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Is it a motorcycle, is it a convertible, is it a trike, or is it some sort of mechanical stick insect? It's none of these; it's the three-wheeler Can-Am Spyder and, for the moment, you need a full motorcycle licence to ride the $25,990 vehicle. But that could change. AMONG Ulysses club members, Stephen Dearnly is numero uno. The man known to fellow club members as Ol' No. 1 is the founder of the club that's celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The sprightly 85-year-old was still riding less than two years ago and still loves to get on the back of a motorcycle. CYCLISTS would be safer if they rode 50cc mopeds, according to an organiser of a petition against Queensland Government changes to rider licensing laws. The Parliamentary Travelsafe committee has recommended that moped riders who currently ride on an open car licence be required to obtain an automatic motorcycle licence. MOTORCYCLISTS will be hit with graphic images as part of a State Government campaign to curb the rising road toll. A radio campaign began yesterday and billboard advertising will be erected at crash hot spots next month. WHEN John Travolta tied on his black bandanna, slipped on his dark sunglasses and straddled his motorbike for a road trip across the US, his desire for "freedom" resonated with baby boomers the world over. In fact, the grey-power biker movement is so strong it even has its own club, with an appropriate motto "Grow Old Disgracefully". POLICE on both sides of the border have been heartened by a successful operation aimed at lowering the motorbike road toll in southeast Queensland and northern NSW. As part of Operation High Side -- an ongoing cross-border patrol effort shared between Gold Coast and Tweed-Byron police -- officers yesterday set up camp on the border at Nerang-Murwillumbah Road, at Numinbah. WORLD champion motorcycle racer Casey Stoner has called for laws to require riders to wear more protective equipment than just a helmet. The Young Australian of the Year who started the season with a win this month said he had seen "first hand" the benefits of comprehensive safety clothing. |