For all the endurance riders out there who ride through the night and are looking for petrol when the rest of the country is asleep – here’s the solution for you! I’ve spent the last week trawling through oil company websites to find all the addresses of 24 hour fuel pumps that are available for […]
This is my account, a very long account – because how can you write a short story of a 35 hour motorcycle trip – of the BunBurner 1500 I completed on 7 and 8 May 2016. Embedding failed because inline frames are not supported by your browser or the web server. BunBurner 1500 Those few […]
I’m not going to publish the complete results of the TT2000 as that would be a breach of privacy, and some of the front-runners had very fast times over very long distances. So fast and so long that it’s almost impossible to conceive of them having pulled it off. I was very pleased with my […]
It’s Tuesday night after my first TT2000. I’ve just ridden my motorcycle 2,406 kilometres over a 48 hour period. The riding went from checkpoint to checkpoint amassing scores of between 1,000 and 5,000 points depending on the severity of the checkpoint. I ended up with 68,000. The ride was ‘invented’ by Mike Hyde who wrote books […]
So, this Friday I’m starting the TT2000 – an endurance event for motorcyclists. I leave Picton at midday on Friday 19 February. and arrive at Christchurch at midday on Sunday 21 February. The idea is to accumulate 50,000 points from collecting photos at checkpoints, as well as riding a minimum of 2,000km. Without giving my […]
On Sunday 22 November I begin the annual motorbike trip with some old mates. We’ve been doing it for around five years now and each time bar one we have ridden around the South Island. Day One – Sunday 22 November 2015: My journey starts on the Bluebridge Ferry (Wellington to Picton) on Sunday morning […]