bid to stay on his bike in Magistrates Court on Friday.

Oral Jones, 36, of Lusher Hill, Warwick, was caught speeding on South Road, Paget on December 1 last year and was fined $400. He was also banned from motor bikes for a year.

But he asked Senior Magistrate Archie Warner: "Can't I pay $600 and stay on the road?'' Mr. Warner said: "It doesn't quite work like that. And you are only banned from motorcycles.''