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MOTORCYCLE CLOTHING SURVEY

MOTORCYCLE CLOTHING CONSUMER INFORMATION SURVEY

This Survey is now CLOSED

Thank you to all riders who contributed. Now to digest the results.

Cheers
Liz

LIZ DE ROME | MEdA
Research Fellow
The George Institute for Global Health | AUSTRALIA
Level 7, 341 George St | Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Motorcycle Council of NSW release Rider Risk Safety Videos

Motorcycle Council of NSW release Rider Risk Safety Videos

Thursday 20 October 2011
The Motorcycle Council of NSW today announced the release of its "Rider Risk" video series, a ten part series of riding skills videos aimed at improving rider skills and is now available on the MCC of NSW website. www.mccofnsw.org.au

Each video subject is based on the statistical risk of a type of crash.
A motorcycle rider needs certain skills and techniques to manage particular risks and avoid becoming a statistic.

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MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY REPORTS STRONG GROWTH IN THIRD QUARTER OF 2011

13th October, 2011

Motorcycle sales in Australia continued to grow significantly in the third quarter of 2011, according to figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).

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RTA backs down on e-tags for motorcyclists

06/01/2009 - The Roads and Traffic Authority has all but admitted the failure of e-tags - at least for tolling motorcyclists and scooter riders.

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Motorcycles help keep you young: software expert

04/03/2009 - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain Training" computer software said Wednesday, citing a new scientific study.

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The Australian Red Cross - Summer Blood Challenge

On now until Feb 28, 2009

Australian Red Cross Blood Service
The Summer Blood Challenge is an annual competition between the Police Force and Motorcyclists across NSW and the ACT, in which each team and their supporters see who can make the most blood donations during the Summer months.

The competition is now in its 17th year and since it started in 1992 it has collected over 35,000 blood donations. As every donation can save up to three lives, this friendly rivalry has helped 105,000 Australians.

This year the competition ran from 1st of December to 28th of February 2009. As at Feb 12 the 2008/09 Summer Blood Challenge donation tally sat at:

Police: 4850 Donations
Motorcyclists: 3940 Donations
Total: 8790 Donations

Well done everyone!!

We're breathlessly anticipating the final result and will let you know who won shortly.