WTF? Do you ride a bike Matt?
The bike scene has always been here in Adelaide, just as long as the car scene. We just changed with the change in machinery available to us, and the law. We've always been the target of cops, altho we do our best to keep a low profile. And an absolute majority of us are not speed junkies or stunt junkies. You make it sound like cops won't chase us because we speed everywhere and we'd just run from cops. Far from the truth mate. You've just taken that false view that Joe Public has of motorcyclists and spoon fed it here. Don't go blaming the false view that because "cops don't bother" catching us, that they target car drivers like yourself.
There is a small population of dickhead riders, but they just "passing thru". They are a minority and they usually give it up thru lack of commitment or because they "hurt themselves" You ride a bike, you learn to tolerate the attention from the law.
Me and my mates ride together all the time. We get out to Mallala for track days very regularly.
BTW fuel prices has resulted in increased sales in scooters. And scooter riders are not motorcyclists