Butt Lite IX and beyond
So now I've actually committed to the IBR, what's next? Well, Kiwi and I spent some time post-Mansfield doing some planning and prep together. Firstly, our objectives for the IBR (in order): Come home safely Enjoy ourselves Finish Improve on Kiwi's finisher standing from 2017 Go to places that are interesting NO GRAVEL ROADS. EVER.…
Once again it's been a little longer than I'd planned between posts - but not as long as last time at least! I hope you like the new layout for the blog - I decided to get a bit more serious about things, including getting rid of the ads (someone I know kept getting redirected…
So apologies for the radio silence over the past month or so... an early Federal Budget meant I was a little distracted with work duties and have only just come up for air - and just in time for the annual Muster! The week started with work travel to Melbourne and Canberra meaning that as…
I think this year marks my fifth trip to the annual World Super Bikes at Phillip Island and this year I rode down from Canberra on the VFR 800 Crossrunner again after a return to the pillion seat in prep for Butt Lite last year. We headed out of Sydney on Thursday morning leaving a…
So this weekend we stepped it up a bit in terms of prep for the IBR with a 1000km day ride to Bermagui and home again... The Far Rides are always a great get-together for the LDR community in Australia and a bit more achievable for those of us who don't always get a kick…
It's February already (only 17 weeks until we leave for the US!) and my IBR prep is happening, but slowly. Mainly my prep this month has been in the form of working on my fitness. Turns out if I want to eliminate my lower back pain I need to work on getting 'buns of steel'!…
So it turns out I might have been bitten harder by the rally bug than I first thought. At the finishing banquet rally master Lisa Erbes asked whether I'd maybe do it again and I was pretty emphatic in shaking my head that this was a one-time only deal... I was sleep deprived, I had…
