The main body that represents the Australian automotive industry, known as the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), has just recently hosted the International Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association (IMMA) General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia.

The International Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association is the trade association which represents the motorcycle industry at a worldwide point of view with its “core business” being the progress and development of international regulations and standards that affect the construction and use of motorcycles.

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The 11th Annual Gold Coast bike week extravaganza promises to be jam packed with a taste of something for all motorcycle enthusiasts, whether you are into cruisers, sports bikes, trikes,choppers the list goes on and on.

Each year the Gold Coast bike week gets bigger and better with a variety of competitions in various fields, from Custom bikes, Miss Bike Week and other competions, Trophies and prizes are also awarded to those judged to be the best in there chosen field.

There will also be merchandise available for purchase as well as DVDs's and much more.

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After Ducati rider Casey Stoner dropped back from second place on the starting grid to seventh in the early stages of the MotoGP race at the historic Le Mans circuit , it became painfully obvious that he had some type of problem on board this seasons Desmosedici GP9.

Casey Stoner confirmed a lack of grip was the issue behind his troubles with wet tyres on the drying race surface and that due to this he had to play it safe and only switch onto slicks when the track was deemed to be dry enough.

2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi was one rider who was caught out by changing from wet to slick tyres too quickly, Casey Stoner was initially relieved to make the switch midway through the race, but when he did Stoner found a problem with his steering damper on his second bike, this problem would end up costing Casey valuable time in the dry part of the race.

But The Australian motorcycle champ managed to fix the problem albeit by himself and then overtook fellow Australian Chris Vermeulen for fifth place with ten laps to go, Stoner crossed the line in fifth place picking up up eleven crucial points to put him level in the championship standings with Valentino Rossi on 65 points, one behind Sunday’s race victor Jorge Lorenzo.

“I’m pretty disappointed because I don’t think we realised our potential at all on Sunday,” Stoner said. “The wet bike we started with had a big problem and I couldn’t find any traction from the warm-up lap. I never felt comfortable and I was losing a lot of time but it still wasn’t dry enough to come in for slick tyres.”

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