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Harley Harley Davidson Nightrod Scooters Honda Dirt Bike Honda Cb250rs Overseas Thumpstar For Sale Triumph 1 - 25 of 874 ads in Canberra Region within Motorcycles & Scooters Harley Harley Davidson Nightrod Scooters Honda Dirt Bike Honda Cb250rs Overseas Thumpstar For Sale TriumphClick Here & Download Our App for Special Offers! Bike Sales (02) 6175 4444 Parts (02) 6175 4440 Accessories (02) 6175 4442 Service (02) 6175 4402 Click here to enquire -> What do you get for $50 a week? Baffles Cafe is now open! SEEKING MECHANIC - CAREER OPPORTUNITY Garage 30 Customs & Custom Rumble Service Centre Price Changes Enter your email address for CMC newsRiders are asked to bring old motorcycle jackets as donations for the 35th annual Blanket Run to aid homeless in the nation’s cold capital city on Saturday May 14, 2016. The Motorcycle Riders Association of the ACT (MRA ACT) has been supporting the Salvation Army and raising money and donating goods for those in need of support over the winter months for the past three decades.
Each year the Blanket Run attracts about 250-300 riders and collects more than 100 winter items (blankets, doonas, clothing) and raises $2500-$3000 in cash donations. MRA ACT secretary Nicky Hussey says it is a “real community event” with riders from most clubs in the area. “We get support from corporate groups as well. The ESA, Posties and Defence – all of whom ride in the parade – get behind this event, as do legal eagles Maurice Blackburn,” Nicky says. “This year, we’re asking riders to bring along old bike jackets to donate. They’re good for keeping out the Canberra cold … and it gets cold here in winter! Overnight temperatures in July average just below freezing and minus 6 degrees is not uncommon. “The Blanket Run is important for the community as, perhaps surprisingly, the ACT has a high incidence of homelessness. The ABS’s 2011 census found that 50 people per 10,000 population were considered homeless. “Recent worries about the un-affordability of ACT housing mean that the next survey is likely to find that the rate of homelessness hasn’t dropped,” Nicky says.
Participants are asked to bring along new warm blankets, cash, non-perishable foods and unwanted motorcycle jackets. The ride begins at Old Parliament House with breakfast and coffee from 8.30am and the ride starting at 10am, returning for a presentation of goods and cash. The community-minded MRA ACT also organises several other annual charity events such as the Toy Run, Pink Ribbon Ride and Motorcycle Awareness Week. Troy Lee Designs 2016 R & G Racing Components 50 products under $50 Clean and Care Packs $0.00 - $338.00$338.00 - $653.00$653.00 - $969.00$969.00 - $1,284.00$1,284.00 - $1,600.00 R&G Rizoma Alpinestars Fox Yamaha Accessories Thor UFO Triumph Accessories Eazi-Grip Polisport Register for Bikebiz Buzz Subscribe for motorcycle news, updates and a weekly specials email. Alphabetical: A to Z Alphabetical: Z to A Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Browse our huge range of Women's apparel including ladies jackets, pants, boots, gloves and more!
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Liz says she is an ATGATT (all the gear all the time) rider, wearing a fabric suit and flip-up helmet on her SYM 125 scooter. “The main problem in summer is that riders don’t wear all the gear,” she says. “Heat is the biggest disincentive to wearing the right gear. Some riders are ATGATT and if it gets too hot they just don’t ride, but a lot of riders who own the right gear opt not to wear it when it gets hot. They are leaving themselves exposed to crash injury.” The joint study is being conducted with Associate Professor Nigel Taylor, one of the world’s leading thermal physiologists, at the University of Wollongong’s Centre for Human and Applied Physiology. They are examining how much body heat motorcyclists produce and whether riders risk reaching a physiologically damaging level of heat strain when wearing motorcycle clothing. Liz says they started by selecting 10 of the most widely-used rider suits in Australia featuring a combination of leathers, fabrics, kevlar and protective jeans.
The first tests were conducted with Associate Professor Olga Troynikov from RMIT and involved thermal sweating mannequins, which look like shop store dummies, but are computerised to replicate the body warmth and sweat of a human being. “We were able able to measure the heat insulation and breath-ability of each garment,” Liz says. “You want to wear clothing that will allow the heat of your body to escape. If the heat of your body can’t escape, you sweat and when you sweat – for your body to cool – the sweat has to evaporate.” Liz says they had a “wide variation” in results. “Some suits are good at one thing and not at the other,” she says. “We will also test all the gear for abrasion resistance to identify the features of suits that offer both crash and heat protection. The researchers are using a thermal chamber to test 12 volunteer “human subjects” wearing motorcycle gear. The tests are based on a previous study with Honda Australia to measure the workload involved in on-road riding.
In that study six experienced riding instructors wore masks measuring their oxygen consumption while they rode a 5km urban route with stops and a 5km rural route without stopping. “How much oxygen you consume indicates how hard you are working and relates to your body heat production,” she says. “The amount of oxygen you consume while riding on-road is surprisingly low. It equates to slow pedalling a bicycle, compared to motocross riders whose workload is quite high.” The climate chamber’s controlled environment is set to create the heat and humidity of riding in full sun, the researchers use a fan to replicate wind speed when riding. In each trial, the test riders pedal an exercise bike slowly for an hour and a half with three breaks for five minutes during which the fan is turned off. Trial conditions are based on average temperatures from six locations around Australia to get a range of summer conditions. The volunteers complete four trials in a variety of gear from boots, gloves and a long-sleeve t-shirt to full protective motorcycle gear.