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Riding on public roads is dangerous. Racing is safer, especially now that most people have mobile phones. In any case you cannot really use most motorcycles on public roads, in the way in which they are intended by their design. My car is a Mazda 6 which has a six speed close ratio gearbox. I've had it for ten years and have only ever used it properly once. I drove it from Queenstown to Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania. I went from second gear to top and back about six times in about 40 miles. It was almost as good as a motorcycle. But in most cases on Australian roads a motorcycle or a car that you can actually drive, is a total waste of space. On that particular road, with a motorcycle, you would probably spear off into the bush.

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 406107, member: 4295"] Riding on public roads is dangerous. Racing is safer, especially now that most people have mobile phones. In any case you cannot really use most motorcycles on public roads, in the way in which they are intended by their design. My car is a Mazda 6 which has a six speed close ratio gearbox. I've had it for ten years and have only ever used it properly once. I drove it from Queenstown to Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania. I went from second gear to top and back about six times in about 40 miles. It was almost as good as a motorcycle. But in most cases on Australian roads a motorcycle or a car that you can actually drive, is a total waste of space. On that particular road, with a motorcycle, you would probably spear off into the bush. [/QUOTE]