Welcome to Friday Fudge – a weekly round up of the more 'unusual' motorcycle related stories that are just too silly to post on their own, but raise a much bigger chortle when you slap them all together and take the piss.

It was scary as lol

Enforcing Darwinism on Aussie roads.

Kids in a small Australian town are risking their lives to see a ghost motorcycle, then posting it all to Youtube.

According to local rumour cited in an article in the Daily Telegraph newspaper “if you drive at speed in a manner dangerous,” a “bright white light” will appear behind you. That would be the Lemon Tree Passage ghost, a ghostly motorcycle rider who chases speeding drivers.

Not deterred by stupidity, young people are reportedly attempting to hit speeds in excess of 100 mph in order to persuade their netherworldly rider to appear. Area police are asking kids to get real.

Search Youtube for "Lemon Tree Passage ghost" if you need absolute proof that this frightening new phelomenon is for real. Yes, we said phelomenon.

One Youtube commenter described the experience of being chased by this demonic law enforcer: "i got it on film too but i shook the camera like fuck it was scary as lol, it came out past the 70 sign and it got like less then fifty metres behind us, oi it kept chasing us we were goin at 180km/h and you know the bend before the golf club it went away then, zac was provoking the hell out of it thats problery why the shit was after us."

But how many play with themselves?

"You got a problem with that?"

Motorcyclists who see a dog's head poked out of a car window might be advised to keep their distance.

A survey by the American Auto Association has found that pet owners often take their animals on the road with them, and can then produce distractions in the car.

The survey found that about a fifth of drivers allowed dogs to sit in their laps, while about one in 14 admitted to feeding their dog while driving and one in 20 said they played with pets while driving.

Woof!

Bare butt biker captured

On the other hand ...

Police in Hamilton, Ontario, got less than they bargained for when they chased down a speeding, unhelmeted rider recently.

A short police chase led to the capture of a 40-year-old Hamilton resident, but in a brief scuffle with the man, police noticed that he wasn't wearing any pants. And no underwear, either, according to the local gendarmes.

A blood-alcohol test showed the man had a moderate amount of booze in him. He was charged for that, and for dangerous driving and running away.

The police officer who arrested the man has been taking very long, very hot showers since the incident.

He's a no-brainer

Prosecutors tried to make him right.

A 43-year-old man who killed his young female passenger while riding drunk will get off without legal penalty.

The man was charged with vehicular homicide in April after crashing into a car on a bridge in Minnesota. His passenger, a 25-year-old woman, was killed.

But the motorcycle operator suffered brain damage as a result of the crash, and now prosecutors say he can't be taken to trial because he's not competent to assist in his own defence.

The best medical assistance is apparently unable to make this humpty-dumpty together again — probably a good thing for all concerned.