links

Below are links to lots of useful places on the web. This page is always being updated so if you know of any great bike links let us know by email...

australian gay/lesbian
motorcycle groups

Sydney Roadrunners
Our Sydney counterpart, back online with an updated site and a new web address.

Dykes on Bikes - Melbourne
Melbourne's Dyke Bike Club is online again with a new website and a new domain! Take a look at our "sister" club!

Dykes on Bikes - Sydney
Sydney's Dyke Bike Club

international gay/lesbian
motorcycle groups

Gay & Lesbian Motorcyclists in Europe
Europe's Umbrella Organisation for Gay & Lesbian Motorcyclists. From this site you can access the sites of most of the Gay and Lesbian Motorcycle Clubs in Europe.

Open Road Riders of Chicagoland, Ltd
Chicago's Gay & Lesbian Motorcycle Group - A home made page packed with info for fellow riders

Gay Bikers' Motorcycle Club
Britain's Gay Bike Group

Border Riders Motorcycle Club
A Gay bike club based around Seattle and Vancouver. They now have their own domain name and a new site...check it out!

Empire City Motorcycle Club
Motorcycle Club Based around New York City

Long Beach Orange County Motorcycle Club
This club is based in California

Rocky Mountaineers Motorcycle Club
This club is based in Colorado

California Eagles Motorcycle Club
Guess where these guys are based

AMG - Quebec
A Canadian Gay Motorcycle club based in Quebec

for travellers to melbourne - motorcycle touring in melbourne...

The Great Ocean Road
This is the site of Australia's bost famous Motorcycle road - the Great Ocean Road which is about an hour from Melbourne and a must see when visiting. It passes some of the best scenery and beaches in the world.

The Official Melbourne, Victoria Tourism Site
This is the official site of Victoria and Melbourne and includes gay & lesbian resource links and lots of accommodation and what's on links.

Garners Motorcycle Rentals
If you wish to hire amotorcycle while in Melbourne this company has been hiring bikes for many years and hires bikes of all capacities and makes including Harleys. their site includes prices and on-line bookings

Australian Motorcycle Rentals
Another Melbourne based Motorcycle rental firm.

motorcycle rider training resources...

Stay Upright Motorcycle Techniques
This group have been used by many members of the club and are highly recommended. They do pre and post license rider training

H.A.R.T.
The Honda Rider Training school - several members have used this school to get their license and recommend it.

MRAA
The MRAA have lots of info on their site about learning to ride.

Motorcycle Education Centre
Located in East Malvern and has info about learning to ride and does rider training and learner training

Motorcycle Training Academy
This place does mainly pre lisence and lisence training and testing and is located in Dandenong

coming out resources...

Hares & Hyenas Bookshop
hares & Hyenas is aGay & Lesbian Bookshop in Melbourne and has a huge range of Coming Out Books for purchase on line

The ALSO Fountation
Melbourne's Main Gay & Lesbian group
has some coming out material on their site

Victorian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard
You can reach Switchboard's counselling lines on: (03) 9827 8544 or 1 800 631 493 (from country Victoria) 6pm - 10pm daily and 2pm - 10pm Wednesdays

PFLAG Coming Out Page
The Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays has a good guide to coming out

Coming Out & Staying Out Guide
Not a bad guide to coming out and staying out

Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre
Our primary focus is the health and wellbeing of HIV positive individuals and communities, the HIV vulnerable or at risk communities and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) communities


general interest motorcycle links (not gay/lesbian)

Fixed Speed Camera Locations - Victoria
Access the Dept of Justice Web Site to identify the locations of all Victorian fixed speed cameras.

BikePoint - Australia
An Australian motorcycle site run by channel nine with bike classifieds and club listings. Has all the new and used bike prices and details

BikePics.com
A site dedicated to pic, movies, videos of motorcycles. It includes burnouts, wheelies, high speed videos and lots more. A great site..ENJOY!!

http://mcnews.com.au
Australia's own on-line motorcycle magazine

Honda Motorcycles - Australia
Honda's Australian Motorcycle site - The best bikes are here..

Triumph Motorcycles
The Triumph Motorcycles Factory site..

Kawasaki
Guess which bikes are here

MotoGP
This is the official site of the MotoGP - it has heaps of motogp pictures and live race coverage and the works - well worth a bookmark!

Motorcycle World Superbike Championships
This is the official site of the world superbikes - it also has live race coverage and the works - well worth a bookmark!

Motorcycle Online
A motrocycle webzine based in the USA

VFR Homepage
Guess which sort of bike I ride - check out this site if you love Honda VFRs after all they are the best bike around. It even has its own mailing list to join!

Tiger Angel Motorcycle Leathers
A Melbourne based Motorcycle Leathers manufacturer - great gear! Already at least 6 club members have Tiger Angel suits. You can even design and order your suit online. A great site!

Mars Leathers
Another Melbourne based Motorcycle Leathers manufacturer

Dainese Leathers
The official Dainese site in Italy

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
The official site of our very own GP circuit

Yamaha - Australia
Yamaha's Australian site

Autoguide.NETwork
A US site with a motorcycle section - we're listed in their clubs and associations listing

melbourne based gay/lesbian links

The ALSO Foundation
Melbourne's Main Gay & Lesbian group

Outcast Theatre
A theatre group in Melbourne which specialises in Gay & Lesbian Theatre..

B.News
One of Melbourne's Gay & Lesbian newspapers. Now get all the news online..

Melbourne Star
Another of Melbourne's Gay & Lesbian newspapers. Now get all the news online..

MCV
Another of Melbourne's Gay & Lesbian newspapers. ..

Joy-FM Melbourne
Melbourne's Gay/Lesbian Radio Station - Now with a fulltime license - Listen on 94.9fm or via the net

Dungeon Warehouse
Australia's premier leather and fetish boutique store, offering special discounts for Melbourne Motorcycle Tourers' members

Hares & Hyenas Bookshop
Hares & Hyenas is aGay & Lesbian Bookshop in Melbourne and has a huge range of books for purchase on line

Melbourne Midsumma Festival
Melbourne's Gay & Lesbian Festival which is on in January each year

Motafrenz
Melbourne's Gay Car Club - for those interested in four wheels rather than two!! We often have joint runs with this fun group

Melbourne Gay & Lesbian Chorus
You can guess what these people do and singing is always great on a bike - noone can hear you!!

The Star Hotel
Another of Melbourne's great Gay Venue's on the Northside.

Club 80
A Melbourne Northside venue - if you're into leather try this site

The Laird Hotel
A Melbourne institution which now has a great new web site - Check it out!!

The Peel Dancebar
Melbourne's main Northside Dance venue - and now with a web site - check it out!! :-))

Exchange Hotel
One of Melbourne's gay venues in the Commercial Rd Precinct

55 Porter St
If you like wearing small white towels try this site!!!

VicBears
VicBears is a club for bears and bear fanciers. We are based in Melbourne, Australia but have members throughout Victoria, in several of the other Australian states and even a few from overseas

Upcoming Meetings:
13 Aug, 10 Sep, 8 Oct {details}

Upcoming Rides:
16 Aug-17 Aug: Darren's "Go West II" Tour
25 Oct: "The Dark Knight" - 2008 Night Ride
{details}

Member's forum:
Note: forum only available to club members {login}

Club News:

2008-07-20: Phil's Mystery Ride to Maryborough anywhere dry
The Motorcycle Tourers continued their wet-weather motorcycle road-testing this weekend with Phil's "Mystery Ride", in which we got to explore the mystery of why people ride motorcycles in driving rain. {details}


2008-07-05: Motorcycle Tourers say "No!" to front number plates and other evils
Today a protest ride was held along the new Eastlink toll road to protest against such unpleasantries as the extra TAC levies on motorcycles, possible introduction of front number plates on motorcycles, tolling of motorcycles on toll-roads, etc. {details}
2008-06-22: Gary's (drought breaking) Golden Triangle ride
Never let it be said that Melbourne Motorcycle Tourers are fair-weather bikers! {details}
2008-05-25: Dee's "I don't know where I'm going" Maiden Ride
A great turnout for Dee's first ride. In an exciting new innovation for Motorcycle Tourers ride leaders, Dee led the entire ride from behind, and appointed trusty friend Brett to head up the ride at the front. {details}
2008-04-13: 'Right Side of the Bay' pictures online!
Around 20 riders braved variable weather conditions for a quick day ride down to the Mornington Peninsula. Our ride route took in Arthur's Seat, Martha's Cove, and David's U-turn... {details}
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