school kids leave at the end of the day hand out fixed penalty’s for riding on the pavement and help build even better community relations. OOPS PERHAPS TOO MUCH SARCASAM THERE?

Stay safe

Oneleggedfreak.

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